He's a bit more positive than Dawkins :-) in that he wants not only to read it but to live by it, kinda-sorta, when he considers it appropriate to do so, etc. What he calls "immersion". But yes, he is basically abandoning religion as far as actual *belief* is concerned. A bit like Martin Rees (if Dawkins is to be trusted), who allegedly is a practising Anglican not because he believes Christianity is right but out of a sort of tribal loyalty. (The word "tribe" is allegedly Rees's.)