After her son and husband died, religious scholar Elaine Pagels wondered why religion survives

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Eric Hopkins, a crystal bowl ringer with the Utah Chamber Artists, plays several singing bowls that are tuned to different frequencies during their annual collage concert "In Memoriam" at the Cathedral of the Madeleine, Monday, Sept. 18, 2017.

After her son and husband died, religious scholar Elaine Pagels wondered why religion survives

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