century ago, a man named Grant Allen wrote a book called "The evolution of the idea of God." G.K.Chesterton reviewed it by noting, "It would have been more interesting if God had written about the evolution of the idea of Grant Allen." Armstrong's book is fascinating at times, but she was hindered in her story by three encumbrances: first, she did not appear to be looking for God, but running from Him. Second, what she wrote was a history of purely human ideas and ideologies, from a Christian perspective, a history of idolatry. Her book is like looking at the...