Quote of the day
My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally in my Quaker upbringing and the values that were instilled in me by my grandparents who reared me.
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)







