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Religion — or religious people?

By: Amy Rice

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I would say that it is not the institution that has hurt me; it is individual people who do things in the name of religion. But in some ways, it seems to hurt more because it is people  — not a semi-impersonal organization — that are doing the hurting.

 

Amy Rice
Amy Rice
Amy C. Rice is a technical services and systems librarian at Whitworth University. She has been attending Nazarene churches for most of her life.  As a result, she often approaches issues through a Wesleyan-Arminian perspective.
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