Religion on Trial
Book Review by Flo Wineriter
September 2003
Religion on Trial
by Chester Dolan
Mopah Publications
The author is 88-years old and this book represents the summation of his life's critical study of world religions. The more than eight hundred thinker-writers whose quotations appear in Religion on Trial have chosen to defend the negative side of propositions about religion. Quoting from the preface: "In the creed-bound atmosphere in which we live today, effective dialectic is suppressed. Very few people understand or dare relate the salient truths about religion. Such neglect gives religion the stranglehold it has over malleable, unreflective minds everywhere."
Each chapter deals with a specific subject, making it an ideal reference book as well as an excellent read on mysticism and superstition.
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