Public lecture at Medio Modo, St. Petersburg. What if religion does not begin with belief in God? Secular meditation has conquered Silicon Valley and turned into a corporate productivity tool. Atheist churches across the world gather hundreds of people for Sunday meetings with songs, lectures, and something very much like a sermon. Harvard’s chief chaplain is an atheist. The lecture examines what happens when religion loses God but keeps everything else — where the sacred goes in a secular age, and whether it returns through the back door. ...