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Christianity itself is the finest example of the use of love’s intensity towards a transcendental conception of the universal.
Nicolas Truong • In Praise of Love
as Voltaire put it, the perfect is the enemy of the good.
Rutger Bregman • Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World
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A world that cannot live with strangers is a world not yet redeemed.
Jonathan Sacks • A Letter in the Scroll: Understanding Our Jewish Identity and Exploring the Legacy of the World's Oldest Religion
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John Hemming • The Conquest of the Incas
You might not be saved yourself, but you were part of a social entity set apart by its rigorous spiritual discipline—and set above all those who were unclean, untamed, and unchurched.
Barbara Ehrenreich • Bright-sided: How Positive Thinking is Undermined America
the zealot is destined to reappear as the ultimate reconciler, restoring harmony between the generations.
Daniel C. Matt • Becoming Elijah: Prophet of Transformation (Jewish Lives)
In true Kharijite fashion, Jihadists segregate all Muslims into “the People of Heaven” (themselves) and “the People of Hell” (everyone else). Anyone whose interpretation of scripture and observance of the Shariah does not correspond to the Jihadist model is considered a member of the latter…
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Reza Aslan • No god but God (Updated Edition): The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam
The great tragedy of the Christological controversies was that, for the most part, the Churches were divided more by language than by belief. The so-called Monophysites, for instance, never meant to deny the full and inviolable humanity of Christ.