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'Lapsed Agnostic does not disappoint ... a fascinating and inspirational read of one man's journey and relationship with God.' Irish Post, June 2008 Title mentioned in article about author in Hot Press, 2008. mention in Bookseller Buyers Guide, 1 January 2008 extract of the book in The Tablet, 26 January 2008 Title mentioned in The Catholic Herald, April 2010 "Lapsed Agnostic and Beyond Consolation are a pair of pointed meditations on the experience of a generation that...finds itself entering the last decades of life without certainties and without rites. ...It is [Waters'] rigor of judgement and of conscience that makes his books worth reading."-Commonweal "Lapsed Agnostic is a provocative read...it'll make you think until your brain sweats." Reviewed by Yvonne Nolan in Irish Times, 2008 'an eloquent, honest and deeply reflective book...[Water's] is always aware of the social context of his journey, and the book presents a critique of both the traditional model of Irish Catholicism and the secular social model in evidence today.' Teresa Whitington, The Irish Catholic--Sanford Lakoff "I found this an extremely depressing book. If I believed that this is the only way forward I would cry for the bleaknessof our future. There is no joy in this book, no charity, no peace. I suspect liberal outrage is the desired response, but really it's just sad." News letter (northern Ireland),25 January 2008--Sanford Lakoff "a beautiful written book, Lapsed Agnostic is a perceptive account of the spiritual malaise affecting contemporary Ireland" Irish Mail on Sunday, 20 January 2008--Sanford Lakoff "The author presents with courage, honesty and, perhaps, quite an amount of pain; issues that maybe modern society in Ireland is loath to confront...He encourages leaders and especially Church leaders to be more honest and courageous in proclaiming Christian teaching and values. Lapsed Agnostic makes compulsive reading; it will be particularly challenging to Mr Waters' own contemporaries who may face the same questions that he did." Leo Sheridan, Africa

"Lapsed Agnostic" tells the story of one man's journey from belief to un-belief and back again. In the style of his bestseller "Jiving at the Crossroads", John Waters explores his own spiritual and religious adventure and observes how this has been echoed in contemporary society. John Waters was born in the west of Ireland into a small town community steeped in Catholic tradition. As a young man disillusioned by Irish society and the Church he abandoned the idea of becoming a priest. Instead he took to the rock and roll life as a kind of surrogate vocation, moving into music journalism and eventually finding his way to Dublin.In 1991 he published "Jiving at the Crossroads" and a second book, "Race of Angels: Ireland and the Genesis of U2", followed in 1996. He has become an outspoken campaigner for fathers rights in Ireland. This is just part of the story recounted in this remarkable book. But it is about so much more and, like its author, is sure to cause enormous interest and controversy.