“Refusing all inwardness and consolation, David Webster faces down spirituality’s guile in favour of a bleak atheism’s hints of a worthwhile life. Bracing, timely stuff!”

Dr Peter Manley Scott, University of Manchester,

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“Should be placed gently but firmly in the hands of any budding convert who thinks that the vacuous claims of a new spirituality are any better than the lies, evasions and hypocrisies of orthodox religion ...”

Professor Christopher Norris, Distinguished Research Professor in Philosophy, Cardiff University

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"This is as close to a “must read” as it gets, for the religious as well as the spiritual reader, as well as for atheists."

Dr. Mikael Askander, Lund University, Sweden