Little does contemporary religion ask of man. It is ready to offer comfort; it has no courage to challenge. It is ready to offer edification; it has no courage to break the idols, to shatter callousness. The trouble is that religion has become "religion" - institution, dogma, ritual. It is no longer an event. Its acceptance involves neither risk nor strain.

A.J. Heschel, Religion in a Free Society, in The Insecurity of Freedom, FS&G, p.3