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A Case of Conscience
Published 1958 by Ballantine Books · 188 pages
Hugo · 1959
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2 award entries · 2 books · 1 wins · 1959–1969
Synopsis
Jesuit priest and biologist Father Ramon Ruiz-Sanchez is part of a commission evaluating the planet Lithia, whose reptilian inhabitants have built a perfectly moral society without any concept of God or religion. Concluding that the planet is a snare created by the Devil to undermine faith, he faces an agonizing crisis of conscience that pits his scientific training against his theological convictions.
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Details
- Series
- After Such Knowledge · Book 1
- Author nationality
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780345438355