When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this - when you die, will you be happy when everybody else is crying?

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

Topics: Time & Transience, Eternity & Hope Beyond Death, Meaning & Identity

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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