Surely the better way is to pursue a generous orthodoxy, seeing disagreements in the context of the greater agreements which bind us together. Alister E. McGrath More Quotes by Alister E. McGrath More Quotes From Alister E. McGrath Deep down within all of us is a longing to work out what life is all about and what we're meant to be doing. Alister E. McGrath longing work-out life-is All the important things in life lie beyond reason... and that's just the way things are. Alister E. McGrath things-in-life important lying The success of the Inklings also helps us to see criticism in a positive light. There are, unfortunately, people who boost their own sense of importance by criticizing others as a matter of principle. Yet within this community, criticism was a mark of respect and commitment. Alister E. McGrath light people commitment At Oxford University, the certainties of my atheist faith (and atheism is a faith) began to crumble Alister E. McGrath atheism atheist oxford The idea of ‘calling' was fundamentally redefined: no longer was it about being called to serve God by leaving the world; it was now about serving God in the world Alister E. McGrath leaving calling ideas We live on earth; our homeland is in heaven. Alister E. McGrath homeland earth heaven The hallmark of intelligence is not whether one believes in God or not, but the quality of the processes that underlie one’s beliefs. Alister E. McGrath quality belief believe Puzzles lead to logical answers; mysteries often force us to stretch language to its limits in an attempt to describe a reality that is just too great to take in properly. Alister E. McGrath limits answers reality Imagination is the gatekeeper of the human soul. Alister E. McGrath gatekeepers soul imagination Manz, formerly one of Zwingli's closest allies, held that there was no biblical warrant for infant baptism. Refusing to recant his views, he was tied up and drowned in the River Limmat. Alister E. McGrath biblical views rivers If worldviews or metanarratives can be compared to lenses, which of them brings things into the sharpest focus? This is not an irrational retreat from reason. Rather, it is about grasping a deeper order of things which is more easily accessed by the imagination than by reason. Alister E. McGrath focus imagination order To reenchant nature is not merely to gain a new perspective for its integrity and well-being; it is to throw open the doors to a deeper level of existence. Alister E. McGrath perspective doors integrity If there is no ultimate reality, it's pointless to think about how we might get there. Alister E. McGrath might reality thinking The idea that Christianity is basically a religion of moral improvement... has its roots in the liberal Protestantism of the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century... It is this stereotype which continues to have influence today... But then came the First World War... What had gone wrong was that the idea of sin had been abandoned by liberal Christianity as some kind of unnecessary hangover from an earlier and less enlightened period in Christian history. Alister E. McGrath hangover christian war Hope is a settled state of mind, in which we see the world in its true light, and look forward to our final homecoming in heaven. Alister E. McGrath light mind heaven The reading of literature opens our eyes, offering us new perspectives on things that we can evaluate and adopt. Alister E. McGrath eye offering reading One of the best introductions to the history and ideas of Calvinism, packed with insight and wisdom. Alister E. McGrath calvinism introduction ideas The solution was eventually found by Johannes Gutenberg, who made the breakthrough that finally established printing as the communication technology of the future. Similar ideas may have been under development around the same time in Prague and Haarlem. But in business, the key question is not about who else is in the race, it's about who gets there first. Johannes Gutenberg was the first to make the new technology work, ensuring his place in any history of the human race. Alister E. McGrath communication technology keys We must not think that religious concerns swamped all other social activities. They simply provided a focal point for them. Alister E. McGrath social religious thinking When the old poets made some virtue their theme, they were not teaching but adoring. Alister E. McGrath virtue poet teaching
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