To Set Prometheus Free

In 2007 Anthony Grayling (Wikepedia bio) wrote Against All Gods, a collection of polemical essays attacking religion. In To Set Prometheus Free he develops those themes more comprehensively. He unpacks the claims and arguments of religious apologists. He summarizes the views of his fellow secularist Bertrand Russell. In particular, he details the controversy over 'Intelligent Design' and outlines his personal, naturalistic worldview.

In To Set Prometheus Free, Grayling robustly calls for humanity to choose deliverance from religion. As he puts it, "large portions of mankind remain in thrall to myths dating from an ignorant and illiterate past."