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Book Review: *Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious* by Ross Douthat

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Ross Douthat
seems like a cool guy — the non-smoking Catholic at the blunt rotation who patiently answers his friends’ half-baked religious questions till two in the morning.

In his latest book, Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious, Douthat makes the case for exploring religion and eventually committing to one — not on the basis that religion is the way to own…

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