Religion
Yuval Noah Harari’s nihilist Bible.
Why we should listen to the impartial spectator within.
In their view, religion both complemented and restrained the humanities.
Without Jewish and Christian ideas of human dignity, “universal” values are left hanging in the void.
David Brooks neglects marriage.
Understanding the religious impulses underpinning the American left.
Why do we need religion?
By Ignoring Judaism, a New Book Errs in Trying to Explain the Origins of the Modern Idea of Religion
But another book provides insight into mankind’s religious nature.
Alec Ryrie’s Unbelievers.
An account of homo, without the sapiens.
The (fictional) Jewish prisoner who brought about Solzhenitsyn’s conversion.
In Britain, people seem to take it on faith that to have faith is stupid.
And may speak to observant Jews more than do many Jewish-themed shows.
For nonbelievers, objects and traditions bound up with religious belief are a substitute for belief itself.
