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“The capacity for the accomplishment of religious virtuosos the "intellectual sacrifice" is the decisive characteristic of the positively religious man. That this is so is shown by the fact that in spite of (or rather in consequence) of theology (which unveils it) the tension between the value-spheres of "science" and the sphere of "the holy" is unbridgeable.”

Men Facts Values Religious Sacrifice Holy Intellectual Consequence Capacity Theology Accomplishment Tension Characteristics Spite Spheres Positively

Book:From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology

Source: From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology

“There is hardly any other sphere in which prejudice and superstition of the most horrific kind have been retained so long as in that of women, and just as it must have been an inexpressable relief for humanity when it shook off the burden of religious prejudice and superstition, I think it will be truly glorious when women become real people and have the whole world open before them.”

People Thinking World Kind Long Has Beens Real Whole Humanity Religious Prejudice Burden Whole World Glorious Relief Spheres Superstitions Horrific Religious Prejudice

Author:Isak Dinesen

“Religion and liberty are inseparable. Religion is voluntary, and cannot, and ought not to be forced. This is a fundamental article of the American creed, without distinction of sect or party. Liberty, both civil and religious, is an American instinct. Such liberty is impossible on the basis of a union of church and state, where the one of necessity restricts or controls the other. It requires a friendly separation, where each power is entirely independent in its own sphere.”

“[On women as priests:] It has always seemed very odd to me that this particular sphere of activity should remain a male closed shop, seeing that, to judge from church attendance, women are the more religious sex - while our criminal statistics make quite clear that they are the least wicked.”

Should Sex Church Religious Clear Seeing Particular Judging Activity Males Criminals Odd Wicked Shops Priests Statistics Spheres Clergy Attendance Church Attendance

Author:Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks

“Freedom is won by relegating religion to a purely private sphere remote from the body politic. In fact, the establishment of a free society is predicated on the idea that religion must be surgically removed from culture.”

Ideas Facts Body Christian Culture Religious Spheres Establishment Free Society

Author:William Anthony Donohue

“One of the important things about religion is that it is a sphere which is partially protected from selection. Religious creativity occurs when people pull out of the whole selectivity issue. Becoming celibate - obviously you couldn't be less selective that that. Yes, selection is always in the background. But it's not always there in the foreground. If you don't understand that, you're missing a lot.”

People Ifs Important Whole Religious Creativity Issues Missing Becoming Important Things Backgrounds Spheres Protected Selection Selective Foreground

Author:Robert Neelly Bellah

“Religious freedom certainly means the right to worship God, individually and in community, as our consciences dictate. But religious liberty, by its nature, transcends places of worship and the private sphere of individuals and families.”

Mean Individual Community Religious Liberty Worship Conscience Spheres Religious Freedom Worship God Religious Liberty Places Of Worship

Book:The Allure of Goodness and Love: Pope Francis in the United States Complete Texts

Source: The Allure of Goodness and Love: Pope Francis in the United States Complete Texts