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"I think what I and most other sociologists of religion wrote in the 1960s about secularization was a mistake. Our underlying argument was that secularization and modernity go hand in hand. With more modernization comes more secularization."
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"But if they called everything divine which they do not understand, why, there would be no end of divine beings."
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"When we are talking about 'Christians' and 'Moslems' we must first make sure that we are talking about people who have an idea, which should be more or less correct, as to what the other is supposed to believe and what he is expected to do as a consequence of that belief."
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"Real religion begins where the tiny cocoons of belief systems end."
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"I never thought of myself as a writer about religion until a religion came after me."
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"Religion, like science, is only noteworthy when it emphasizes a matter of what is true rather than whose belief is greater or lesser or which deity works for whom. Sincere religion and tested science are similar in that their assertions can be argued logically and objectively; otherwise, we get false cults and babble."
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"Much religious teaching in the world is in reality a confused or deteriorated form, very different from its roots."
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"The Christian God seemed the most offensive to people precisely because he was the most godlike. He was too perfect even to be coaxed by human efforts, and therefore sent his son to do the job."
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"Life in Christ is far richer."
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"These days when Christians bicker they exaggerate passion into a legalistic belief and prosperity into a lukewarm belief."
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"The religion I am talking about here is plain everyday humanism. That's exactly what the person named Jesus attempted to spread, but due to innate psychological reasons, his pupils ended up constructing yet another orthodox circle with its own distinct beliefs, ideals and fantasies."
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"Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market economy, but you can have a market economy without democracy."
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"Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one can understand that society much better by comparing it with others."
Society
"We also have a cultural phenomenon: the emergence of a global culture, or of cultural globalization."
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"The problem with liberal Protestantism in America is not that it has not been orthodox enough, but that it has lost a lot of religious substance."
Religion
"Some people think that as the Chinese economy becomes more and more capitalistic it will inevitably become more democratic."
People
"So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical principle - that you can't have democracy unless you have a market economy."
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"I think what I and most other sociologists of religion wrote in the 1960s about secularization was a mistake. Our underlying argument was that secularization and modernity go hand in hand. With more modernization comes more secularization."
Religion
"Even in a society as tightly controlled as Singapore's, the market creates certain forces which perhaps in the long run may lead to democracy."
Society
"One can't understand the Christian Right and similar movements unless one sees them as reactive - they're reacting to what they call secular humanism."
Christian
"I'm sure Putnam is right that there's been a decline in certain kinds of organizations like bowling leagues. But people participate in communities in other ways."
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