{"product_id":"36-arguments-for-the-existence-of-god-a-work-of-fiction-9780307456717","title":"36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction","description":"From 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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRebecca Goldstein is represented by Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau (www.prhspeakers.com).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51690510614802,"sku":"9780307456717","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9b439cb1-6864-48ca-8533-cecb204f953d.jpg?v=1761737474","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/36-arguments-for-the-existence-of-god-a-work-of-fiction-9780307456717","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}