Emily Swan > Quotes

“If this sounds a little risky, it’s because it is a little risky. In a privileged literate culture in which the text of sacred Scripture is widely available, it is easier for us to be assured of the availability of Scripture than of the availability of Jesus as our rabbi.”
― Emily Swan, Solus Jesus: A Theology of Resistance

“Solus Jesus is a post-evangelical theology of resistance—resistance to anti-LGBTQ+ Christianity; resistance to the theology, methodology and spirit that creates it; and resistance to any version of Christianity that teaches people to harm others in the name of Jesus—and then, when challenged, to claim victimization.”
― Emily Swan, Solus Jesus: A Theology of Resistance

“The ultimate authority for the Christian resides not in words on a page, but in the Word of God made flesh in Jesus Christ.”
― Emily Swan, Solus Jesus: A Theology of Resistance

“Suppressing the voices of outsiders stands in stark contrast with all we know of the Bible and of Jesus.”
― Emily Swan, Solus Jesus: A Theology of Resistance