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Alain de Botton plans numinous nooks for atheists
Thursday January 26th 2012, 2:04 am
Filed under: Glory, glory, glory,international

AdB, building on ideas from his recent book Religion for Atheists, is designing atheist temples in London, with Tom Greenall Architects.

He imagines a network of them one day, but is far from his usual eloquence when talking about them. To offer inspiration, surety, and perspective — and to develop cultures to sustain such glorious monuments — will require a more assured and positive description of why they exist.

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