BOSTON--(COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Aug 9, 2004--No matter what your faith, or what you believe, how each of us understands the meaning of life comes down to how we answer one ultimate question: Does God really exist? This September, through the brilliant minds and personal struggles of two of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, PBS presents an emotional and intellectual journey into the meaning of life.
For more than thirty years, Dr. Armand Nicholi has taught a popular course at Harvard on the question of God. Dr. Nicholi�s text has been the writings of two of the most profound thinkers of the twentieth century, C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud. Few individuals have had more influence on the moral fabric of contemporary Western civilization. Arguably Freud is the most influential spokesperson for the secular worldview, and Lewis the most influential spokesman for the spiritual worldview. While Freud called religion �the universal obsessional neurosis of humanity,� Lewis believed in an intelligence beyond our universe. Director Catherine Tatge takes Dr. Nicholi�s study and addresses the fundamental questions of Freud and Lewis in a series for public television, capturing the ongoing debate between the believers and the unbelievers.
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The Question of God is produced by Tatge-Lasseur Productions in association with WGBH and Walden Media. Director Catherine Tatge; Producer Dominique Lasseur; Executive Producers Mike Sullivan, Catherine Tatge, Doug Holladay.
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