Architecture Quote by Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

“The Christian catacombs represent simplicity and earthiness; the cathedrals, transcendence and wonder.”

— Russell Moore

“The church cannot separate itself from the world to which it is called. Churches that grasp the notion of being missional automatically function as…

— Steve Raimo

Many new churches, I regret to say, can be described from the design point of view only as holy terrors.

— Robin Boyd

All spiritual strength for ourselves, all noble ties to one another, have their real source in that inner sanctuary where God denies His lonely…

— James Martineau

I believe in mysticism, with an interior goal, and you are your own temple and your own priest.

— Alejandro Jodorowsky

I like churches and Catholic symbolism, and although the art at the Vatican is overwhelming to see, I appreciated it even as an atheist.

— Richard Herring

I like the aesthetics of the Church.

— Andres Serrano

I like both antireligious and traditional Catholic imagery.

— Andy Biersack

“The basements of the churches I've loved reveal the foundation of the spiritual life to be not belief so much as engagement with the…

— Elizabeth J. Andrew

Systematic theology - be careful how you tie down the Word to fit your set and final creeds, systems, dogmas, and organized theistic philosophies!…

— Jim Elliot

Theology is a thing of unreason altogether, an edifice of assumptions and dreams, a superstructure without a substructure

— Ambrose Bierce

I am not so interested in religion or dogma of any kind. It is too restrictive for me, too organizational, too hierarchical, and too…

— Terry Tempest Williams