The Courage of Conviction - Softcover

Berman, Phillip L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345332962 ISBN 13: 9780345332967

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1986

Synopsis

Surveys the personal philosophies that have guided, inspired, and sustained the lives of forty eminent men and women of our time, including Steve Allen, Norman Cousins, Hugh Downs, Benjamin Spock, Edward Teller, Irving Wallace, Jane Goodall, and Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Berman, founder of the Center for the Study of Contemporary Belief in California, asked famous and/or eminent individuals to discuss their philosophies and the ways they apply such beliefs to their daily lives. The respondents represent a wide variety of professions: writers Andrew Greeley and Rita Mae Brown, religious leaders Billy Graham and the Dalai Lama, scientists Edward Teller and Edward O. Wilson, politicians Mario Cuomo and Elliot Richardson, actors Jane Alexander and Michael York. The answers contain few surprises: Benjamin Spock favors gentle treatment of children, Leo Buscaglia extols the virtues of love, Graham strongly backs religion and Sydney Hook explains why he is a secular humanist. Photos. U.K. rights: Laurence Pollinger; translation rights: Dodd, Mead. November 8
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About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0345332962
• ISBN 13: 9780345332967
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268