“Making Sense of It All: Pascal and the Meaning of Life” (Thomas V. Morris)
“Making Sense of It All: Pascal and the Meaning of Life” (Thomas V. Morris)
214 pages, from Eerdmans.
Thomas V. Morris discusses life, death, religion, the nature of faith and more.
This captivating book is ideal both for thoughtful unbelievers who consider Christianity unreasonable, and Christians wanting to know how to share their faith with sceptics. Writing in an engaging, conversational style, Morris takes an intriguing new look at the big questions that keep coming up - questions about life, death, God, religion, the nature of faith, the formation of an adequate worldview, and the meaning of life.
Morris explores these kinds of questions in an earnest yet thoroughly entertaining and easily readable way, relating numerous personal anecdotes, incorporating intriguing material from the films of Woody Allen and the journals of Tolstoy, and using the writings of the seventeenth-century genius Blaise Pascal as a central guide.
This book deserves the kind of popularity C S Lewis’s apologetic writings have earned. (Arthur Holmes, Wheaton College)
Indeed, Morris mines Pascals best-known work, Pensees (Thoughts), for a wealth of insight into human psychology, our relationship to God, and the nature of the good life. The book is certain to challenge faith and heart, and to realize Morris’s desire to help as many people as possible philosophize about their lives and enjoy the process of doing so.
Thomas Morris is professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and the recipient of numerous awards for teaching excellence.