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"[A.D.] was a maverick, pioneer, controversialist...one whose advocacies seem to have won out."
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Martin Marty, University of Chicago School of Divinity
Senior Editor, The Christian Century
Author of A Nation of Behavers and
The New Shape of American Religion
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"Here is a man who cannot be measured by the standards by which we judge just ordinary men.
For when God put his hand on [A.D.'s] shoulder, He really had a man for a special mission in His church, physically and courageously strong, a man with a good mind and a compassionate heart....
[A.D.] took us by the hand and led us into those areas of life that the Church had so long neglected, and on every step of the way, his faith, his love for his fellowmen and his courage were demonstrated."
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The Reverend Eric J. Gustavson, Sr.
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"[There is a need for] the continuing promise of a thinker like A.D. Mattson for helping us confront some of the same [pressing social] issues [we face] today."
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Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University School of Divinity
Theologian, and author of
Character and the Christian and Suffering Presence
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"[A.D.'s work is] important for Lutherans and non-Lutherans alike."
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Richard J. Neuhaus
Editor-in-Chief, First Things, and author of
America Against Itself and The Naked Public Square
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"Of A.D. it surely can be said: he didn't preach the Gospel--he was the Gospel!"
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The Reverend Allen C. Nelson
From his funeral sermon
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