Actually...I studied Russell in undergrad (we were required to take three philosophy courses) and I certainly don't see how his works could be useful to anyone.
"Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear. It is partly the terror of the unknown and partly, as I have said, the wish to feel that you have a kind of elder brother who will stand by you in all your troubles and disputes. ... A good world needs knowledge, kindliness, and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words uttered long ago by ignorant men." — Bertrand Russell, Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
Russell's most famous student was Wittgenstein who effectively ended Russell's career as a logician by repudiating Russell's distinction between positive and negative facts.
Also when Russell abandoned logic and became a public atheist Wittgenstein became deeply religious as a result of his experiences in WWI. During the war when he was serving aboard a gun boat on the Dneiper River he carried a copy of the Gospels in German written by Goethe. His crew mates called him 'The Pastor'