About the Book

Join two philosophers in a thought-provoking dialogue on God and the nature of existence.

Dr. Richard Oxenberg and Dr. Jerry L. Martin engage in a joint dialectical inquiry into God and ultimate reality. Their conversation provides a model of philosophical thinking and critical questioning with regard to spiritual life and its search for ultimate truth.

After reading Dr. Martin’s God: An Autobiography, his extraordinary report of his articulate conversations with the divine, Dr. Oxenberg was left with a number of urgent questions. The two began their own conversation and Two Philosophers Wrestle with God: A Dialogue is the result. Here two philosophers reflect on the meaning of Dr. Martin’s revelatory experiences, drawing the thinking of major philosophers and theologians into their dialogue. The discussion that ensues, between philosophical friends, becomes an effort to trace the boundaries of what we can know.

About the Philosophers

Dr. Jerry L. Martin

Founding chairman of Theology Without Walls group at the American Academy of Religion, editor of the book Theology Without Walls: The Transreligious Imperative, and author of God: An Autobiography, As Told to a Philosopher.

Dr. Richard Oxenberg

Professor in the School of Social Sciences, Communications, and Humanities at Endicott College, and author of On the Meaning of Human Being: Heidegger and the Bible in Dialogue published by Political Animal Press in 2018.

Praise and Reviews of Two Philosophers Wrestle with God- A Dialogue

• “This collection of both candid and profound conversations will delight any reader with an interest in spiritual matters and the big questions of life’s meaning and purpose.”

-Jeffery D. Long, Author, Hinduism in America: A Convergence of Worlds.

• “This extraordinary conversation is a model of what a philosophic dialogue can still be. The topics discussed — God, creation, and our place in the big story — take up implications of the unprecedented dialogue reported in Jerry Martin’s God: An Autobiography, As Told to a Philosopher. The Martin/Oxenberg conversations are candid, learned and unpretentious. They go to the heart of questions raised by Martin’s unique revelatory experience.”

-Abigail L. Rosenthal, Author, A Good Look at Evil.

• "Martin and Oxenberg unpack the significance of divine revelations in clear and accessible prose- and we are treated to a rich and expansive vision of God, the self, and human purpose. Much-needed ground is broken here for the task of interreligious dialogue. A broad range of philosophical authors and religious traditions is brought into the discussion, and the resulting insights invite fruitful comparison with the most venerable metaphysical and theological systems."

-Jonathan Weidenbaum, Contributor, Theology Without Walls: The Transreligious Imperative.

Listen to the Podcast

Two Philosophers Wrestle With God

Listen to the podcast where the book began:

GOD: An Autobiography, As Told to a Philosopher - The Podcast