The following is attributed to Martin Luther King Jnr.
I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but of practical realism. Far from being the pious injunction of a Utopian dreamer, love is an absolute necessity for the survival of our civilisation.
Another quotation:
Discipleship in today's world means standing up for justice, confronting inequality, and living out the love of Jesus in every action. Kurt Struckmeyer
One more:
Social reforms are never carried out by the weakness of the strong, but always by the strength of the weak. Karl Marx
And finally:
The poverty of the poor is not a call to generous relief action, but a demand that we go and build a different social order. Gustavo Gutierrez
The authors of the literature contained in the books of the bible attribute to God the concept that God is love and this is personified in an individual known to us as Jesus. God is love and, according to these authors, Jesus tells us what that love entails and to follow him in achieving it in the world. Achieved not by piety but by action, not by waiting for some future event but by action now. Love your neighbour is not a sentimental expression of hope: it is a demand to go out into the world and actively seek justice for the downtrodden and poor.
Jurgen Moltmann was of the opinion theology must always be related to concrete human situations and that the teaching of Jesus about the Kingdom of God requires of his followers commitment to the overthrowing of everything in the social order that is contrary to its demands.
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