A theology should be like poetry, which takes us to the end of what words and thoughts can do.

Some people simply bury their heads in the sand and refuse to think about the sorrow of the world, but this is an unwise course, because, if we are entirely unprepared, the tragedy of life can be devastating.

Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.

Alas, all traditions lose their primal purity and we all fail our founders.

There is nothing in Islam that is more violent than Christianity.

My study of religion, which I regard in many ways as an art form, is a search for meaning.

We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity.