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“All Things Shining”

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It’s only natural, Philosophy Department Chair Sean Dorrance Kelly said, for people to ask themselves questions like “What constitutes human excellence?” and “What is the best way to live a life?” But those questions prove particularly troublesome in this age, he explained, because religion no longer provides many people with a shared set of values or justifies their existence the way it did in centuries past.

Whistling through the darkness

Authors offer perspective, guide to finding meaning in a secular age

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DateFebruary 17, 2011