William Sloane Coffin

GPTKB entity

Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Bishop
social activist
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:American_Civil_Liberties_Union
gptkb:National_Council_of_Churches
Yale_University_Chaplaincy
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Sierra_Club
gptkb:American_Friends_Service_Committee
Planned Parenthood
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Civil_Rights_Museum_Freedom_Award
gptkb:The_William_Sloane_Coffin_Award_for_Peace_and_Justice
The Gandhi Peace Award
gptkbp:birthDate June 1, 1924
gptkbp:birthPlace New_York_City,_New_York,_USA
gptkbp:children gptkb:David_Coffin
Catherine_Coffin
William_Coffin_III
gptkbp:deathDate April 12, 2006
gptkbp:denomination gptkb:United_Church_of_Christ
gptkbp:education gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:famousQuote "The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference."
"We are all called to be prophets."
"Faith is not belief. It is a trust in the faithfulness of God."
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Sloane Coffin
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Reinhold_Niebuhr
gptkbp:knownFor environmental activism
Civil Rights activism
anti-war activism
advocacy_for_LGBTQ_rights
gptkbp:notableWork A Passion for the Possible
Letters to a Young Doubter
gptkbp:occupation minister
gptkbp:placeOfDeath Greenwood_Cemetery,_Brooklyn,_New_York,_USA
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:spouse Elizabeth_Coffin