Terry Failing, a graduate of Hamilton College and the State University of New York at Binghamton has been following the debate about the existence of God that has been raging between scientific atheists and fundamentalist theologians and has found that both sides’ arguments are not only unconvincing but strangely similar in their dogmatism and refusal to consider any truth other than their own. Armed only with curiosity and doubt, he has set out to explore and forge new understandings and definitions of God and of the other orthodoxies that dominate our lives. When not reading and thinking about this exploration, he tends a plum and cherry orchard in upstate New York. Comments about the book may be sent to the author at ardjuna@dishmail.net.