Susan Hill Quotes

I didn't study theology out of piety. I studied it because I wanted to know.

I want to create the largest archive of great God debates in existence: a Web site that becomes a great resource for both Christians and atheists.

There are things that I do agree with in Christianity and things that I don't agree with. I'm not a regular churchgoer, but I do think that I have my own beliefs that I feel strongly about.

Theology is unnecessary.

I am very interested in theology. In fact, my first degree was in theology, so it's something that interests me greatly.

I think there's nothing better in the world than a spirited discussion about the Bible and Jesus and God and the Catholic faith, or the Jewish faith, or the Muslim faith - any religion.

I study religion because I find it fascinating and problematic. But I struggle with the idea of what religion is, what being religious means. A lot of people assume that if you write about early Christianity, you must be some kind of Sunday-school teacher.

The study of theology, as it stands in the Christian churches, is the study of nothing.

I actually do propose open-mindedness, but open-mindedness to the Word of God.

I occupy much of my time in theological studies for which I have a natural inclination.

Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.

In my 20s, I railed against anything 'spiritual'; I thought it was all crap.

In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to feel that the story that I was told about this religion wasn't perhaps completely whole, that something was left out.

Theology is in disrepute among most Western intellectuals. The word is taken to mean a passe form of religious thinking that embraces irrationality and dogmatism. So too, Scholasticism.

The Christian of the future will be a mystic or he will not exist at all.

All the religions are super funny to me.

I love religion and have contemplated going back to school to get a world religion degree.

Mysticism, poor mysticism! When it is underestimated and oversimplified, it comes down from its original sphere and stands beside religion.

I'm very interested in religion as something to study, but I'm not a religious person in the slightest.

There are many very educated people who are religious, but they're not creationists.

So much of religion is exegesis. I would rather follow in the footprints of Christ than all of the dogma.

Christianity has always embraced both reason and faith.

I'd say that 'Tree of Life' is not a Christian so much as a spiritual film.

'Boxers' was more time consuming simply because it was longer, but 'Saints' was definitely harder. I think it's just hard to talk about faith in general.

My main source for faith-based stuff is mostly the Bible, and a childhood with a much, much higher-than-median exposure to theological thought.