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John Hick Quotes on God

John Harwood Hick was a British philosopher of religion and one of the most influential religious thinkers of the late twentieth century. This page collects quotes attributed to John Hick on the topic of god, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to John Hick:

    “All the great religions are different responses to the same ultimate Reality.”

  • Attributed to John Hick:

    “Suffering is the matrix of soul-making.”

  • Attributed to John Hick:

    “Religious experience is the human encounter with the Real.”

  • Attributed to John Hick:

    “No religion can claim a monopoly on truth.”

  • Attributed to John Hick:

    “Faith is the interpretive element in religious experience.”