Most religions live from a narrative that shapes their relationship with the divine other, God or the gods, and with the human other, the stranger. — Timothy Radcliffe Copy Share Image
Despite all the lunacy of the last century, all the absurdity of war and genocide, we believe that humans being are rational and are made to seek the truth. — Timothy Radcliffe Copy Share Image
“Orthodoxy is the wide open field within which successful breeding can take place. If one maintains that Jesus was an eater of magic mushrooms… — Timothy Radcliffe Copy Share Image
Clearly a big challenge for Christianity is how to remain in contact with the millions of people who look for God but do not… — Timothy Radcliffe Copy Share Image
We need the wisdom of women, and the experience of married people and parents, and the depth of the contemplative if we are to… — Timothy Radcliffe Copy Share Image
Our society has lost confidence in the power of reason, except perhaps scientific reason. — Timothy Radcliffe Copy Share Image
At the centre of Christianity is community; we are gathered by the Lord around the altar. — Timothy Radcliffe Copy Share Image
Any deep-rooted prejudice against others, such as homophobia or misogyny, would be grounds for rejecting a candidate for the priesthood, but not their sexual… — Timothy Radcliffe Copy Share Image
The unutterable violence of the Holocaust shook our confidence in the possibility of telling any story of faith at all. — Timothy Radcliffe Copy Share Image
To be a preacher requires two apparently contradictory qualities: confidence and humility. — Timothy Radcliffe Copy Share Image
The key question for the future of Europe is whether these faiths will live together in peace or whether they will tear Europe apart. — Timothy Radcliffe Copy Share Image
To be frank, I suspect that today there is little respect for Christianity as source of moral teaching about goodness. — Timothy Radcliffe Copy Share Image
