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Book Review: Between Heaven and Hell by Peter Kreeft

Between Heaven and Hell

Pages: 142
Pub­lisher: Inter­var­sity Press
Year: 1982 (2008)
Author: Peter Kreeft

I believe this is the first major Socratic dia­logue Kreeft pub­lished (1982) and, unlike the oth­ers pub­lished by Inter­var­sity Press, does not fea­ture Socrates as the cen­tral char­ac­ter. But, instead, fea­ture Lewis as the main char­ac­ter. Between Heaven and Hell is a dia­logue between Chris­t­ian author and apol­o­gist C.S. Lewis, Amer­i­can Pres­i­dent John F. Kennedy and Eng­lish author Aldous Huxley.

While the orig­i­nal was pub­lished in 1982, a revised edi­tion was pub­lished in 2008 — the edi­tion I own — and includes an Appen­dix (A World With­out an Easter) and out­line of the book. How­ever as far as I know, the main text has not been altered between the two editions.

The basic premise of the book is described on the back cover:

On Novem­ber 22nd, 1963, three great men died within a few hours of … (Read more)