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Between Heaven and Hell
- A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis Aldous Huxley
- Narrated by: David Swanson
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
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Summary
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 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? With Kennedy taking the role of a modern humanist, Lewis representing Christian theism and Huxley advocating Eastern pantheism, the dialogue is lively and informative. This new edition of this classic work includes a postscript in which Kreeft describes why and how he wrote what has remained a standard of apologetic literature for a generation. He also adds an outline and index to the book, as well as a never-before-published dialog in which he imagines "A World Without an Easter". Now more than ever, this book offers an animated interaction that involves not only good thinking but good drama.
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- Per Boye Odvig
- 16-03-24
Beautiful simplicity
I HATE the fake accents. They are so off putting I almost stopped listening. The narrator must be the worst in all of narrations.
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- Brother Seamus
- 16-08-23
Another good dialogue by Kreeft.
C.S. Lewis, Aldous Huxley, and John F. Kennedy, all died on the same day. Here Kreeft imagines a dialogue between the trio, in the afterlife. Lewis serves as the closest thing to Kreeft's mouthpiece; Lewis was a Christian who believed the resurrection actually happened. JFK represents, it seems, a kind of humanism. Huxley is the resident western mystic. Occasionally it got a bit too academic for me, but this is no real fault, and certainly to be expected if one is to present a semi-thorough treatment of the subject matter. The narrator does a good job of switching voices (with accents to boot). And he doesn't list the name before delivering the line, so the whole thing flows nicely.
There are interesting afterthoughts, too, once the dialogue closes. The audiobook is an entertaining, stimulating conversation on religion and on life after death. It is an invitation to take seriously a serious invitation...
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- james dixon
- 29-02-24
Great listen
Love it will listen again and recommend it to friends there is a lot to think about
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- Viz
- 27-05-24
Theory for the Undecided
I've not heard many American narrators make such a hash of non-American accents. So impossible to take this seriously.
Then again, a committed and Word of God Believer as I am makes all this simply time wasted, and the accents finish if off.
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