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Elaine Pagels explores why humans rely on religious belief

Author Elaine Pagels explores why humans rely on religious belief

12/26/2018

PBS News Hour

Elaine Pagels explores why humans rely on religious belief

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Author Elaine Pagels explores why humans rely on religious belief

Why do people have faith in what they cannot see? Author Elaine Pagels explores the concept of religious belief, and shares her own experience with finding faith in the face of tragedy, in her new book, “Why Religion?” Jeffrey Brown caught up with Pagels at this year’s Miami Book Fair.

12/26/2018

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