“A great irony is that the quest for secular immortality is being funded by foundations and individuals who seem to hate life” — Dean Cavanagh Copy Share Image
In the secular view, suffering is never seen as a meaningful part of life but only as an interruption. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The imminent demise of the church has been predicted since the middle of the 18th century. This is the regular secular mantra… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
I think we need to think about Islamic tradition as a way of asking questions that cut across (and transgress) the assumptions… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
There came a time in my life when I doubted the divinity of the Scriptures, and I resolved as a lawyer and… — Salmon P. Chase Copy Share Image
My suspicion is that those who seem oblivious to suffering, whether it is nearby or in remote corners, are for the most… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The public school has become the established church of secular society. — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
Today we have a weakness in our education process in failing to understand the natural associations between the disciplines. We tend to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Well, in The Chosen, Danny Saunders, from the heart of his religious reading of the world, encounters an element in the very… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
Today secular faith is ebbing, and it is the apostles of unbelief who are left stranded on the beach. — John Gray Copy Share Image
A monk should surely love his books with humility, wishing their good and not the glory of his own curiosity; but what… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The ultra-right would have us believe that families are in trouble because of humanism, feminism, secular education, or sexual liberation, but the… — Letty Cottin Pogrebin Copy Share Image
Many people celebrate Christmas as a secular holiday for the most part than a Christian holiday. Obviously, many, many people celebrate it… — Adam Conover Copy Share Image
First of all, there's no separation of church and state in the Islamic world. They're one and the same. And so when… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Many militants of the secular cause look astonishingly like clergy. Worse: like caricatures of clergy. — Michel Onfray Copy Share Image