‘Science vs. Religion’ Binary: How to Get Past It

Purpose: What Evolution and Human Nature Imply about the Meaning of Our Existence, by Samuel T. Wilkinson (Simon and Schuster, 352 pages, $29.95)

In the early years of the 21st century, some public intellectuals dubbing themselves “New Atheists” began aggressively evangelizing the idea that religious belief is not only delusional but also destructive:“Religion poisons everything.” Unfortunately, the American public listened, and in the past two decades church attendance, religious affiliation, and belief in God have all substantially decreased even as depression, addiction, anxiety, suicide, and despair have substantially increased (especially among the most secular demographics). This religious decline has not only resulted in American misery but also created a cultural vacuum filled by a woke political ideology that threatens our most basic freedoms.

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Hyrum Lewis

Hyrum Lewis is a professor at Brigham Young University–Idaho and a co-author of The Myth of Left and Right (Oxford University Press, 2023).

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Purpose: What Evolution and Human Nature Imply about the Meaning of Our Existence, by Samuel T. Wilkinson (Simon and Schuster, 352 pages, $29.95)

In the early years of the 21st century, some public intellectuals dubbing themselves “New Atheists” began aggressively evangelizing the idea that religious belief is not only delusional but also destructive:“Religion poisons everything.” Unfortunately, the American public listened, and in the past two decades church attendance, religious affiliation, and belief in God have all substantially decreased even as depression, addiction, anxiety, suicide, and despair have substantially increased (especially among the most secular demographics). This religious decline has not only resulted in American misery but also created a cultural vacuum filled by a woke political ideology that threatens our most basic freedoms.