In this book Mr. Harris paints a bleak future for a world in which religion plays a significant role. The first few chapters were cohesive, thoroughly engaging and chock full of meaningful quotes I simply had to write down in order to remember them later. While the later chapters took a more philosophical turn that I didn’t find nearly as interesting and that felt only tangentially related to the subject, I still recommend this to others who consider themselves reasonable, intelligent thinkers. Also recommended is Harris’ companion work, ‘Letter to a Christian Nation.’

It is a relief to see more books on this topic being published, asking — pleading with, perhaps — the human populace to bring reason back into intelligent thinking when it comes to faith and religion, before we destroy ourselves.