Religion is booming, according to Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, not because it is necessary or natural but because social change favours it. He predicts that religions will continue to provoke wars and that fundamentalism will threaten social stability and world peace. This is an electrifying book, crammed with disturbing questions and daring answers, in which the author provides key reasons for faith in the future of faith.
Felipe Fernández-Armesto is a British professor of history at the University of Notre Dame and author of several popular works, notably on cultural and environmental history.