The idea that education will lead to a lessening of bigotry is just factually incorrect.

Anyone who says that Iran will commit suicide with its nuclear power is a moron and has no business in discussion.

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.

There is absolutely no difference between religion and politics at all in Jesus' time. In other words, every seemingly religious word that came out of Jesus' mouth had very clear and unmistakable political connotations to it.

As with all journeys, the Way has an end, though it should not be imagined as a straight road leading to a fixed destination but rather as a majestic mountain whose peak conceals the presence of God. There are, of course, many paths to the summit-some better than others. But because every path eventually leads to the same destination, which path one takes is irrelevant.

I really believe that to have a full impression of Jesus, both as Christ as a man, you must know about the world that gave shape to him - the world out of which he arose.

When you forcefully suppress religious nationalism, you radicalize it.