[lbo-talk] Marketing the Chronicles of Narnia

[Max B. Sawicky]

I read that review, which was a factor in my
putting the book down.  But I plan to resume.
I like Carroll's essays in Chronicles of an
Unjust War a lot.  There are little gems in
every column.  It's true there is way too
much JC (of Boston) in the big book, but I
think he is correct on his big point:
it is very hard to untangle Christianity
the original doctrine from anti-semitism.
How else can you justify Jews renouncing
their faith?

I agree with Carroll on the side issue of
"Judeo-Christian values" -- a construct
designed to compare favorably with the
religion of whomever the U.S. is dropping
bombs on this month.

mbs

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Perhaps not the most reliable guide.  See review by R. L. Wilken at
<http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/article.php?id_article=201>. (Wilken,
on the history faculty at UVA, is not a fan: "This book is driven by
theological animus and padded with irrelevant, distracting material from
Carroll's own obsessively chronicled life...")  --CGE

 

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, Max B. Sawicky wrote:


> My extremely limited theological expertise is based on James Carroll's
> "Constantine's Sword." And of that I've only been able to get through
> the first 100 pp.
> 
> mbs 
> 
> 
> 
> --- "Max B. Sawicky" <sawicky at bellatlantic.net> wrote:
> > There is no such thing as Judeo-Christian ideology.
> > That would be like Cat-Mouse Ideology.
> 
> I don't understand. What's the old Testament, then? Is this hinging on a
> definition of the word ideology? Can you clarify?
> 
> Thanks.
> -adx
> 
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