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Socrates vs Jesus

The Future of Religion

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Law vs Milbank: Belief and the Gods - part 1

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Law vs Milbank: Belief and the Gods - part 2

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In Place of Prejudice

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Law vs Milbank: Belief and the Gods - part 3

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Law vs Milbank: Belief and the Gods - part 4

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Return of the Pagans

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Alastair McIntosh

The Weird and the Wonderful

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Could the Force Really Be With Us?

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Paul Mendes-Flohr

How To Escape The Dangers of Overthinking

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The Secrets of the Tantric Body

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Bronwyn Finnigan

Can We Reinvent Ourselves? A Buddhist View

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What Is The Meaning of Life?

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Issue 68: The Good Life

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Edward McDougall

Shinto: How To Reconnect With Nature

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Prayer for Atheists

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The Philosophy of Fasting

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Edward McDougall

On being useless: a daoist reflection

Christmas traditions dont need religion

Alexis Papazoglou

Christmas traditions don't need religion

The Epicureans guide to Christmas

The Epicurean's guide to Christmas

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5 philosophers on how to face death

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Genia Schönbaumsfeld

Wittgenstein: science can’t tell us about God

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The afterlife without God

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Ricky Williamson

The reality of the mystical experience

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The mystical is culturally relative

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Spiritual but not religious: The end of belief

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Michael L. Raposa

The hidden reality discovered through ritual

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Simon Critchley, Omari Edwards

Beyond the limits of reason

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Lorraine Besser

Against the pursuit of happiness