The real heretic is not the atheist or agnostic (who are often decent people) but those who murmur "it doesn't matter what… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“But someone may ask, is there any real reason why these sages, whether Buddhist or Stoic, should not recapture the soul of… — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share Image
We’re seeking — imperfectly at every turn, no doubt — an incarnational theology, a theology that brings radical good news of great… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
So we didn't get the denominations and the separate congregations really till about into Civil War time. What's happened then, of course,… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
“Hence it's funny to read in the New York Times that liberal Catholic activists are pushing for a change in Church teaching… — John Zmirak Copy Share Image
“As sinners we are like addicts - addicted to ourselves and our own projects. The theology of glory simply seeks to give… — Gerhard O. Forde Copy Share Image
“It is natural to speak of hymns as "poems," indiscriminately, for they have the same structure. But a hymn is not necessarily… — Hezekiah Butterworth Copy Share Image
“The theology of the average colored church is basing itself far too much upon 'Hell and Damnation'—upon an attempt to scare people… — W.E.B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
“I think more people would stay active in church, if they didn't get so offended by the actions of members. Sometimes, you… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
If your understanding of the divine made you kinder, more empathetic, and impelled you to express sympathy in concrete acts of loving-kindness,… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Plain experience and common sense inform us that no abstract Person can have made us as we are without also wishing to… — Paul F. M. Zahl Copy Share Image
Christian theology provides some of the best arguments for respecting animal life and for taking seriously animals as partners with us within… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share Image
“There was something that He hid from all men, when he went up a mountain to pray. There was something that he… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Fusing the doctrines of Plotinus and Proclus with the creeds and beliefs of Christianity, Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite combined the Neo-Platonic conviction of… — erwin panofsky Copy Share Image
I was born in 1965. When I grew up in India, there was no expectation that a good Muslim woman wore the… — Asra Nomani Copy Share Image
“I think that God that we have created and allowed to shape our culture through, essentially Christian theology is a pretty villainous… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
If we move in the direction of biblial absolutism how can we escape turning the New Testament into a Christian Torah and… — Robert D. Brinsmead Copy Share Image
“The themes of Jesus' teaching are important, but of course he was more than a teacher. All the Gospels put the end… — William C Placher Copy Share Image
The existence of very pious feelings, in conjunction with intolerance, cruelty, and selfish policy, has never ceased to surprise and perplex those… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
“Killing a bunch of Jihadis may be morally justified, to save humanity from their wrath, but it won't terminate Jihad for long.… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“What causes love, since it is a passion, is its object; and since it is a sort of affinity or agreement with… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“The miracles of healing, important as they were, were not an end in themselves. They did not constitute the highest good of… — George Eldon Ladd Copy Share Image
“Throughout history, Christians have faced the persistent temptation of confusing the language we use to talk about God with the essence of… — John D. Roth Copy Share Image
As long as the Southern colleges have revivals on their campuses and students get converted to Methodism and join the YMCA and… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
More than once I've had discussions with persons who say things based on a misunderstanding. 'Oh you Catholics worship images.' No we… — John Corapi Copy Share Image
“{ From Luther Burbank 's funeral. He was loved until he revealed he was an atheist, then he began to receive death… — Ben Lindsey Copy Share Image
Programs, systems and methods sit well in the ivory towers of monasteries or in the wooden arms of icons. Head knowledge comes… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
“The mission of Jesus brought not a new teaching but a new event. It brought to people an actual foretaste of the… — George Eldon Ladd Copy Share Image
“Moving from teaching university students to living with mentally handicapped people was, for me at least, a step toward the platform where… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“And those who will carefully study the so-called 'Mosaic code' contained in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, will see that,… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
“The presence of the messianic salvation is also seen in Jesus' miracles of healing, for which the Greek word meaning "to save"… — George Eldon Ladd Copy Share Image
The miraculous revelation of the Old Testament and the New, the miracles of famous men, Jews, Gentiles, or Christians, — then Franklin… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
In the name of compassion, Obama advocates seemingly endless extensions of unemployment benefits because his economic theology holds that by paying people… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“The more we listen to the voices of others, voices unlike our own, the more we remain open to the transcendent forces… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
Broadly speaking, Protestants like to be good and have invented theology in order to keep themselves so, whereas Catholics like to be… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I think the connection between poetry and theology, which is profound in Western tradition - there is a great deal of wonderful… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Jalaluddin Rumi is completely rooted in Islamic teachings of Quran. He was a great scholar, he belonged to a madrassa, and he… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
“The beginning of Christendom, is, strictly, at a point out of time. A metphysical trigonometry finds it among the spiritual Secrets, at… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Put it this way: if your idea of God, if your idea of the salvation offered in Christ, is vague or remote,… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
