People are given a false alternative: the choice between an unenlightened belief and an enlightened unbelief. Most intellectuals seem to pay homage t…

- Eugen Drewermann

Whenever we encounter a human being in such a way that we feel absolutely certain of the infinity of that person's worth and the eternity of his or h…

- Eugen Drewermann

We see in the 20th Century an unfortunate trench warfare, in which psychoanalysis, in a struggle against the internalized compulsion and superstition…

- Eugen Drewermann

You see, my Lord Archbishop, what is "dubious" about my theology is not that it contradicts particular doctrinal teachings, things are much worse or …

- Eugen Drewermann

In my eyes, concepts of theology have only as much value as they are able to interpret experience. It seems to me that we have long reached the point…

- Eugen Drewermann

In all cultures, it is the task of a religion to close the field of contingency ...and to set up havens of the absolute where it is possible to be le…

- Eugen Drewermann

If you want to change people by talking about God, then there is only one way: instead of teaching God, you must live God. Because: "teaching" God is…

- Eugen Drewermann