A good deal of so-called atheism is itself, from my point of view, theologically significant. It is the working of God in history, and judgement upon the pious. An authentic prophet can be a radical critic of spurious piety, of sham spirituality.
James Luther AdamsReligious liberalism affirms the moral obligation to direct one's effort toward the establishment of a just and *loving* community.
James Luther AdamsThe free person does not live by an unexamined faith. To do so is to worship an idol whittled out and made into a fetish.
James Luther AdamsThe faith of a church or of a nation is an adequate faith only when it inspires and enables people to give of their time and energy to shape the various institutions - social, economic, and political - of the common life.
James Luther Adams