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Gemma asked this question about The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1):
I've read a lot of reviews on this book, and some people say it's very christian, then other people say the author was an atheist. What would you say?
Jennifer Drees The book is definitely a Christian book, but by no means a normal Christian interpretation of Biblical events. Philip Pullman is a Blake scholar and v…moreThe book is definitely a Christian book, but by no means a normal Christian interpretation of Biblical events. Philip Pullman is a Blake scholar and very aptly displays William Blake's ideas and interpretations of Christianity and religion (which Blake reinterpreted into a new mythology) in another new mythology of Pullman's own imagination.
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