ANTONIO MONDA

Un grupo de intelectuales y artistas de primera fila, de diferente sexo, religión y tradición cultural, aceptan compartir sus reflexiones sobre Dios y dialogar sobre sus íntimas respuestas a las grandes preguntas de la existencia. No todos los protagonistas de este libro nacieron en Estados Unidos, aunque todos encontraron en America el lugar de la libertad de expresion artistica e intelectual y, pese a evidentes contradicciones y aberraciones de diferente cuño, de tolerancia religiosa. Son dialogos sinceros sobre la relacion con la dimension trascendental donde personalidades como Saul Bellow, Paul Auster o Salman Rushdie nos revelan actitudes tan diferentes como el dialogo cotidiano con Dios, la perplejidad respecto de su existencia real o la conviccion de su total y pasmosa ausencia. Sus posiciones y recorrido le permiten tambien al lector reflexionar sobre la realidad social y cultural de America: ¿es el pais del puritanismo y del consumismo o existe algo de autentico y profundo en el recurso constante a temas espirituales por parte de politicos, artistas e intelectuales?

Um conjunto de intelectuais e artistas de primeiríssimo plano, ligados a diferentes religiões e tradições culturais, aceitaram falar das suas reflexões pessoais acerca de Deus e dialogar sobre as res

Informal, revealing, unexpected, this book is a captivating and thought-provoking meditation how faith, in all its facets, remains profoundly relevant for and in our culture.When the Italian writer Antonio Monda sat down to talk religion with American cultural leaders... he went straight for the big questions. O, The Oprah MagazineSome of the most well-known and well-respected cultural figures of our time enter into intimate and illuminating conversation about their personal beliefs, about belief itself, about religion, and about God. Antonio Monda is a disarming, rigorous interviewer, asking the most difficult questions (he often begins an interview point blank: Do you believe in God?) that lead to the most wide-ranging conversations. An ardent believer himself, Monda talks both with atheists (asked what she feels when she meets a believer, Grace Paley replies: I respect his thinking and his beliefs, but at the same time I think hes deluded) and other believers, their discussion ranging from personal images of God (Michael Cunningham sees God as a black woman, Derek Walcott as a wise old white man with a beard) to religions place in American culture, from the afterlife to the concepts of good and evil, from fundamentalism to the Bible. And almost without fail, the conversations turn to questions of art and literature. Toni Morrison discusses Virginia Woolf and William Faulkner, Richard Ford invokes Wallace Stevens, and David Lynch draws attention to the religious aspects of Buuel, Fellini...and Harold Ramiss Groundhog Day.

Abram Singer is a Catholic priest with an unusual name and a dark secret. Against the backdrop of gritty 1970s New York, in a simple, straightforward style, he tells us his story. The son of an absent Jewish father and a devout Italian mother, Abram was drawn to the meaningful structure of the seminary, eventually becoming a parish priest in Manhattan. His sincerest wish is to do Gods work, but he is not without human failings: he is irresistibly attracted to women and has a secret lover named Lisa. But when an anonymous letter arrives threatening to expose his liaison, he is forced to decide whether the risks of his sin have become too great. Riveting and powerfully intimate, Unworthy unflinchingly explores the nature of faith, loyalty, and identityand gives us a timeless portrait of a man trying to make his way in Americas greatest city.