Why Religion? A Personal Story

Elaine Pagels, Lynde Houck

eAudio - 2018

Why is religion still around in the twenty-first century? Why do so many still believe? And how do various traditions still shape the way people experience everything from sexuality to politics, whether they are religious or not? In Why Religion? Elaine Pagels looks to her own life to help address these questions.These questions took on a new urgency for Pagels when dealing with unimaginable loss—the death of her young son, followed a year later by the shocking loss of her husband. Here she interweaves a personal story with the work that she loves, illuminating how, for better and worse, religious traditions have shaped how we understand ourselves; how we relate to one another; and, most importantly, how to get through the most difficult ...challenges we face. Drawing upon the perspectives of neurologists, anthropologists, and historians, as well as her own research, Pagels opens unexpected ways of understanding persistent religious aspects of...

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Published
HarperAudio
Language
English
Main Authors
Elaine Pagels, Lynde Houck
Online Access
OverDrive Resource Page
Format
MP3 audiobook, OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook
File Size207 GB
Parts8
ISBN9780062866608
Release Date11/6/2018
OverDrive Listen audiobook
File Size207 GB
ISBN9780062866608
Release Date11/6/2018