The message of the Book of Ecclesiastes is everything we do is pointless. It doesn’t matter if we’re kind or unkind, honest or deceitful, pursue wisdom or folly, or pursue nothing at all. “All is vanity and chasing after wind,” states Ecclesiastes. He leaves only one path for meaning, salvation, and peace of mind: faith in God. But this is a hard pill to swallow for a great many modern westerners, a fact that Ernest Becker understood and grappled with in his 1973 book, The Denial of Death, which... Читать дальше...