Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer’s Guide to the Uses of Religion — Ritual Without Belief
What happens when supernatural belief disappears but the human needs religion organized remain?
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
Using Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer’s Guide to the Uses of Religion by Alain de Botton as our lens, this episode investigates whether secular societies may have discarded useful social technologies along with religious doctrine.
De Botton argues that religions developed practices for addressing persistent problems of community, suffering, moral reflection, memory, and human connection. The episode examines how…
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