“Religion,“thisbookbegins,“isamistrustedwordnow,“andNicholasMosley,inthisengagingmeditation,seekstorepairthattrust.Ratherthantryingtoconvinceorcompelthereadertoaccepthisbeliefs,hedescribeshowreligionfunctionsinthemodernworld.Elsewhere,Mosleyhaswritten,“Thereisasubjectnowadayswhichistaboointhewaythatsexualitywasoncetaboo,whichistotalkaboutlifeasifithadanymeaning.“Inthisbook,hedescribesreligionasthesourceofthatmeaning.Despairisthefashionableattitude,butitisoneMosley,hereandinhismanynovels,rejectsinfavorofacautiousoptimism.Hewritesnottopersuade,buttoexplainaworldviewthatisrefreshingforthehopeandintelligenceitcontains.
