Courses Quote by Israel Shenker

Any amount of theology can now be smuggled into people's minds under the cover of fiction without their knowing it.

— Anonymous

Theology is not only about understanding the world; it is about mending the world.

— Miroslav Volf

“With theology as a code of dogmas which are to be believed, or at any rate repeated, under penalty of present or future punishment,…

— Thomas Henry Huxley

Theology is simply that part of religion that requires brains.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Here is the tragedy of theology in its distilled essence: The employment of high-powered human intellect, of genius, of profoundly rigorous logical deduction—studying nothing.…

— Andrew Bernstein

In my eyes, concepts of theology have only as much value as they are able to interpret experience. It seems to me that we…

— Eugen Drewermann

“society. The task of theology was not to mirror the norms of culture, but when necessary to confront and even contradict them, since it…

— David Schnasa Jacobsen

“Theology is practical: especially now. In the old days, when there was less education and discussion, perhaps it was possible to get on with…

— C.S. Lewis

Hath God obliged himself not to exceed the bounds of our knowledge?

— Michel de Montaigne

Even if nothing worse than wasted mental effort could be laid to the charge of theology, that alone ought to be sufficient to banish…

— Lydia M. Child

I don't claim to be knowledgeable about theology. Most of my knowledge comes out of my experience and the lessons in the Bible. Every…

— Jimmy Carter

“…Theology, as revealed in Scripture, supplies the categories for people to understand their own experience. Theology is the standard by which people should measure…

— Jeremy Pierre