“The only economic paradigm that movies have ever known is capitalism. There were no church sponsors or state patronage. The idea was that if you'd pay to see it, we'll make it for you.” IfsIdeasStatesChurchPayKnownEconomicCapitalismParadigmSponsorsPatronage Author:Paul Schrader
“Economic man and the Calvinist Christian sing to each other like voices in a fugue. The Calvinist stands alone before an almost merciless God; no human agency can help him; his church is a means to political and social organization rather than a bridge to deity, for no priest can have greater knowledge of the divine way than he himself; no friend can console him - in fact, he should distrust all men; in the same fashion, Economic Man faces a merciless world alone and unaided, his hand against every other's.” MenWorldWayShouldHumansMeanFactsHelpingHandsChristianFacesPoliticalSocialVoiceChurchGreaterEconomicFashionDivineOrganizationBridgesAgencyPriestsDistrustDeitiesConsoleStand AloneNo FriendsSocial OrganizationFugue Author:Lionel Trilling
“So my life and the life of my family has been completely disrupted in absolutely every way. But it's been worth it. It's uncovered a vast cesspool of illegitimate economic and political power in which the Church is immersed right up to its ears, and I intend to dive in headfirst and pull it out of there dripping wet for all the world to see -- no matter how long it takes, no matter whose feet get stepped on in the process, no matter how much it costs, no matter how great the personal sacrifice.” WorldWayLongHas BeensMatterPoliticalProcessChurchSacrificeFeetAtheismEconomicCostMy FamilyEarsPositive AtheismWetWorth ItPolitical PowerDrippingPersonal Sacrifice Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“The best attitude to receive the Pope's teachings is to understand that he is a religious leader and the essence of his message comes from the Gospel, not from one ideology or another.And so, if our economic systems are not oriented toward the human person but only concerned with profits, he wants to confront the system and change it. This, by the way, is common to all the popes, it comes directly from the so-called social teachings of the church.” IfsWayWantHumansPersonsSocialChurchReligiousCommonAttitudeLeaderEconomicTeachingMessagesConcernedEssenceProfitIdeologyPopeEconomic SystemsBest AttitudeReligious Leaders Author:Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo
“The faith of a church or of a nation is an adequate faith only when it inspires and enables people to give of their time and energy to shape the various institutions - social, economic, and political - of the common life.” PeopleGivingPoliticalFaithEnergyNationsSocialChurchCommonEconomicInspireShapesInstitutionsVariousAdequateTime And EnergyCommon Life Book:On being human religiously: selected essays in religion and society Source: On being human religiously: selected essays in religion and society