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Publishers Weekly | Why An Agnostic Philosopher Says We're All 'Religious' Publishers Weekly You write in Why We Need Religion that ?? the irrationality of religion does not render it unacceptable or valueless.? Will your unbelieving friends think you've lost your mind? Maybe! But there are a number of people like me who are skeptical about ... |
Irish Times | Dialogue between reason and religion an antidote to populism Irish Times A consensus on European values and a wholesome confidence in the future of Europe are further away now than 15 years ago. A similar psychological slippage has occurred at the global level. Richard Haass of the US Council on Foreign Relations puts it ... |
Publishers Weekly | Religion and Spirituality Books Preview: May 2018 Publishers Weekly Why We Need Religion by Stephen Asma (Oxford, $29.95, ISBN: 978-0-19-046967-2). Asma, who specializes in the philosophy of the life sciences, argues that people need religion because it is meaningful emotionally, whether or not it is true. To Heal the ... |
Asbury Park Press | Freedom of religion doesn't include putting others at risk: Letter Asbury Park Press The April 22 Steve Frank column "Time not on side of opponents" was a very one-sided piece whose pro-religion, anti-science (a redundancy?) point of view got firmly in the way of truth-telling. Sure, Assemblyman Herb Conaway Jr. may have stacked the ... |
Shelbyville Daily Union | Harry Reynolds opinion column: The power of religion Shelbyville Daily Union People should be free to choose their religion, or no religion. That is one of the key provisions of the First Amendment: ?Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof?? One of the ... |
Hernando Religion Calendar for April 27 Tampabay.com Christ the Savior Greek Orthodox Church will host National Day of Prayer at 7 p.m. May 3 at Anderson Snow Park Baseball Pavilion, 1360 Anderson Snow Road. Light refreshments. Call (352)796-8482. Information for the Religion Calendar and Briefs must be ... |
Religion Thewakullanews It was in the middle of February during a very shivering cold time that the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage said most dramatically, ?I can't wait for Spring. When in the world is Spring going to get here?? As a veteran husband, I knew this was not a ... |
Phys.Org | Conservation through religion? Scientists confirm that sacred natural sites confer biodiversity advantage Phys.Org Sacred natural sites (SNS) are found all over the world. They are thought to play an important role in conservation but until recently there was little systematic investigation of this claim. Now, new research published in the journal Biological ... |
Patheos (blog) | Study: Better Government Services and Quality of Life Reduce Need for Religion Patheos (blog) An exchange model of religion implies that if a secular entity such as government provides what people need, they will be less likely to seek help from supernatural entities. Controlling for quality of life and income inequality, we found that better ... People less attracted to religion when there's better health care, welfare and education, study claims |
Salt Lake Tribune | Commentary: Barbara Bush's old-fashioned religion Salt Lake Tribune Barbara Bush, who died Tuesday in Houston, always seemed a little old-fashioned to me. But it wasn't until a few days ago, when news broke that the former first lady was dying, at age 92, that she seemed old. Like other aspects of her persona, Bush had ... |