« De l'exigence d'insérer les banquets dans la diachronie, est né le projet d'une enquête sur dix siècles environ, de l'époque archaïque à l'époque romaine, non pour écrire une page d'"histoire immobile" enfermée dans les structures parfois trop closes de la longue durée, mais p…
As human beings, we strive to make life go smoothly for ourselves and others, but that is expecting from the world something it cannot give. Ajahn Brahm, the bestselling author of Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung? and Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond, presents in this new work w…
The boring debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is finally moved on by Alain de Botton's inspiring new book, which boldly argues that the supernatural claims of religion are of course entirely false - and yet that religions still have some very important thi…
Immigration and American religion
Many people still believe in life after death, but modern institutions operate as though this were the only world - eternity is now eclipsed from view in society and even in the church. This text observes the eclipse of the afterlife and assesses its circumstances and future.
