John Gray has entered what is fast becoming ‘the big debate of our post 9 11 age’. Most people have read something from the swathe of anti-religion literature and are genuinely thinking and talking about the issues; the comments of prominent religious figures are heavily scrutinised by the media, and it appears as though Muslims are experiencing a sort of collective identity crisis (in this country anyway). Religion is a hot topic in a way that would have seemed unfathomable ten years ago.
Could this article be a précis of his newest book ‘Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia’? Joe, with his atheist(ish) stance thinks it’s right on the money (It must be fun being an RE teacher at the moment). I’m not so sure. I wonder whether Christopher Hitchens will write a response.