TY - JOUR AU - Deng, Natalja PY - 2019/09/19 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Religion for Naturalists and the Meaning of Belief JF - European Journal for Philosophy of Religion JA - EJPR VL - 11 IS - 3 SE - Special Issue - Philosophy, Religion and Hope DO - 10.24204/ejpr.v11i3.3034 UR - https://www.philosophy-of-religion.eu/index.php/ejpr/article/view/3034 SP - 157-174 AB - <p>This article relates the philosophical discussion on naturalistic religious practice to Tim Crane’s <em>The Meaning of Belief: Religion from an Atheist’s Point of View</em>, in which he claims that atheists can derive no genuine solace from religion. I argue that Crane’s claim is a little too strong. There is a sense in which atheists can derive solace from religion and that fact is worth acknowledging (whether or not this counts as ‘genuine’ solace). </p> ER -