In Judaism faith means wrestling with God as Jacob once wrestled with an angel.

Since the 18th century, many Western intellectuals have predicted religion's imminent demise.

Hope, even more than necessity, is the mother of invention.

Religion creates community, community creates altruism and altruism turns us away from self and towards the common good... There is something about the tenor of relationships within a religious community that makes it the best tutorial in citizenship and good neighborliness.

I do not want to suggest that you have to be religious to be moral.

God's forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for clemency.

Freedom... leads those who have more than they need to share with those who have less