"I have now lived long enough and seen enough to realize we do not live in a divinely ordered world."

When Charlie's eldest son, Jamin, confesses he no longer believes in God, Charlie, a devout Christian, is certain it's only a phase. Determined to defend his faith—and win his son back to it—he begins a personal crusade to prove the Bible's truth. But the deeper he searches, the more the foundations of his belief begin to crumble.

In this highly researched memoir, what begins as an act of devotion becomes a journey of unraveling. But as Charlie's faith falters, he discovers something unexpected: not despair, but clarity, and even peace.

Through a series of personal tragedies including the end of a marriage and the death of his son, Charlie endeavors to follow truth wherever it will lead—even as it leads him away from God. A memoir about love, loss, and the courage to let go of what we think we know, Veritas shows what remains when belief is gone—and offers grace in religion's absence.

A must-read for anyone wrestling with faith and the long inheritance of a religious upbringing, this memoir offers heart, research, and necessary companionship to those seeking to reconstruct themselves, not in the image of God, but in the image of their own hard-earned humanity.

Charles "Charlie" S. Wilson Jr. was born and raised in a conservative Christian family in Denver, Colorado. He held leadership roles of Elder and Chairman of the Elder Board within a large suburban evangelical church before his research led him away from religion. Charlie managed a prominent family restaurant and was involved in property development, real estate, and home construction from Colorado through Virginia. He is now enjoying retirement in a Denver suburb.