This chapter explores how religions provide a sense of wholeness and help individuals who cannot stand on their own. It highlights the capacity of religion to generate meaning and structure in life, which can alleviate anxiety, depression, and addiction.
“Over half a century ago, while I was still a child, I recall hearing a number of older people offer the following explanation for the great disasters that had befallen Russia [in the 20th century]: ‘Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has happened.’” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1983 Templeton Address Is secularization a sign […]
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Do we Need God? – The Loss of God and the Decay of Society first appeared on
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