James Luther Adams Quotes

An unexamined faith is not worth having, for it can be true only by accident.

Church is a place where you get to practice what it means to be human.

We are not a religious tradition with a creed, but a religious movement that has always wedded social justice work to theology

Religious liberalism affirms the moral obligation to direct one's effort toward the establishment of a just and *loving* community.

L]iberalism holds that the resources (divine and human) that are available for the achievement of meaningful change justify an attitude of ultimate optimism

Nothing is complete and thus nothing is exempt from criticism.

The free person does not live by an unexamined faith. To do so is to worship an idol whittled out and made into a fetish.