The way that I feel about my Jewish identity has been really radically changed by events in life. Like, becoming a writer… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“The Indians around here tell a cautionary fable about a great saint who was always surrounded in his Ashram by loyal devotees.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Religious ritual invariably offers a sacrificial display of commitment to supernatural agents that is materially costly and emotionally convincing. Such ritual conveys… — Scott Atran Copy Share Image
The Jewish festival of freedom is the oldest continuously observed religious ritual in the world. Across the centuries, Passover has never lost… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
With the advance of knowledge, therefore, prayer and sacrifice assume the leading place in religious ritual; and magic; which once ranked with… — James G. Frazer Copy Share Image
“Be very careful, warns this tale, not to get too obsessed with the repetition of religious ritual just for its own sake.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Religious ritual is a way of structuring time so that we, not employers, the market or the media, are in control. Life… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
