Book Quote by Peter Rollins

“Our real beliefs are generally not to be found at the level of ego.”

— Peter Rollins

Here God is not approached as an object that we must love, but as a mystery present in the very act of love itself.

— Peter Rollins

In contrast we let go of existence, meaning, and the sublime as categories to describe the object “God.” Instead these become ways in which…

— Peter Rollins

“What we see taking place in the church today is the reduction of God to an idol.”

— Peter Rollins

Christianity can be described as a theological materialism: It is that which transforms our material existence. If our faith does not throw us into…

— Peter Rollins

Truly embracing the fragility and tensions of life...brings with it the possibility of true joy.

— Peter Rollins

“However, we rarely see what happens after the hero grasps what is sought, for if we did, the impotence of the MacGuffin would be…

— Peter Rollins

“Orthodoxy as right belief will cost us little; indeed, it will allow us to sit back with our Pharisaic doctrines, guarding the ‘truth’ with…

— Peter Rollins

I deny the resurrection every time I turn my back on the poor or become a cog in a system of injustice

— Peter Rollins

“playing at the entrance of the hut. “Whose children are these?” he asked.”

— Peter Rollins

What if the church should be less concerned with creating saints than creating a world where we do not need saints? A world where…

— Peter Rollins

“For just as one person’s idol is another’s icon, so one person’s fable is another’s parable.”

— Peter Rollins