“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
Dispirited 
The most ridiculous thing I heard on the BBC news yesterday in their report on the fall in numbers who claimed they were Christian and rise in numbers who claim they have no religion, was from a vicar in Norwich who said, ‘I disagree with these [census] figures because that’s not my experience. I see lots of people actively involved in church on a weekly basis’. Well of course if you’re a vicar, most of the people that you come into contact with are going to be similar to you, i.e. practising Christians. I think this just highlights the divide between scientists who recognise things such as representative sample in order to ascertain ‘truth’, and those who find ‘truth’ through feeling and faith. Needless to say, I shouted at the radio in frustration when I heard this vicar speak. I just hope the trend towards ‘no religion’ continues.