{"product_id":"36-arguments-for-the-existence-of-god-a-work-of-fiction-paperback","title":"36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca Goldstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mind-Body Problem\u003c\/i\u003e a witty and intoxicating novel of ideas that plunges into the great debate between faith and reason. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the center is Cass Seltzer, a professor of psychology whose book, \u003ci\u003eThe Varieties of Religious Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHilarious, heartbreaking, and intellectually captivating, \u003ci\u003e36 Arguments\u003c\/i\u003e explores the rapture and torments of religious experience in all its variety.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRebecca Newberger Goldstein\u003c\/b\u003e received her doctorate in philosophy from Princeton University. Her award-winning books include the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Mind-Body Problem, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eProperties of Light, 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and nonfiction studies of Kurt Gödel and Baruch Spinoza. Her most recent work, \u003ci\u003ePlato at the Googleplex\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRebecca Goldstein is represented by Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau (www.prhspeakers.com).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.02 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52580866752819,"sku":"9780307456717","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/tQG4Dg_K5Y9780307456717.webp?v=1761533623","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/36-arguments-for-the-existence-of-god-a-work-of-fiction-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}