Description: Two of history's greatest intellects come back to life in "a marvelous new book that showcases the debate over ultimate questions" (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette). To believe or not to believe--that is the question, and it's a pretty big one. Few have brought as much lucidity and wisdom to the debate as C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud. Lewis argued for belief in God and Freud against it, and--though they never actually met--their arguments, taken together, comprise as enthralling a discussion on the topic as any reader is likely to find. In The Question of God their opinions are placed side by side, as if they were standing at podiums in a shared room. Both men delved into the problem of pain and suffering, the nature of love and sex, and the ultimate meaning of life and death. It is one of history's most profound encounters. For more than twenty-five years, professor Armand Nicholi has studied the writings of these intellectual giants, and has taught a course at Harvard comparing their worldviews. When he decided to publish a book on the subject, he had no idea how popular it would become--seven printings later, The Question of God is a stunning success. Probing the fascinating personalities of these thinkers as well as the inflammatory subject they discuss, this is an authoritative and irresistible work of philosophy, humanity, and scholarship.

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