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To gift or not to gift A philosophers dilemma
Skye C. Cleary, John Kaag

To gift or not to gift? A philosopher's dilemma
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Do You Have the Right to Make Promises?

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Socrates vs Jesus
Linda Woodhead

The Future of Religion
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Stephen Law

Law vs Milbank: Belief and the Gods - Part 1
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John Milbank

Law vs Milbank: Belief and the Gods - part 2
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Naomi Goulder

In Place of Prejudice
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Stephen Law

Law vs Milbank: Belief and the Gods - part 3
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John Milbank

Law vs Milbank: Belief and the Gods - part 4
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Eileen Barker

Return of the Pagans
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Alastair McIntosh

The Weird and the Wonderful
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Philip Goff

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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Gavin Flood

The Secrets of the Tantric Body
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Bronwyn Finnigan

Can We Reinvent Ourselves? A Buddhist View
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Steve Taylor

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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William Irwin

Prayer for Atheists
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Peter Adamson

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
Tim O'Keefe

The Epicurean's guide to Christmas
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Steven Luper

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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Paul Bickley

The afterlife without God
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Ricky Williamson

The reality of the mystical experience
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Steven T. Katz

The mystical is culturally relative
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George Adams

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