Friday, November 28, 2008

Between Heaven and Hell

Rating:★★★★
Category:Books
Genre: Religion & Spirituality
Author:Peter Kreeft
"On November 22, 1963 three great men died within a few hours of each other: C.S. Lewis, John F. Kennedy and Aldous Huxley."

A truly amazing divine coincidence, for sure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldous_Huxley

"All three believed, in different ways, that death is not the end of human life. Suppose they were right, and suppose they met after death. How might the conversation go?"
"Peter Kreeft imagines their discourse as a modern Socratic dialogue -- a part of The Great Conversation that has been going on for centuries. Does human life have meaning? Is it possible to know about life after death? What if one could prove that Jesus was God? Combining logical argument and literary imagination, Kreeft portrays Lewis as a Christian theist, Kennedy as a modern humanist and Huxley as an Eastern pantheist. Their interaction involves not only good thinking but good drama."

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