One of the great but less famous heroes of World War Two was Andre Trocme, the Protestant pastor of the village of Le Chambon sur Lignon in France, which sheltered and saved the lives of five thousand Jews under the noses of the Gestapo. Forty years later Pierre Sauvage, one of the Jews who was saved, recorded the story of the village in a magnificent documentary film with the title, 'Weapons of the Spirit'. The villagers proved that civil disobedience and passive resistance could be effective weapons, even against Hitler. Their religion gave them the courage and the discipline to stand firm. Progress in religion means that, as time goes on, religion more and more takes the side of the victims against the oppressors.

Religion will always remain a powerful force in the history of our species. To me, the meaning of progress in religion is simply this, that as we move from the…

Sharing the food is to me more important than arguing about beliefs. Jesus, according to the gospels, thought so too.

I am neither a saint nor a theologian. To me, good works are more important than theology. We all know that religion has been historically, and still is today,…

At once maddeningly original and disarmingly humane, Roger Williams championed Native American rights, church-state separation, and an independent judiciary wh…

The tyranny of some is possible only through the cowardice of others.

We must ever bear in mind that the great end in view is righteousness, justice as between man and man, nation and nation, the chance to lead our lives on a som…