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All human beings have an innate need to hear and tell stories and

All human beings have an innate need to hear and tell stories and to have a story to live by. religion, whatever else it has done, has provided one of the main ways of meeting this abiding need. – Harvey Cox

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Sermons remain one of the last forms of public discourse where it is culturally forbidden to talk back. – Harvey Cox

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In West Africa, when a person in the village becomes sick, the Healer will ask them, “When was the last time you sang? When was the last time that you danced? When was the last time that you shared a story?” – Harvey Cox

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