The invention of God
David Baddiel’s new book argues that a deity that saves us from death is confected from human desire.
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John Gray
John Gray is an author and contributing writer to the New Statesman. He has written on various political and cultural subjects, from Boris Johnson's premiership to the life of HG Wells.
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