Philip Pullman creates a darker Christ in new assault on the church
Author gives Jesus a manipulative twin brother in new book taking on the Gospels directly
In the bestselling His Dark Materials books, author Philip Pullman depicted the church as a corrupt and murderous bureaucracy and God as senile, frail and impotent. And, despite condemnation by the Christian right, Pullman has now taken on the Gospels directly. In his new story, he writes that Jesus had a manipulative twin brother, Christ, who tempted him in the wilderness and betrayed him to the authorities.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Friday, 26 March, 2010
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