A volume of Christian science fiction. The Streets of Ashkelon, Harry Harrison: A tyrannical God demands a dreadful sacrifice before permitting a future race to serve Him. Balaam, Anthony Boucher: A treacherous God lays death traps for the faithful. Unhuman Sacrifice, Katherine MacLean: A foolish God plays thoughtless games with human lives.  The Shrine of Temptation, Judith Merril: Humans try to understand the strange rituals of the inhabitants of another planet. The Army Comes To Venus, Eric Frank Russell: A frontier town on Venus, populated solely by rough male miners and a few prostitutes, is invaded – by the Salvation Army! Apostle to Alpha, Betty T. Balke: A preacher is sent to evangelise the aliens – but do they need it?  God Of The Playback, Stephen Dentinger: The ultimate machine age God, a robot incapable of feelings, begins creating Man in his image… Robot Son, Robert F. Young: A Tech-God performs magical, chilling miracles…That Evening Sun Go Down, Arthur Sellings: In a possible future, humans believe they are descended from aliens who came to Earth after the fall of civilisation. ; The Wolfram Hunters, Edward H. Hoch: A vengeful deity painfully and slowly begins to kill off the pitiful handful of survivors of a nuclear war. Cover art by Virgil Finlay.