As a professor at a college that declares itself proudly progressive, I am regularly told by my students that both my faith and my teaching on religion and civil society are anachronistic.
My students, many of whom identify as atheists or agnostics, tend to see religion as offering little value in building community and civil society. As evidence, they appeal to popular, if questionable, studies, including an oft-cited report allegedly proving that children raised without religion show more empathy and kindness than those who grew up with faith.
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