Dr. Samuel Slipp, a psychoanalyic scholar and neurological researcher, draws on the words of Freud, the teachings of Jesus and his own original work to point his finger not at religion as the cause of many of the world’s ills but at what corrupts religion – power. He finds that belief itself is inextricably intertwined with the human condition and argues that reason and religion must be reconciled for the benefit of mankind’s future. (218 pgs)