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I like "compost heap of my memory", it implies something fertile rather than simply disintegrating. I'm going to adopt that. Thank you!
Fantasy does offer scope for theological exploration; Tolkien, C.S. Lewis are classic. But they are more apologists; you explore new territories.
How cool to come across others who have read Charles Williams. Didn't know about his writers' group, though...
I particularly enjoyed the unique treatment of sainthood in Paladin of Souls. :)
Charles Williams was a member of the Inklings. In case you haven't come across this before, the Inkling were a group of writers who shared a powerful interest in Christian theology. Perhaps they could be called Christian apologists who expressed their thinking through fiction. The group consisted of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Dorothy Sayers. I think their were others in the group, but those above were the most well known.
Ditto re the comment about the Paladin of Souls.
Thd first time l read Hallowed Hunt was truely magical! Loved all the characters, 'specially the supporting ones!
Nearly finished reading The Hallowed Hunt, I've wondered similarly about the source of religious themes. Though a first-time read, I find myself reading the tale much more slowly than is my custom, for the descriptive passages beg immersion in visualization, along with the emotions and action. (Though I've found each of Lois's works inspire greater lingering along the way, as compared to my former eagerness to resolve suspense.)
The Christian Trinity alone lends itself to the five gods. One surely might ask "Where is the female?", and even tend the notion that by worldly definition, Christ was a bastard. (Heh heh... no one is more reverent toward the triune God, than I, Christian by choice. I'm certain that "tremendous sense of humor" is a hallmark trait of God, regardless of the bad hype of limited matter.)
Early in the book, I was inspired to look up "bastard," and was faintly bemused to find it's original definition is usually relegated to either archaic or secondary. The numbers of insults the word represents are, however, colorfully indicated in thesaurus. Well, by any name, diety must certainly have the aspect of ruthlessness to cover all earthly bases.
Perhaps also of a generation gap in definitions, clarification adds that the primary meaning I ascribe to the word "ruthless" is "uncompromising."
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I like "compost heap of my memory", it implies something fertile rather than simply disintegrating. I'm going to adopt that. Thank you!
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Fantasy does offer scope for theological exploration; Tolkien, C.S. Lewis are classic. But they are more apologists; you explore new territories.
How cool to come across others who have read Charles Williams. Didn't know about his writers' group, though... I particularly enjoyed the unique treatment of sainthood in Paladin of Souls. :)
Charles Williams was a member of the Inklings. In case you haven't come across this before, the Inkling were a group of writers who shared a powerful interest in Christian theology. Perhaps they could be called Christian apologists who expressed their thinking through fiction. The group consisted of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Dorothy Sayers. I think their were others in the group, but those above were the most well known.
Ditto re the comment about the Paladin of Souls.
Thd first time l read Hallowed Hunt was truely magical! Loved all the characters, 'specially the supporting ones!
Nearly finished reading The Hallowed Hunt, I've wondered similarly about the source of religious themes. Though a first-time read, I find myself reading the tale much more slowly than is my custom, for the descriptive passages beg immersion in visualization, along with the emotions and action. (Though I've found each of Lois's works inspire greater lingering along the way, as compared to my former eagerness to resolve suspense.) The Christian Trinity alone lends itself to the five gods. One surely might ask "Where is the female?", and even tend the notion that by worldly definition, Christ was a bastard. (Heh heh... no one is more reverent toward the triune God, than I, Christian by choice. I'm certain that "tremendous sense of humor" is a hallmark trait of God, regardless of the bad hype of limited matter.)
Early in the book, I was inspired to look up "bastard," and was faintly bemused to find it's original definition is usually relegated to either archaic or secondary. The numbers of insults the word represents are, however, colorfully indicated in thesaurus. Well, by any name, diety must certainly have the aspect of ruthlessness to cover all earthly bases.
Perhaps also of a generation gap in definitions, clarification adds that the primary meaning I ascribe to the word "ruthless" is "uncompromising."
