read morean important book that spans an immense literature in a balanced and very readable form. For anyone interested in why some believe and others do not, this book will inform them of the entire range of literature so they can evaluate the often hidden ideological nature in which answers are proposed
Ralph Hood, Jr.
Professor of Psychology and LeRoy A. Martin Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
A dark, gleaming jewel of a novel
Lis Harris, Columbia University, former New Yorker staff writer, author of Holy Days
harrowing, hard to put down and impossible to forget
Victor LaValle, author of The Devil in Silver (Publishers Weekly Best Book 2012)
an intense, gritty novel with shades of Studs Lonegan and an atmosphere reminiscent of Mad Max
Bernard Rollin, author of The Unheeded Cry and The Frankenstein Syndrome
read moreflows like a movie and rakes the soul
Carlos Castro Perelman, physicist, co-author of Against the Tide
I love Ray's poetry
Fred Turner, Founders Professor University of Texas at Dallas and former editor, The Kenyon Review
read moreconveys a power of insight, an excellent craftsmanship and an unabashed innate sense of the majestic nature of words that has been totally lost in modern poetry