Christianity Quote by Nigel Cliff

“By the seventh century, Christianity probably was far stronger and more sophisticated in North Africa and Asia than in Europe.”

— Rodney Stark

“For much of the history of Islam, moreover, the Christian world was not noticeably ahead in political or economic power, or in culture. When…

— Philip Jenkins

“While nobody can pretend that Christian religious practice is thriving in most of Europe, the situation is nothing as grim as some recent accounts…

— Philip Jenkins

“While the Muslim world took delight in innovation, progress and new ideas, much of Christian Europe withered in the gloom, crippled by a lack…

— Peter Frankopan

“A Christian might be tired of the Christianity, but certainly he is scared of the Islam.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“Islam had, from its earliest days, embraced warfare. Muhammad himself prosecuted a series of military campaigns while subjugating Mecca, and the explosive expansion of…

— Thomas Asbridge

“Christianity—and Judaism, and Islam, which were also religions of The Book—required”

— Tom Clancy

“Whatever sins Christians engaged in the past, and they were extensive, the fact is that the most humane and decent countries in the world…

— Dennis Prager

“The form of Christianity that developed in Europe and later spread to America and the rest of the world was the last great creation…

— Will Durant

“And in history I found that Christianity, so far from belonging to the Dark Ages, was the one path across the Dark Ages that…

— G.K. Chesterton

From India to Spain, the brilliant civilization of Islam flourished. What was lost to christendom at this time was not lost to civilization, but…

— Bertrand Russell

Those who say Islam is a warlike religion must ask if Christianity has been as well.

— Wendell Berry