“I am a Christian. Through the centuries we have had many people who have done terrible things in the name of Christianity. They have perverted the religion.”
Hillary Rodham Clinton
The secretary of state was responding to a question in Tokyo about anti-Muslim prejudice in the U.S. She was quoted by the Washington Post. (RNS)
“Terminology is fraught with peril. People associate [‘religious right’] with a hard-edge politics and intolerance. Very few people to whom that term now would apply would use that term.”
John Green
The senior fellow with the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life was talking to Christianity Today about why the term “religious right” has fallen out of favor. (RNS)
“It’s not like we’re serving up margaritas. You can worship God wherever you’re at.”
Jamie Broadhead
The wife of Kris Broadhead, pastor of Mosaic, an emerging church in Birmingham, Ala., that meets in a bar was quoted by the Birmingham News. (RNS)