Author: Timothy Radcliffe

Quotes

Despite all the lunacy of the last century, all the absurdity of war and genocide, we believe that humans being are rational and are made to seek the truth.

Despite all the lunacy of the last century, all the absurdity of war and genocide, we believe that humans being are rational and are made to seek the truth.

- Timothy Radcliffe

Seeking the good is not primarily about rules and commandments.

Seeking the good is not primarily about rules and commandments.

- Timothy Radcliffe

Our society has lost confidence in the power of reason, except perhaps scientific reason.

Our society has lost confidence in the power of reason, except perhaps scientific reason.

- Timothy Radcliffe

Most religions live from a narrative that shapes their relationship with the divine other, God or the gods, and with the human other, the stranger.

Most religions live from a narrative that shapes their relationship with the divine other, God or the gods, and with the human other, the stranger.

- Timothy Radcliffe

The unutterable violence of the Holocaust shook our confidence in the possibility of telling any story of faith at all.

The unutterable violence of the Holocaust shook our confidence in the possibility of telling any story of faith at all.

- Timothy Radcliffe

Claiming that you have got the truth wrapped up does breed violence and intolerance.

Claiming that you have got the truth wrapped up does breed violence and intolerance.

- Timothy Radcliffe

Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity, maybe even for their beauty.

Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity, maybe even for their beauty.

- Timothy Radcliffe

To be frank, I suspect that today there is little respect for Christianity as source of moral teaching about goodness.

To be frank, I suspect that today there is little respect for Christianity as source of moral teaching about goodness.

- Timothy Radcliffe

The medieval Church believed that the resurrection of Christ marked a new time for all of humanity.

The medieval Church believed that the resurrection of Christ marked a new time for all of humanity.

- Timothy Radcliffe

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