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The Historical Religions Have The Tendency To Become Ends In Themselves, And, As It Were, To Put Themselves In God's Place, And, In Fact, There Is Nothing That Is So Apt To Obscure God's Face As A Religion.

-Martin Buber

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The Historical Religions Have The Tendency To

Martin Buber

The Historical Religions Have The Tendency To Become Ends In Themselves, And, As It Were, To Put Themselves In God's Place, And, In Fact, There Is Nothing That Is So Apt To Obscure God's Face As A Religion.

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