Religiosity Turns Out To Be

In Thinking About Religion And Society In The 21st Century, We Should Broaden The Conversation About Faith From Doctrinal Debates To The Larger Question Of How It Might Inspire Us To Strengthen The Bonds Of Belonging That Redeem Us From Our Solitude, Helping Us To Construct Together A Gracious And Generous Social Order.

In Our Interconnected World, We Must Learn To Feel Enlarged, Not Threatened, By Difference - That Is What I Have Argued.

We Do Not Always Appreciate The Role The Queen Has Played In One Of The Most Significant Changes In The Past 60 Years: The Transformation Of Britain Into A Multi-ethnic, Multi-faith Society. No One Does Interfaith Better Than The Royal Family, And It Starts With The Queen Herself.

What Creates Freedom? A Revolution In The Streets? Mass Protest? Civil War? A Change Of Government? The Ousting Of The Old Guard And Its Replacement By The New? History, More Often Than Not, Shows That Hopes Raised By Such Events Are Often Dashed, Sooner Rather Than Later.

Religious Law Is Like The Grammar Of Language. Any Language Isgoverned By Such Rules; Otherwise It Ceases To Be A Language. But Within Them, You Can Say Many Different Sentences And Write Many Different Books.