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Monthly Archives: June 2018
Jesus and the Reading Public Part One
It’s a rare novel that has taken off if it deals with Jesus. Sure, those novels are worthy and deal with deep issues, but you’re unlikely to find a bestseller (the Bible itself excluded, not being fiction!) that has used … Continue reading
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The Worldview of Fiction
Thinking again about Terry Pratchett, and secular fiction. This is important for me as an English teacher. Is there spiritual value in reading deliberately secular fiction? Or for that matter, secular poetry, or secular drama? Yes, I would argue. There … Continue reading
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Jesus and Harry Potter
Can you read Harry Potter and be a Christian? More importantly, can you read Terry Pratchett and still be a Christian? These questions are perhaps a bit provocative. There will be those who will argue fervently that reading such … Continue reading
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Tagged books, faith, fantasy fiction, literature, reading
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