Why Religion?: A Personal Story Audiobook (Free)

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Why is religious beliefs still about in the twenty-first century? Why do this many still believe? And how do numerous traditions still form the way people experience everything from sexuality to politics, if they are spiritual or not really? In Why Religious beliefs? Elaine Pagels looks to her very own life to greatly help address these queries.

These questions took on a new urgency for Pagels when dealing with unimaginable about Why Religion?: A Personal Story loss-the death of her youthful son, adopted a year later by the shocking loss of her hubby. Right here she interweaves a personal story with the work that she enjoys, illuminating how, for better and worse, religious traditions have shaped how exactly we understand ourselves; how exactly we relate to one another; and, most importantly, ways to get through the most difficult challenges we encounter.

Sketching upon the perspectives of neurologists, anthropologists, and historians, aswell as her have research, Pagels starts unexpected ways of understanding persistent spiritual areas of our culture.

A provocative and deeply moving account in one of the most compelling religious thinkers at the job today, Why Religion? explores the spiritual dimension of individual experience.