36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction

36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction - Paperback

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36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction - Paperback

36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction - Paperback

by Rebecca Goldstein
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by Rebecca Goldstein (Author)

From the author of The Mind-Body Problem a witty and intoxicating novel of ideas that plunges into the great debate between faith and reason.

At the center is Cass Seltzer, a professor of psychology whose book, The Varieties of Religious Illusion, has become a surprise best seller. Dubbed "the atheist with a soul," he wins over the stunning Lucinda Mandelbaum--"the goddess of game theory." But he is haunted by reminders of two people who ignited his passion to understand religion: his teacher Jonas Elijah Klapper, a renowned literary scholar with a suspicious obsession with messianism, and an angelic six-year-old mathematical genius, heir to the leadership of an exotic Hasidic sect.

Hilarious, heartbreaking, and intellectually captivating, 36 Arguments explores the rapture and torments of religious experience in all its variety.

Author Biography

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein received her doctorate in philosophy from Princeton University. Her award-winning books include the novels The Mind-Body Problem, Properties of Light, 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction and nonfiction studies of Kurt Gödel and Baruch Spinoza. Her most recent work, Plato at the Googleplex, was released from Pantheon in March of 2014. She has received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, has been designated a Humanist of the Year and a Freethought Heroine, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She lives in Massachusetts.

Rebecca Goldstein is represented by Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau (www.prhspeakers.com).
Number of Pages: 528
Dimensions: 0.94 x 8.02 x 5.3 IN
Publication Date: February 01, 2011
ISBN9780307456717
Author Rebecca Goldstein
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedFebruary 2011
LanguageENG- English
Pages528
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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