The question of religion in black America is something filmmakers don't want to touch. James McBride americablackfilmmaker Change image and share on social
It's been mentioned or suggested that Paradise will not be well studied, because it's about this unimportant intellectual topic, which is religion. Toni Morrison intellectualmentionparadise Change image and share on social
In nearly every religion I am aware of, there is a variation of the golden rule. And even for the non-religious, it is a tenet of people who believe in humanistic principles. Hillary Clinton awaregoldenhumanistic Change image and share on social
Secularism is categorically not saying that the religious may not speak out publicly or have a say in public life. It is about saying that religion alone should not confer a privileged say in public life, or greater influence on it. It really is as simple as that. Richard Dawkins categoricallyconfergreat share on social
Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel beginfreehumanity Change image and share on social
Christianity began as a religion of the poor and dispossessed - farmers, fishermen, Bedouin shepherds. There's a great lure to that kind of simplicity and rigor - the discipline, the call to action. Camille Paglia actionbedouinbegin Change image and share on social
If religion comes into the public square, it is as vulnerable as any other human institution to be pelted with produce. Ignorance does not become wisdom just because you gussy it up with the Gospels. Charlie Pierce gospelgussyhuman Change image and share on social
Art and Religion are, then, two roads by which men escape from circumstance to ecstasy. Between aesthetic and religious rapture there is a family alliance. Art and Religion are means to similar states of mind. Clive Bell aestheticallianceart share on social
Judaism is not, per se, a religion in the sense most Americans think of. Even if you don't adhere to the various precepts, you're still a Jew. Gil Marks adhereamericanjew Change image and share on social
