false 490681 1 Some of the most well-known and well-respected cultural figures of our time enter into intimate and illuminating conversation about their personal beliefs, about belief itself, about religion, and about God. Antonio Monda is a disarming, rigorous interviewer, asking the most difficult questions (he often begins an interview point blank: "Do you believe in God?") that lead to the most wide-ranging conversations. An ardent believer himself, Monda talks both with atheists (asked what she feels when she meets a believer, Grace Paley replies: "I respect his thinking and his beliefs, but at the same time I think he's deluded.") and other believers, their discussion ranging from personal images of God (Michael Cunningham sees God as a black woman, Derek Walcott as a wise old white man with a beard) to religion's place in American culture, from the afterlife to the concepts of good and evil, from fundamentalism to the Bible. And almost without fail, the conversations turn to questions of art and literature. Toni Morrison discusses Virginia Woolf and William Faulkner, Richard Ford invokes Wallace Stevens, and David Lynch draws attention to the religious aspects of Bunuel, Fellini...and Harold Ramis's <i>Groundhog Day</i>. Informal, revealing, unexpected, <i>Do You Believe?</i> is a captivating and thought-provoking meditation how faith, in all its facets, remains profoundly relevant for and in our culture. 478910 2007 Do You Believe? Conversations on God and Religion total:36|5:1|4:10|3:12|2:11|1:2| 36 105 59 10 3 0 false false Fri May 22 20:26:39 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 07:05:13 -0700 2009 as artists have arrived at their opinions on God and religion with undeniable laziness. I'm not talking about some need to have all people agree with me, but rath...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 22 01:31:59 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 25 10:09:02 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 09:14:56 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 01:50:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 22 19:57:09 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 20:26:15 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Fri Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 00:39:45 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 01:01:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 07:47:11 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 15:11:41 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 14:52:13 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 30 11:48:31 -0700 2008
EDIT: I finished this fairly quickly after I started it; it was a fast read. I wish that the conversations between...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Aug 04 11:50:55 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 20:52:30 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 11:50:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Oct 16 11:14:26 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 11:22:45 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Thu Jun 26 12:39:24 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 12:39:24 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Oct 18 11:23:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 12:39:24 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 12:39:30 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Aug 24 20:14:08 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 20:14:08 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Jun 24 20:50:24 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 20:50:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 30 16:07:56 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 16:07:56 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed May 20 11:23:38 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 11:23:38 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon May 04 14:59:28 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 14:59:28 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Apr 30 12:43:46 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 12:43:46 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Mar 21 18:21:55 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 18:21:55 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Mar 11 11:52:11 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 11:52:11 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Mar 10 09:29:04 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 22:33:25 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=490681