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Jack Miles

Jack Miles is the editor of The Norton Anthology of World Religions and a professor of English and religious studies at the University of California, Irvine. He lives in Orange County, California.

— From March 2016
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

Why Religion Endures

On a spectrum of postures toward religious faith that runs from organized hostility to muffled contempt to resigned forbearance to never-crosses-my-mind indifference to against-my-better-judgment curiosity to serious interest to fellow-traveling to heartfelt engagement to missionary fervor, where do you place yourself, and how does that dispose you to others’ positions?

March 2016
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