Any great organization can go through sectarian phases.

It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian... or is it? I am not at all sure.

Every year the progress of advanced capitalist society makes our population consist of more and more isolates. This is because of the infrastructure of the economy, especially electronic communications.

Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history.

Just in our lifetime our society has become looser and more private, it becomes extremely difficult to hold to any permanent commitment whatever, least of all to organized religion.

When we are reflecting on terrorism we can grieve for many things we do and have done.

It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat.