To put it a little crudely, these days nobody is afraid of excommunication. If they decide they don't want to be Catholic anymore and want to become …

- Ninian Smart

Tolerance has been a very important feature of Christianity from its very roots, despite all the other things that have gone on since. And that, I th…

- Ninian Smart

I don't think religions will merge into a great global faith. But I do believe we're moving toward a global ideology that has a place for religion an…

- Ninian Smart

A central feature of the ceremonial associated with Mithras was the taurobolium, the ritual slaughter of a bull which commemorated and repeated Mithr…

- Ninian Smart

Life is very difficult and we owe it to our fellow human beings to be as cheerful as we can.

- Ninian Smart

Syncretism can be disturbing to people. They have often been taught, "You have to have solid faith and must be sure of your religion," and so on. The…

- Ninian Smart

Buddhism and Christianity are incompatible because there is no God in Buddhism - particularly in Theravada Buddhism. But they are also allies because…

- Ninian Smart

If you were going to be attracted to a mystical faith which involved the contemplative life, Buddhism would be quite reasonable. But then, not everyb…

- Ninian Smart

One of the effects of religions getting together is that they borrow from one another. An example is the growing number of Catholics who are practici…

- Ninian Smart