De geschiedenis van het kwaad

I wish I could give it a half star more. It's not quite four stars. But it was incredibly interesting. Coming from my background, there are plenty of things I know precious little about as far as religion goes, so I thoroughly enjoyed learning even a tidbit about some of the more obscure bits of religious history. And I'm always unutterably fascinated by something taking a stance opposite of the one with which I grew up (a stance with which I disagree now). And I found M. Messadie to be enjoyable and erudite; he reminded me a bit of Hitchens in the translation. But I also found him a bit biased, which made me question his assumptions of texts about which I know something. So I'm dubious about his accuracy at times. Still, this is well worth the read, despite any flaws, and it is incredibly informative and enjoyable.

Aw, heck. I'll give it four stars.