One of the interesting things is is that Judaism was very attractive to the Roman aristocracy.

I wanted to know how much of conversion was forced - that is, forced in the sense that the Inquisition forced people to choose - forced Jews, let's say, and Muslims to choose conversion to Christianity or death. I wanted to see how much of conversion historically was forced in that way and how much of it was really a kind of persuasion.

Whether you are religious or nonreligious, may you find solace in the knowledge that the suffering is ours, but that those we love suffer no more.

The government should not be in the business of funneling money for social services through any faith-based organization

one of the great weaknesses of the women's rights movement over the past two hundred years has been the tendency of its history to disappear, so that it must be resurrected for each new generation.

I think people who love each other and live together and have children together need to agree on the things that are most important in life.

One of the reasons there are largely Catholic and largely Protestant regions of Germany today is that people did sort themselves out geographically.