I see the value of the chapter, overall, in its attempt to reconcile religion with science or faith with non-belief. Burton posits a basic human need to find meaning and purpose, a need which for many is not met by scientific rationality. That is really all there is to it. Although he doesn't say it himself, for me it follows that problems that may be said to arise from religious worldviews are not the result of supposed irrational features, but of other social factors. The nonrational is not in itself dangerous.