“The charm of The Age of Doubt is that it returns us to Victorian England, when the absence of God was a new idea”—Michael Miner, Chicago Reader

“A very readable volume in which struggles of faith and doubt come to life... compelling reading.”—Bryan Berghoef, Englewood Review of Books

“An altogether admirable study... easy to read and rendering complicated ideas accessible.”—Edward Norman, Literary Review

“A well-written work, stylistically speaking: very clear and honest... A feast for the eye and the mind. Highly recommended, without hesitation.”—Karel D’huyvetters, Kroniek (Belgium)

“The story of Victorian doubt is both fascinating and important for understanding why we continue to be mired in fierce cultural battles over the status of evolution and the value of religious faith. This provocative book is well worth the read.”—Bernard Lightman, York University

“The Age of Doubt is a call for others to examine this material.”—Christopher Holden, PopMatters

“Lane’s stimulating analysis asks whether acknowledging how science, religion, and society have produced a growing chasm between faith and doubt, and even destroyed belief, can offer a way forward.”—Keith Thomson, author of Before Darwin and The Young Charles Darwin.

Interviews given recently on ABC News, NBC News, MSNBC, and Radio Dr. Gluss.

Winner of the Prescrire Prize for Medical Writing (France, 2010).

Highly commended for the 2008 Medical Book Award in the category of Mental Health, sponsored by the British Medical Association.

A 2007 Top Seller in Medicine and in Psychology as compiled by YBP Library Services.

Translated into French, Spanish, Korean, and Japanese, with a Danish translation forthcoming.

“Superb”—Library Journal (starred review)

“Brilliant”—New Statesman

“Excellent”—New York Observer

“Scathing”—Publishers Weekly

“Splendid, compelling”—The Lancet

“Reasoned and convincing”—Le Monde

“Well-researched, controversial”—New York Times Book Review

“Well-written and incendiary”—Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences

“Lane has exposed a very worrying problem”—Journal of Mental Health

“Christopher Lane’s polemical Shyness features the manipulations that promoted social anxiety disorder to a national emergency”—New York Review of Books

“Overall, Lane’s scholarly account of this saga ensures that if you're not already concerned about the over-medicalization of our mental lives, you will be”—BBC Focus