Bio
Alan Fox is a professor of Asian and Comparative Philosophy and Religion in the Philosophy Department and director of the Honors Program at the University of Delaware.
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JUL 2, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Institutional Trappings
The institutionalization of religion seems symptomatic of the human tendency to mistrust our own intuitions, which can result in an abdication of responsibility.