“Kenda Creasy Dean observed, “The National Study of Youth and Religion reveals a theological fault line running underneath American churches: an adherence… — Alvin L Reid Copy Share Image
In depression . . . faith in deliverance, in ultimate restoration, is absent. The pain is unrelenting, and what makes the condition… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“It required an understanding of theology, and ethics, and ancient religions and philosophies. You had to have a working knowledge in a… — Ben Witherington III Copy Share Image
I am not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Critical thinking is an unavoidable part of growing up. We do not become adults without it. But in the modern world, this… — Marcus J. Borg Copy Share Image
I'd met so many enlightened spiritual teachers that it became a challenge to select one. I believed in the oneness of spirituality… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
“This is why most people do not stick with a contemplative discipline for very long; we have heard all sorts of talk… — Martin Laird Copy Share Image
“We all have received the divine injunction: ‘Follow thou me.’ It guided Peter. It motivated Paul. It can determine our personal destiny.… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
“The foundation of morality on the human sentiments of what is acceptable behavior versus repulsive behavior has always made morals susceptible to… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
It's a mistake to expect the laws of the country to reflect the imperatives of the New Testament and the Sermon on… — Kelefa Sanneh Copy Share Image
The thing you miss most, when you don't play and you don't coach, is the huddle. You miss the huddle. You miss… — Herm Edwards Copy Share Image
They knew that to put God in the constitution was to put man out. They knew that the recognition of a Deity… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Where faith is not continually kept in motion and exercised, it weakens and decreases, so that it must indeed vanish; and yet… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Deep spirit scanning,” Eisfanger says. His voice has a strange resonance to it, like I’m hearing him through a bad phone connection.… — D.D. Barant Copy Share Image
The literal resurrection of every soul who has lived and died on earth is a certainty, and surely one should make careful… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
“For now, it is enough to face the reality that it is possible, as individual Christians and also in our churches, to… — Ross Paterson Copy Share Image
I could well believe that it is God's intention, since we have refused milder remedies, to compel us into unity, by persecution… — CS Lewis Copy Share Image
At the center of the Universe is a loving heart that continues to beat and that wants the best for every person.… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
I was a wife and mother, blameless in moral life, with a deep sense of duty and a proud self-respect; it was… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
Even in the life of a Christian, faith rises and falls like the tides of an invisible sea. It's there, even when… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
“There is something distinctly odd about the argument, however. Believing is not something you can decide to do as a matter of… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“I keep hearing about a spiritual awakening, but I feel what we need instead, is a human one. It would be wonderful… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
“To an even moderately sophisticated and well-read person it should come as no surprise that any religion at all has its hidden… — Walter Kaufmann Copy Share Image
Nature and the spirit of our ancestors are giving you loud warnings. Today you see increasing floods, more damaging hurricanes, hail storms,… — Thomas Banyacya Copy Share Image
Legal systems, at both the national and international level, are therefore required to recognize, guarantee and protect religious freedom, which is a… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The thing that is being lost is heritage. In Africa, religion and advertisement and television and media hype have gotten Africans to… — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
“Psychologists define cognitive dissonance as “The state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs or attitudes; especially as relating to behavioral decisions and attitude… — Noah Lugeons Copy Share Image
The great religious ages were notable for their indifference to human rights... not only for acquiescence in poverty, inequality, exploitation and oppression,… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
I feel that a lot of human spirituality stems from the belief that we are unique and special in the universe, but… — Alex Honnold Copy Share Image
My mother was a Muslim and dad a Hindu. I got the best upbringing that anyone could. Never did I see any… — Mahesh Bhatt Copy Share Image
The second reason to abandon environmental religion is more pressing. Religions think they know it all, but the unhappy truth of the… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
To square the records, however, it should be said that if the Calvinist does not rise as high, he usually stays up… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The quarrels and divisions about religion were evils unknown to the heathen. The reason was because the religion of the heathen consisted… — Various Copy Share Image
“Repetition and familiarity work. What is repeated becomes familiar, and this becomes a part of us. Our own culture understands this, but… — Peter Enns Copy Share Image
“Religious pluralism is a popular belief in Western culture. At first it sounds very inclusive, but it is really just as exclusive… — Jon Morrison Copy Share Image
The new culture war is about national identity rather than religion and 'transcendent authority.' It focuses on which groups the United States… — E. J. Dionne Copy Share Image
“When we transform our old life and give our spirit a new image, we find it hard and tiring to turn back… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other people to do for them, and it… — Henry James Copy Share Image
A handful of men working within the Zen sect of Buddhism created gardens in fifteenth-century Japan which were, and still are, far… — Russell Page Copy Share Image
You seize your freedom in a spirit of rebelliousness, exuberance, defiant joy. But to live that choice -- over the weeks and… — Brian Morton Copy Share Image
