formulate them in different ways: How do humans fit into the rest of the variety of life, or into the physical universe in general? How can we reconcile what emerges from scientific reasoning with what is offered by our heritage of religious thought? Do we need heroes, or saints, or moral leaders? What kind of entity is this humanity, anyway, which so dominates the planet that some have begun to call this the Anthropocene epoch? We certainly do not have answers yet, and perhaps never will. But as any agnostic would say, it is sometimes better not to be too sure about answers.
