“The fact is that there is a profound spiritual hunger in the western world which, for a variety of reasons, its church is no longer able to assuage. So a book which suggests that there is a spiritual significance to the Christian story but that this has been suppressed by the church undoubtedly appeals to those who are anxious to square this circle.” WorldHas BeensBookReasonFactsStoriesAbleChristianSpiritualReligionChurchMoralityProfoundWesternHungerCirclesVarietyAppealsSignificanceSquaresAnxiousWestern WorldSpiritual HungerProfound Spiritual Author:Melanie Phillips
“The Christians seized all the maize the locals of Nicaragua had grown for themselves and their own families and, as a consequence, some twenty or thirty thousand natives died of hunger, some mothers even killing their own children and eating them.” ChildrenChristianMotherAtheismThousandEatingConsequenceDiedTwentiesKillingHungerPositive AtheismLocalsThirtyNicaraguaMaize Author:Bartolome de las Casas
“... For all our alarm, it is clear that the religious right is responding to a real hunger in our society... a deep-seated yearning for stable values... When conservative Christian groups talk of failures in our educational system, the erosion of our moral standards, and the waste of young lives, they are addressing real and legitimate concerns... Among secularists, the aversion toward discussion of moral values, let alone religion, can reach absurd extremes.” RealChristianYoungValuesReligiousMoralClearGroupsWasteStandardsConcernHungerConservativeEducationalExtremesAbsurdDiscussionOur SocietyYearningStableAlarmsRespondingAversionEducational SystemMoral ValuesErosionYoung Life Author:Norman Lear
“... our reality teaches us that, as Christians, we must create a Church of the poor, that we don't need a Church imposed from outside which knows nothing of hunger.” KnowsNeedsRealityChristianChurchPoorTeachHunger Book:I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala (Second Edition) Source: I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala (Second Edition)