Belief & Unbelief [Paperback]

Walker's 22 new essays cover the spectrum, from The Islamic Holocaust being perpetrated against women to the dizziness of crystal-gazers in Encountering the New Age. Walker explains in depth how religion has been perverted from its naturalistic roots in the celebration of the mystery of new life to a patriarchal orgy of violence. In Does Religion Make People Good? , Walker responds with an emphatic No! , citing extensive evidence of Bible Morality to produce today's Christian God the Monster. Women have borne the brunt of patriarchal religion's evils - Walker even argues cogently for Religion As the Root of Sexism. Yet in her conclusion, Family and the Future, the ever-upbeat Walker imagines a return to the original, best traditions of religion as a metaphor for the wonder of the universe.