Are Souls Real? by Jerome W. Elbert, Ph.D., publisher Prometheus Books.

There are three excellent reasons for putting this book on your must read list. First, the author presents a readable survey of the ancient religious myths modified and adopted by the founders of the Christian religion. Second, he is a distinguished scientist who explains basic science understandably for those of us with very little scientific knowledge. Third, he rewards the reader with a good understanding of why individual identity ends with death.

The author was a physics research professor at the University of Utah for 25 years.

--Flo Wineriter