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Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley (The IVP Signature Collection) by [Peter Kreeft]

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On November 22, 1963, three great men died within a few hours of each other: C. S. Lewis, John F. Kennedy and 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 discussion as part of the great conversation that has been going on for centuries about life's biggest questions. Does human life have meaning? Is it possible to know about life after death? What if one could prove that Jesus was God? With Kennedy taking the role of a modern humanist, Lewis representing Christian theism and Huxley advocating Eastern pantheism, the dialogue is lively and informative.
With clarity and wit, Between Heaven and Hell presents insightful responses to common objections to the Christian faith. This classic apologetics work is now available as part of the IVP Signature Collection, which features special editions of iconic books in celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of InterVarsity Press.

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"Revealing, and easy to read."--David Mills, The Pittsburgh Catholic, December 2009 --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Peter Kreeft is professor of philosophy at Boston College. He is the author of many books, including The Journey and The Best Things in Life and, with Ronald Tacelli, Handbook of Christian Apologetics. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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---"Beauty" -- The branch of philosophy dealing with aesthetics.

---"C. S. Lewis and Mere Christianity" -- C.S. Lewis' masterpiece

--- Charisms: Visions, Tongues, Healing, etc. (feat. Dave Nevins)

---"Christianity in Lord of the Rings" -- The cleverly disguised role of God

---"Culture War" -- A call to arms, mapping key enemies and battlefields

---"Existence of God" -- A magnificent overview of the arguments

---"Good, True, Beautiful" -- C.S. Lewis on three great transcendentals

---"Happiness" -- How do you get it? Christ's version vs. the world's

---"Heaven" -- The heart's deepest longing

---"Hollywood Screenwriting" -- Encouragement to film's creative storytellers

---"If Einstein Had Been a Surfer" -- Rediscovering intuitive thinking

---"Lord, Liar, or Lunatic" -- The famous argument for Christ's identity

---"Problem of Pain" -- C.S. Lewis's brilliant exposition on suffering and evil

---"Sex in Heaven" -- Imaging the fire of God's love

---"Sexual Reconnection" -- Healing the link between sex & love

---"Shocking Beauty" -- The live character of Christ

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Nancy K. Oliver

Socratic Logic

Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2018

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I really loved this book. Near the end of the book someone asked the author how long he had known C.S. Lewis, and he had to say he had never met him. The person who had asked then said he thought Lewis knew him personally because he everything he wrote sounded so much like him. This book is all dialog between men who were from very different religious backgrounds, and Lewis was perfect with his Socratic logic. Every argument came down to a choice of "was he insane or just a bad man?" How he leads each argument to this question was really fascinating, and wonderfully done. I usually read for a short time before going to bed, but my first night with this book kept me up most of the night until I finally realized I was dropping my kindle repeatedly and needed to stop and go to sleep. I would definitely recommend this book to everyone.

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Michael S. Snyder

or faith but with good works, represented by John Kennedy

Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2016

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This book was not written for the expert in philosophy or theology, but for an ordinary, but increasingly rare person who believes that there is a God but is unsure of his relationship to him or of the validity of much of Christian theology. In other words, for the doubter who has not yet given up on faith and gone fully over to social justice atheism. It contrasts the Christian teaching that C.S. Lewis has called "mere Christianity" with a modern sort of Christian behavior without Jesus, God, or faith but with good works, represented by John Kennedy, and the oriental "God is everywhere and in everything" view whose spokesman in this book is Aldous Huxley. How accurately Kreeft represents that actual positions of Kennedy and Huxley is open to debate, but the point is that he uses the near-contemporaneous death of the three as the vehicle to explain Christianity and to argue that it is more likely to be true than the other positions. An outstanding book for the "regular guy" who wonders whether what he has been taught can be true. If you know someone who is still open to considering that Christianity might be true, give him this book.

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Sandra Ham

An excellent Socratic dialogue about who Christ is.

Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2019

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The book is what it promises--a dialogue between John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley on November 22, 1963, somewhere in limbo. In this book, I found the clearest arguments I've ever heard for the divinity of Christ--and the book is a very quick and easy read. The big question is about who Christ is, and the answer is very relevant because their understanding could influence where each goes next. JFK is portrayed as a typical liberal humanist, Huxley is the devotee of Eastern philosophy, and Lewis is himself with infuriating arguments like Socrates.

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Von

Dated but Worth Reading

Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2019

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This is not Peter Kreeft’s best book. That would be ‘The Unaborted Socrates’. And this book is a bit dated, as it deals with current events and ideas from, well, several years ago.
However this book is still absolutely worth reading; and the ideas it deals with may have changed, but the errors in them haven’t.

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S. Peek

Short But Sweet

Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2011

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This novel by Peter Kreeft features a meeting and conversation by three very well known people with vastly different philosophies who died on the same day.

Although Nov. 22, 1963 is most well known for the JFK assassination, it was also the day that C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley died. In this book, the author has the three meet and converse shortly after death (but prior to a final judgment). They are each representative of different worldviews in this conversation. The positions articulated by each are western theism (Lewis), western humanism (JFK), and pantheism (Huxley).

The dialogues are well done and informative. Most readers will learn a few things in reading this. It is an effective, albeit basic, Christian apologetic. There are some excellent arguments presented by Lewis on a variety of topics. A couple that are particularly good deal with the reliability of the Bible and the question of hell.

I recommend this. It is entertaining and informative.

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GB

Excellent book

Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2020

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I bought this book when it first came out; have read it many times and have given copies to others.

It really boils down the worlds religions to three and let's the reader make up his or her own mind about which is the truth they want to embrace.

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trike99

Buy for the Theology, not the playwriting

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 3, 2021

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The author does not pretend for a moment that he is a playwright thereby it lacks the ease, obscurity and frequent mundanity of human interaction and connection. However, he is clearly a well-versed theologian and in that respect it is very informative and at times even entertaining. Don't buy this if you wish to read a play, but an intellectual exercise in "what if".

edtoulouse

Great idea and it does make you think

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 10, 2014

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I give this book a "worth reading" review. Great idea and it does make you think. Obviously the author has an agenda BUT it got me thinking about the meaning of "belief". An interesting and after all worthwhile approach to differing philosophies.

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T J Wexford

Excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 3, 2019

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Well worth the investment of time and effort to read and understand. Strongly recommend to all those who are committed to saving their soul.

T Curtis/ E Curtis

Very thought provoking, raises one's thinking

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 16, 2013

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Follows the method used by Socrates in debating points. Brings out many telling points about the divinity of Christ and the danger of falling into the trap of humanitarian secularism which is like being a Christian without Christ or having Christmas without Christ.

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JohnA

Good one!

Reviewed in Australia on April 13, 2014

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Excellent read.

Some of the references to other philosophies and authors passed me by but it was interesting to read the views of Huxley and Kennedy as presented.

For me, a slim volume is easier to read than an extended debate.

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