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88: Can Religion Make You Happier? The Surprising Scientific Findings of Ancient Religious Practice: David Desteno

No Small Endeavor with Lee C. Camp
No Small Endeavor with Lee C. Camp
Episode • Nov 17, 2022 • 56m

Does religion make us happier? David Desteno discusses his book How God Works, in which he makes the argument, backed by research, that the wisdom of the world’s great religious traditions lines up with recent psychological and neuroscientific findings about what constitutes a good, flourishing life.

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