William D. Tammeus

“Evil is the radical deprivation of good.”

“Myths are not lies. They are, rather, stories that are so true they may or may not have happened.”

“Fundamentalism is the failure of nerve, the retreat into certainty in the face of complexity.”

“We are all theological creatures, whether we know it or not.”

“Grief is the price we pay for love, and it’s a price worth paying.”

“Pluralism is not relativism. It's the conviction that we can live together in peace even when we have profound disagreements.”

“We can’t fix what we don’t acknowledge.”

“A healthy faith is one that has questions, not just answers.”

“Religion, at its best, helps us create meaning where there seems to be none.”

“Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It's about remembering--and letting go.”

“Science asks how. Religion asks why. They are not in conflict but are complementary ways of knowing.”

“Hope is the stubborn refusal to accept that the worst is the last word.”

“The great religious traditions are not primarily about correct doctrine but about right living.”

“Theology is the human attempt to speak about the unspeakable.”

“The task of the prophet is not to predict the future but to describe the present with such piercing clarity that the future becomes an urgent moral choice.”