Show for July 25, 2010. And Death Shall Have no Dominion: No One Dies in Lily Dale
A new documentary film depicts life—and afterlife—in Lily Dale, New York. Founded in 1879, Lily Dale is the “world’s largest spiritualist community,” home to dozens of mediums and a destination for bereaved people hoping to contact deceased loved ones. No One Dies in Lily Dale is a fascinating and poignant look at love, loss and belief. We talk to the director, Steven Cantor, and three people depicted in the film.
No One Dies in Lily Dale is now playing on HBO. Read more about the film.
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Show for Jan 31, 2010. Rebecca Goldstein V. God
Rebecca Goldstein is both a philosopher and novelist, and she brings the two vocations to bear in her latest book, “36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction.” It examines divinity as a proposition, but also religion as an experience. Set in and around a fictional university, the book’s part theological inquiry, part academic comedy of manners.
