If portions of See the Gods Fall seem familiar, you may be a well-read person: Much of this book is a compilation of previous works that have been published elsewhere and/or in other contexts. Not that I'm complaining. Offering a philosophical critique of four prominent views of God (Mormonism, New Age, secular humanism, and Bahai), SGF takes us on a journey of examination, beginning with a much-needed chapter on the importance of critical thinking that exposes the poor grounding of the philosophies examined -- and also takes Christian writer Dave Hunt substantially to task for his sometimes careless methods of argumentation. (Like these writers, I have respected Hunt tremendously for his work, yet have wished he would do better.)

SGF continues with a defense of the classical Christian concept of God, followed by a critique of the Mormon concept (derived from Beckwith and Parrish's larger book of the same name -- I would be remiss here if I did not note that that book has been addressed by Mormon apologists -- I do not say adequately -- and will also note that SGF offers a reply to these Mormon apologists in an appendix), the humanist view, the Baha'i view (this chapter works from Beckwith's earlier book on the subject) and of course the New Age view. These are all well done, though you may find yourself wishing for more on other views. The book closes with a series of five appendices of tangential relation to the main text -- four of which have appeared in other publications.

My one complaint is one the authors cannot help: SGF is not easy to obtain, and took several weeks for Amazon to deliver. But I happen to think it was worth the wait.