Professor Hecht's tome is not light reading, but it is satisfying and worth the effort. I was somewhat amazed that one so young could plumb some pretty profound depths, and that with agility. Her acumen and scholarship are well-honed and her writing style is engaging. The experience is somewhat like looking through a looking glass, i.e., from the perspective of why ought one believe something as opposed to why one should do so. This is not another athiest rant. Rather, it is a seasoned overview of some of our species' best and most reflective thinkers who dared to doubt.