'What's Going To Fill The Hole Left By Religion?' with Greg Epstein

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English - March 04, 2021 05:15 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
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All around us the old systems of thought, meaning, belonging and identity are collapsing. Humanity is shattering into a million and one digital niches each one with their own myths, values and facts.

Traditionally, the decline of one structure of meaning would lead to a new religious movement of revitalisation.

But what would revitalisation look like in this secular age? Can there be a secular replacement? Can we find a society wide message of hope? Can we rebuild local communities?

Greg Epstein is the perfect person to speak to about this because he's:

1) the current Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

2) An ordained Humanist Rabbi.

3) The author of the New York Times bestseller 'Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe'.

But, more importantly than all that, he was the judge on FYI's reality TV show 'Married At First Sight'! If this guy can help two people who've only just met stay married, then maybe the world does stand a chance.

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