{"product_id":"do-you-believe-conversations-on-god-and-religion-9780307280589","title":"Do You Believe?: Conversations on God and Religion","description":"\u003cb\u003eInformal, revealing, unexpected, this book is a captivating and thought-provoking meditation how faith, in all its facets, remains profoundly relevant for and in our culture. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"When the Italian writer Antonio Monda sat down to talk religion with American cultural leaders... he went straight for the big questions.\" --\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 Bu-uel, Fellini...and Harold Ramis's \u003ci\u003eGroundhog Day\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Antonio Monda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.68w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307280589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/27\/2007 pg. 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2007 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2007 pg. 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2007 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/31\/2008 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eANTONIO MONDA\u003c\/b\u003e teaches in the Film and Television Department of New York University. An award winning filmmaker, he is author of \u003ci\u003eA Journey into American Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e, and editor\/author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden God\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43332299423859,"sku":"9.78031E+12","price":27.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_278b1f87-b502-4e68-827a-2f796bf91d32.jpg?v=1754656756","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/do-you-believe-conversations-on-god-and-religion-9780307280589","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}