Curry and Book Club: 36 Arguments for the Existence of God - A Work of Fiction

The event is in two parts. We will meet in-person 18:00 at The Swan in Cheltenham to make the most of their early bird curry deal*. Then around 19:00, we will seamlessly shift to hosting our quarterly book club. You are more than welcome to join us for either or both parts! Please drop us a line if you would like any further information, gloshums@gmail.com
(*Note currently orders have to be placed before 18:00 to get the discount, apologies if these rules have changed by the time we meet up!)

This meeting's book is "36 Arguments for the Existence of God - A Work of Fiction", by Rebecca Goldstein:

36 Arguments for the Existence of God plunges into the great debate of our day: the clash between faith and reason. World events are being shaped by fervent believers at home and abroad, while a new atheism is asserting itself in the public sphere. On purely intellectual grounds the sceptics would seem to have everything on their side. Yet people refuse to accept their seemingly irrefutable arguments and continue to embrace faith in God as their source of meaning, purpose, and comfort.
Through the enchantment of fiction, award-winning novelist and MacArthur Fellow Rebecca Newberger Goldstein shows that the tension between religion and doubt cannot be understood through rational argument alone. It also must be explored from the point of view of individual people caught in the raptures and torments of religious experience in all their variety. Using her gifts in fiction and philosophy, Goldstein has produced a true crossover novel, complete with a nail-biting debate ("Resolved: God Exists") and a stand-alone appendix with the 36 arguments (and responses) that propelled Seltzer to stardom.
©2010 Rebecca Goldstein (P)2010 Audible