Christopher X J. Jensen
Associate Professor, Pratt Institute

“School of Life” acknowledges the values in religion worth preserving

Posted 10 Sep 2012 / 0

On Being Alain de Botton on a School of Life for Atheists

Religion for Atheists

What I find very interesting about this philosopher’s approach are his implicit memetic assumptions: that religions have nested within their complex cultural structure extractable “ways of living” that are valuable to believers and non-believers alike.

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