Andy Pessin, my mentor as an undergrad philosophy student back at Kenyon (English/Philosophy double major, with concentrations in creative writing and what was essentially multimedia design) has two new books out! The first, The 60-Second Philosopher: Expand Your Mind on a Minute or So a Day, is basically a collection of short thought exercises designed to get you thinking like a philosopher - which should prepare you nicely for the second book, The God Question: What Famous Thinkers from Plato to Dawkins Have Said About the Divine, which tackles one of the greatest enigmas of human history. No small project, this.

Here's Andy's quasi-official description:

THE GOD QUESTION: WHAT FAMOUS THINKERS FROM PLATO TO DAWKINS HAVE SAID ABOUT THE DIVINE by Andrew Pessin (Oxford, UK: Oneworld Publications, 2009)

A philosophical book aimed at the general reader, The God Question explores the most interesting, important, and sometimes strange things that great thinkers – theists, atheists, agnostics, heretics, rastafarians, pastafarians, you name it – have said about God. Filled with puzzles and conundrums (or is that conundra?), insight, wit, and wisdom (so says the promotional copy, must be true), it has something for everyone: the believer, the disbeliever, and those on the fence with respect to The Question.)

I've got both books ordered from Amazon and I recommend you do the same - Andy was one of my favorite professors at Kenyon and was always blessed with the gift of conveying incredibly complex ideas in really interesting, accessible ways. I can't wait to see what he has to say about God. For more about Andy and his books, check out his website at www.god-question.com.