Donald Miller (1971) American writer
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000, Harvest House Publishers)
Interview in the Guardian in 2009. Nick Cave on the Death of Bunny Munroe. The Guardian Books Podcast, September 11, 2009. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio/2009/sep/10/nick-cave-bunny-munro <br class="br">God and religion
Donald Miller (1971) American writer
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000, Harvest House Publishers)
“I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.”
William James (1842–1910) American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist
Lecture III, Some Metaphysical Problems Pragmatically Considered
1900s, Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking (1907)
Ernest J. Gaines (1933–2019) Novelist, short story writer, teacher
Response after being asked "Do you regard yourself as a religious person?", in an interview with Religion & Ethics Newsweekly http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2011/02/18/february-18-2011-ernest-gaines/8169/, February 18, 2011
Madeline Carroll (1996) American actress
Source: 'I Can Only Imagine' Breakout Star Madeline Carroll: 'God has Plans for the Gifts He Gives Us' https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/2018/march/i-can-only-imagine-breakout-star-madeline-carroll-god-has-plans-for-the-gifts-he-gives-us (March 27, 2018)
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) Korean religious leader
Father's Words in Washington D.C. http://www.unification.net/2003/20030517_1.html (2003-05-17)
Malcolm X (1925–1965) American human rights activist
The Ballot or the Bullet (1964), Speech in Detroit, Michigan (12 April 1964)
Context: Islam is my religion, but I believe my religion is my personal business. It governs my personal life, my personal morals. And my religious philosophy is personal between me and the God in whom I believe; just as the religious philosophy of these others is between them and the God in whom they believe. And this is best this way. Were we to come out here discussing religion, we’d have too many differences from the outstart and we could never get together. [... ] If we bring up religion, we’ll be in an argument, and the best way to keep away from arguments and differences, as I said earlier, put your religion at home in the closet. Keep it between you and your God. Because if it hasn’t done anything more for you than it has, you need to forget it anyway.
“I believe that I benefit as a person and so do you, when you live under that call.”
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
2010s, 2011, Speech at the Gerald R. Ford Foundation (2011)
Ben Carson (1951) 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon
Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 133