Chris Hedges and Alain de Botton: What Atheists Should Take From Religion
The "Religion for Atheists" author tells Chris Hedges there's a lot secular society can learn from religious institutions and traditions and he argues for a "neo-religious vision of using culture as scripture."The “Religion for Atheists” author tells Chris Hedges there’s a lot secular society can learn from religious institutions and traditions and he argues for a “neo-religious vision of using culture as scripture.”
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