Profiles in Faith [antikvár]

IntroauctionOn occasion many of us have wished for a collection of short biographies of some of America's interfaith religious leaders for our reference shelves. Here is such a volume.To some readers^ thé choice of the men and women for this book may seem strange. The religious convictions and practices of some are at odds with the convictions and practices of others. For that matter, there are personalities here whose beliefs are at sharp variance from my own. And knowing Glenn Kittler personally, I am aware that he has written about persons whose theology is far afield from his.Yet the fact remains that each of these individuals made a constructive contribution to American life. That such contributions were made by obviously imperfect creatures may surprise some readers, perhaps even shock others.But this is nothing more or less than the grace of God in action. Most of us are loath to accept the notion of grace. It means that not a one of us can earn God's blessings for ourselves or others. It means that the Creator can and does use imperfect, sometimes blundering instruments to carry forward His creative processes.This glorifips_Gad ^nj TT^ TP'^" It follows that some favorite human idols may fall from pedestalseven in the religious field. Most challenging of all, we begin to suspect that since God re-