The first section provides the story of Barker's deconversion from an evangelical minister to an atheist.
[3] Section Four describes some of his work with the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
Gregg Ten of Biola University noted that "as a 'fascinating memoir' the book is a success" but that the second and third sections were mostly unoriginal and underdeveloped, but still comprehensive in breadth.
[3] Jason Rosenhouse regarded the book as giving an "impressively lucid, and very readable, treatment" of the issues surrounding cosmological arguments.
[4]: 227 Atheist writer Betty Brogaard wrote "his honesty about how he gradually separated himself from religious superstition is not only refreshing but inspiring".