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Wrath, gluttony, lust, envy, sloth, greed and pride have ancient theological origins, but Leschziner, a British neurologist, takes a secular view, arguing the seven deadly sins are “hard-wired within us,” and “perhaps less of a moral issue and more of a biological one.”  In chapters framed around each sin, he explains how the human brain is shaped by its environment – including social and religious codes – but “its foundations are our genetics, our anatomy and our chemistry.” The mind and brain are the same thing, so, to save wayward souls, we need only tinker with their engines.

The self-described recovering lawyer, who includes his personal email and cellphone number in every book, is a Christian motivational speaker who embodies “love thy neighbour.” In this devotional – with one “bubble of truth” to ponder each day – he uses Bible verses as a jumping-off point to tell one-page stories that “connect to faith.” Goff emphasizes whimsy, which “shows up as joy and hope and generosity and selflessness and endless amounts of curiosity,” and urges action over rumination with daily reminders to be grateful and share the love.

When you take God out of Judaism, what have you got? In this book, two Chicago-based nontheistic rabbis knit together essays that make the case for Humanistic Judaism, which embraces “a Jewish identity rooted in Jewish culture,” and offers an alternative spiritual path for atheists, agnostics and God-questioning people who may describe themselves as “bad Jews.” There’s no need to pit believers against non-believers, they say, because humanistic Jews “do have strong positive beliefs about nature, people, and morality.”

Iyer’s website is called Journeys for a reason: The British author is a secular wanderer with a spiritual bent. After more than 100 visits to a Benedictine hermitage in Big Sur, Calif., the bestselling travel writer explores silence, which he calls “my great teacher.” Expect mentions of monastic friends – the Dalai Lama, the late Leonard Cohen – and lots of introspection. “Here I step into another self that will never die and is realer than any of the mortal selves I know,” he writes in a website post about his silent retreats.