Your past is important, but it is not nearly as important to your present as the way you see your future.

— Tony Campolo (1935–2024), Soziologieprofessor, Autor, Pastor, Mitbegründer der Red-Letter Christians

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Topics: Hope & Confidence, Meaning & Identity, Time & Transience

Occasions: Encouragement, New Year & New Beginnings

Tony Campolo

Anthony „Tony“ Campolo (1935–2024) war ein US-amerikanischer Baptistenpastor, Soziologieprofessor an der Eastern University in Pennsylvania und einflussreicher Buchautor. Als Mitbegründer der „Red-Letter Christians“ verband er persönlichen Glauben mit radikalem sozialem Einsatz für Benachteiligte, stieß jedoch im konservativen Evangelikalismus durch seine Kritik an der christlichen Rechten und seine spätere Befürwortung gleichgeschlechtlicher Ehen auf anhaltenden Widerspruch. Bibellesern begegnet er als pointierter Mahner, die ethischen Worte Jesu nicht nur theoretisch zu bekennen, sondern durch konkrete Nächstenliebe und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung praktisch zu leben.

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