We've got to find ways of confronting the issues that divide - and at the heart of cultural issues, you often find religions.
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We live in secular world now, but most of our art and culture is rooted in religion.
Religion and culture are two important ways in which we as humans find our identity. That's certainly true for me.
Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it.
I think I'm fascinated by the power of religion in our culture. Like a lot of secular, liberal people, I ignored it for a long time. Lately, of course, just from a political perspective, it's impossible to ignore.
I think that we are at a point in our country where we're trying to decide what role should religion play in the political arena.
Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history.
Nothing has done more to separate and divide human beings one from another than exclusivist organized religion.
Religions have a strong binding function and a cohesive element. They emphasize the primacy of the community as opposed to the individual, and they also help set one community apart from another that doesn't share their beliefs.
Let me say it diplomatically: Most religions are tribal to some degree.
The intersection of religion and world politics has often been a bloody crossroads.
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