Pain Is Something That's Common To Human

We Are Opinionated Society. We're Very Happy To Spout Forth Our Own Views; We're Not Good About Listening. We Have To Listen To Other's Stories. Learn To Listen To The Stories Of The Terrorists Just As We Hope That They Will Listen To Ours Because Very Often These Narratives Express Frustrations, Fears, And Anxieties That Most Societies Can Safely Ignore.

My Study Of Religion, Which I Regard In Many Ways As An Art Form, Is A Search For Meaning.

I Tremble For Our World, Where, In The Smallest Ways, We Find It Impossible, As Marshall Hodgson Enjoined, To Find Room For The Other In Our Minds. If We Cannot Accommodate A Viewpoint In A Friend Without Resorting To Unkindness, How Can We Hope To Heal The Terrible Problems Of Our Planet? I No Longer Think That Any Principle Or Opinion Is Worth Anything If It Makes You Unkind Or Intolerant.

A Theology Should Be Like Poetry, Which Takes Us To The End Of What Words And Thoughts Can Do.

Far From Being The Father Of Jihad, [prophet] Mohammad Was A Peacemaker, Who Risked His Life And Nearly Lost The Loyalty Of His Closest Companions Because He Was Determined To Effect A Reconciliation With Mecca