If you want progress, take up running. If you want meaning, run a church.

— Kate Bowler (b. 1980), Historikerin, Duke-Professorin, Autorin

Source: No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear

Topics: Church & Congregation, Meaning & Identity, Service & Love of Neighbour

Kate Bowler

Kate Bowler ist eine kanadisch-amerikanische Religionshistorikerin und Professorin für die Geschichte des Christentums an der Duke Divinity School. Bekannt wurde sie durch ihre wissenschaftliche Aufarbeitung des nordamerikanischen Wohlstandsevangeliums sowie ihre theologische Kritik an toxischer Positivität und einfachen Erklärungen für Leid. Für Bibelleser bietet ihr Werk einen ehrlichen Zugang zu menschlicher Endlichkeit, Trauer und Zweifel jenseits oberflächlicher Erfolgsversprechen.

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