Quote of the day
What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
Walter Wink
Born: May 21, 1935
Died: May 10, 2012 (aged 76)
Bio: Walter Wink was an American biblical scholar, theologian, and activist who was an important figure in Progressive Christianity. Wink spent much of his career teaching at Auburn Theological Seminary in New York City.
Known for:
- Naming the powers (1984)
- Jesus and nonviolence (2003)
- Transforming Bible Study (1980)
- John the Baptist in the gospel tradition (1968)