Restoring Humanism to Religion: Why Religiousness Matters More Than Belief

David Galston is a scholar and Executive Director of the Westar Institute. In this book he argues that religion must evolve by recovering its humanist roots and embracing religiousness, a word he has retrieved and modified from Cantwell Smith. Galston calls for a shift from authoritarian beliefs to practices that foster solidarity, creativity, and joy. He reviews the ways an institutional God has died in our present culture but affirms that religion can still hold a relevant and life-affirm...