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Phil Zuckerman grew up in Southern California, but has lived in Oregon, Israel, and Denmark. He is a professor of sociology and secular studies at Pitzer College, in Claremont, California. He is the author of several books, including What it Means to Be Moral (Counterpoint Press, 2020), Society Without God (NYU Press, 2008), and Faith No More (Oxford U. Press, 2011).
Some three hundred years ago in the early 1700s, in a small village in the Champagne region of France, there lived a humble Catholic priest who dutifully led mass, administered the sacraments, oversaw baptisms and funerals, and kindly tended to the existential needs of his flock. All the while, .
Generally speaking, being a part of any organized movement is inherently optimistic. The act of gathering people to advance a set of shared values presumes that its goals can be realistically achieved if enough people put in enough effort and resources. Of course, with some areas of activism, op .