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Alan Jay Levinovitz

Alan Levinovitz is an assistant professor of philosophy and religion at James Madison University and the author of The Gluten Lie: And Other Myths About What You Eat. His next book is about the dangers of nostalgia.

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Beliefs do not exist in isolation.

By Alan Jay Levinovitz