Religion is a search for transcendence. But transcendence isn't necessarily sited in an external god, which can be a very unspiritual... →
Karen Armstrong
Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful... →
There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have bad religion too.
The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.
Matthew Arnold
Religion is a complex and often contradictory force in our world. It fosters hope and comfort but also doubt and guilt. It creates both community and... →
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
Religion doesn't make people bigots. People are bigots and they use religion to justify their ideology.
Reza Aslan
Religion is never going to go away, and anyone who thinks it will doesn't understand what religion is. It is a language to describe the... →
The truth of the matter is that when you write about religion like I do, you're writing about something that people take very seriously.
Mike Huckabee and indeed many of the Christian conservatives in the U.S. have far more in common with the Muslim Brotherhood than they'd like to... →
Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.
Francis of Assisi