Book Reviews and More: Between Heaven Hell by: Peter Kreeft

Between Heaven & Hell
Peter Kreeft
IVP
ISBN: 0877843899

November 22, 1963 was a day that all who were alive that day will remember. It was the day J.F. Kennedy was killed. But in the shadow of that famous death two other great men died that day, Aldous Huxley and C.S. Lewis. This book deals with those three famous men and a fictional dialog they would have sometime after life, but before a final judgment.

These three great men each believed in an afterlife but differently. Lewis in ancient western theism, Kennedy was a humanist, and Huxley believed in ancient eastern pantheism. Each also believed or practiced different forms of Christianity. Lewis was more mainline orthodox Christianity, Kennedy was a modernist or humanistic Christianity and Huxley an Orientalized or mystical Christianity.

The three men meet in a white mist or fog, they debate where they are, what they believe and where they think they will end up. Like many of Kreeft’s books it is written as a dialogue, a conversation in three parts. They each present their world views, their view of the afterlife and their understanding of what their life meant. Yet each is open to the ‘truth’ what truth really is and if it has eternal impact.

This is one of those fun light reads, written in a unique and engaging manner that will presenting the three most common views currently accepted in Christianity, and three of the common interpretations of Christianity in today’s world. If you want to understand other streams of Christianity or the Christians around you this book will give you a clear, concise and humorous presentation of the three main approaches today.

(First Published in Across the Creek Volume 2 Issue 11 - The St. Jerome's Student Union Paper in the column 'Booklook'. 2007.01.25)

Book by Peter Kreeft:

C. S. Lewis: A Critical Essay (1969)

Love Is Stronger Than Death. 1979.

Heaven: The Heart’s Deepest Longing (1980)

Between Heaven Hell (1982)

The Unaborted Socrates (1983)

The Best Things In Life (1984)

Yes or No? — Straight Answers to Tough Questions about Christianity (1984)

Making Sense Out of Suffering (1986)

Fundamentals of the Faith, Essays in Christian Apologetics (1988)

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Heaven... But Never Dreamed of Asking (1990)

Making Choices: Practical Wisdom for Everyday Moral Decisions (1990)

You can understand the Old Testament : a book-by-book guide for Catholics (1990)

Summa of the Summa (1990)

Three Philosophies of Life (1990)

Prayer: The Great Conversation (1991)

Back to Virtue (1992)

Shorter Summa (1993)

Christianity for Modern Pagans: Pascal's Pensees (1993)

Your Questions, God's Answers (1994)

Handbook of Christian Apologetics (with Ronald K. Tacelli) (1994)

C. S. Lewis for the Third Millennium (1994)

Shadow-Lands of C.S. Lewis: The Man Behind the Movie (1994)

Pocket Handbook of Christian Apologetics (1994)

The Angel and the Ants: Bringing Heaven Closer to Your Daily Life (1994)

Talking to Your Children About Being Catholic (1995) — A treasure trove of ideas

Angels (and Demons): What Do We Really Know About Them? (1995)

Ecumenical Jihad: Ecumenism and the Culture Wars (1996)

The Journey A Spiritual Roadmap For Modern Pilgrims (1996)

The Snakebite Letters Devious Secrets for Subverting Society (1998)

Refutation of Moral Relativism (1999)

Prayer for Beginners (2000)

Catholic Christianity (2001)

Socrates Meets Jesus (1987/2002)

How to Win the Culture War: A Christian Battle Plan for a Society in Crisis (2002)

Celebrating Middle Earth: Lord of the Rings (2002)

Three Approaches to Abortion: a thoughtful and compassionate guide to today's most controversial issue (2002)

Philosophy 101 by Socrates (2002)

Socrates Meets Machiavelli (2003)

Socrates Meets Marx (2003)

The God Who Loves You (2004)

Socratic Logic (2005)

You Can Understand the Bible (2005)

Socrates Meets Sartre: Father Of Philosophy Meets The Founder of Existentialism (2005)

The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind "The Lord of the Rings" (2005)

The Sea Within (2006)

Socrates Meets Descartes (2007)

The Philosophy of Jesus (2007)

Pocket Guide to the Meaning of Life (2007)

Before I Go (2007)

I Surf Therefore I Am (2008)

Because God Is Real: Sixteen Questions, One Answer (2008)

Jesus-Shock (2008)

Socrates Meets Kant (2009)

If Einstein Had Been a Surfer (2009)

Between Allah & Jesus: what Christians Can Learn from Muslims (2010)

Socrates Meets Hume (2010)

An Ocean Full of Angels (2011)

Summa Philosophica (2012)

Jacob's Ladder (2013)

Charisms: Visions, Tongues, Healing, etc. (feat. Dave Nevins) (2013)

Socrates Meets Kierkegaard (2014)

52 Big Ideas (2020)

Practical Theology (2014)

Letters to an Atheist (2014)

Philosophy 101 by Socrates: An Introduction to Philosophy Via Plato's Apology : (Forty Things Philosophy is According to History's First and Wisest Philosopher (2014)

I Burned for Your Peace: Augustine's Confessions Unpacked (2016)

How to Be Holy (2016)

Catholics and Protestants (2017)

Between One Faith and Another (2017)

Forty Reasons I am a Catholic (2018)

Doors in the Walls of the World (2018)

The Platonic Tradition (2018)

Socrates' Children, 4 vols. (2019)

How To Destroy Western Civilization And Other Ideas From The Cultural Abyss (2021)

The Greatest Philosopher Who Ever Lived (2021)

Food for the Soul: Reflections on the Mass Readings 3 vols. (2023)

What Would Socrates Say? (2024)