Absent Quote by Rowan Williams

Religion is no longer a connection point for most people. Our communities were built on coming together in physical locations once a week or…

— Miguel McKelvey

Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not.

— Octavia E. Butler

If you're religious or not, the world and society lacks as much of community spirit as it had.

— Luke Pritchard

“attempting to understand what could have eroded our sense of community, an important role has traditionally been accorded to the privatization of religious belief…

— Alain de Botton

But in terms of how people live together, how we minimize the prospects of conflict and maximize the prospects of peace, the place of…

— Tony Blair

Religion is the first sense of community. Your sense of community occurs by reason of mutual experience with others.

— L. Ron Hubbard

I am a secular man who believes in inclusion, so balance comes across organically.

— Anubhav Sinha

“One of the chief tasks of our time must surely be to build a global community in which all peoples can live together in…

— Karen Armstrong

I think the sense of exclusivity that tended to be associated with religions in past times has now disappeared. At least it has disappeared…

— Pierre Trudeau

“also review the general history of religion and how we saw a rapid acceleration of intellectual and social human progress only after religion’s influence…

— Alan Jeskin

People need religion. It's a vehicle for a moral tradition. A crucial role. Nothing can take its place.

— Irving Kristol

“Part of the irony of religion’s role is that in strengthening micro bonds between individuals, religion contributes to within-group homogeneity, heightens isolation from different…

— Christian Smith