William Sloane Coffin, prophet, 1924-2006.

From: The Christian Century | Date: May 2, 2006 | Copyright information

When William Sloane Coffin Jr. was honored last year at Yale as a civil rights leader, an antiwar activist, an endearing university chaplain and an unfearing liberal preacher, at one point he summed up his faith--and by extension, himself: "I believe Christianity is a worldview that undergirds all progressive thought and action," Coffin said. The Christian church is called, he said, "to respond to biblical mandates like truth-telling, confronting injustice and pursuing peace."

What is "so heartbreaking," he added at the April 2005 event, is that many churches are focused on ...

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