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> [One of the important things about religion is that it is a sphere which is partially protected from selection. Religious creativity occurs when people pull out of the whole selectivity issue. Becoming celibate - obviously you couldn't be less selective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-neelly-bellah/one-of-the-important-things-about-religion-is-that-it-is-a-sphere/)

[Robert Neelly Bellah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-neelly-bellah/)

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## More by Robert Neelly Bellah

> [We have to treat others as part of who we are, rather than as a 'them' with whom we are in constant competition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-neelly-bellah/we-have-to-treat-others-as-part-of-who-we-are-rather-than-as-a-them/)

[Robert Neelly Bellah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-neelly-bellah/)

> [Leaving home in a sense involves a kind of second birth in which we give birth to ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-neelly-bellah/leaving-home-in-a-sense-involves-a-kind-of-second-birth-in-which-we/)

[Robert Neelly Bellah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-neelly-bellah/)

> [We have to understand ourselves as a part of the narrative of evolution. And evolution never stops. The notion that human evolution at some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-neelly-bellah/we-have-to-understand-ourselves-as-a-part-of-the-narrative-of/)

[Robert Neelly Bellah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-neelly-bellah/)

> [While there are practical and sometimes moral reasons for the decomposition of the family, it coincides neither with what most people in society say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-neelly-bellah/while-there-are-practical-and-sometimes-moral-reasons-for-the/)

[Robert Neelly Bellah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-neelly-bellah/)

> [...for limited purposes only, let me define religion as a set of symbolic forms and acts which relate man to the ultimate conditions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-neelly-bellah/for-limited-purposes-only-let-me-define-religion-as-a-set-of-symbolic/)

[Robert Neelly Bellah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-neelly-bellah/)

> [We may wonder at the choice of Israel and Rome as the archetypes of the new nation, in view of the long history of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-neelly-bellah/we-may-wonder-at-the-choice-of-israel-and-rome-as-the-archetypes-of/)

[Robert Neelly Bellah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-neelly-bellah/)

> [It's clear all the way through history that practices are primary and beliefs are secondary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-neelly-bellah/it-s-clear-all-the-way-through-history-that-practices-are-primary-and/)

[Robert Neelly Bellah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-neelly-bellah/)

> [Yet Buddhism is four hundred years older than Christianity, and if it's not a universal religion I don't know what a universal religion is.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-neelly-bellah/yet-buddhism-is-four-hundred-years-older-than-christianity-and-if-it/)

[Robert Neelly Bellah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-neelly-bellah/)

> [We never get to the bottom of ourselves on our own. We discover who we are face to face and side by side with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-neelly-bellah/we-never-get-to-the-bottom-of-ourselves-on-our-own-we-discover-who-we/)

[Robert Neelly Bellah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-neelly-bellah/)

> [The academic world is one of the few places where prejudice is supposed to be totally banned, and we're politically correct on everything, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-neelly-bellah/the-academic-world-is-one-of-the-few-places-where-prejudice-is/)

[Robert Neelly Bellah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-neelly-bellah/)

> [Human culture, in evolutionary terms, moves from episodic, to mimetic, to mythic, to theoretic - that made all kinds of sense. To some extent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-neelly-bellah/human-culture-in-evolutionary-terms-moves-from-episodic-to-mimetic-to/)

[Robert Neelly Bellah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-neelly-bellah/)

> [ We're \[humans\] running great risks of doing things that will not be good for us. The cost can be very high indeed if we… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-neelly-bellah/we-re-humans-running-great-risks-of-doing-things-that-will-not-be/)

[Robert Neelly Bellah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-neelly-bellah/)

> [Women have entered the work force . . . partly to express their feelings of self-worth . . . partly because today many families…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-neelly-bellah/women-have-entered-the-work-force-partly-to-express-their-feelings-of/)

[Robert Neelly Bellah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-neelly-bellah/)

> [The family is in flux, and signs of trouble are widespread. Expectations remain high. But realities are disturbing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-neelly-bellah/the-family-is-in-flux-and-signs-of-trouble-are-widespread/)

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> ["Nothing is ever lost" means that what we are now goes all the way back through natural history. We are biological organisms and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-neelly-bellah/nothing-is-ever-lost-means-that-what-we-are-now-goes-all-the-way-back/)

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