In the Valley of the Shadow : On the Foundations of Religious Belief
by Kugel, James L.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2011-02-01
Publisher(s): Free Press
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Summary
Insights about life, death and the human place in the world derived from the author dealing with the likelihood that he would die from cancer.
Table of Contents
| The Background Music | p. 1 |
| Man Stands Powerless Before Elevator | p. 19 |
| Hope | p. 37 |
| Religion on the Brain | p. 43 |
| Under Sentence of Death | p. 55 |
| "Who Shall I Say Is Calling?" | p. 73 |
| Into the Stark World | p. 89 |
| The Eerie Proximity | p. 115 |
| The Sickening Question | p. 131 |
| An End to Omens | p. 155 |
| Medical Magic | p. 185 |
| Postscript | p. 201 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 207 |
| Notes | p. 209 |
| Index | p. 223 |
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