Gibbons' history on the rise and fall of Rome is often cited by the Religious Right, but never quoted. In reality, Gibbons took the complete opposite view from the one usually attributed to him. His subversive and iconoclastic description of the rise of Christianity inspired outrage upon publication, and remains one of the most eloquent and damning indictments of the delusory nature of faith. Excerpted from his larger work. Paperback, 96 pages, $6.00.