“The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.”
“The doctrine of original sin is the doctrine according to which divine forgiveness makes known the accidental nature of human mortality, thus permitting an entirely new anthropological understanding.”
“Both freethought and anthropology are symptoms of the same underlying condition - the relative condition, the condition of difference.”
“The task of the modern era was the realization and humanization of God – the transformation and dissolution of theology into anthropology.”
“Fantasy - the ability to envisage the world in many different ways - is one of the skills that makes us human.”
“If we make every attempt to increase out knowledge in order to use it for human good, it will make a difference in us and in our world.”