Harry Potter
http://www.george-macdonald.com/harry_potter_granger.htm
Great link for Potter fans. Here is his entire book, which is excellent:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1414300913/104-8862816-9099940?v=glance&n=283155
Harry Potter is a modern morality play (Rowling loves Dickens and Austen). It is cleverly disguised as vastly entertaining mystery/fantasy, with Christian allegories hidden behind alchemical paradigms and not a little bit of antique Orthodoxy (the Orthodox doctrine of divinization with God's energies, which we so drily refer to as sanctification.
The real question is - will Rowling end up outdoing Tolkien (hard to imagine, but possible) and Robert Jordan (his story is also a disguised Christian fantasy - witness the wounds and rebirth of Rand al'Thor). It's difficult to say because, although Tolkien's reputation is secure, Rowling and Jordan are still writing.
Who knows what they may bring us?
That's why we read them.
Great link for Potter fans. Here is his entire book, which is excellent:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1414300913/104-8862816-9099940?v=glance&n=283155
Harry Potter is a modern morality play (Rowling loves Dickens and Austen). It is cleverly disguised as vastly entertaining mystery/fantasy, with Christian allegories hidden behind alchemical paradigms and not a little bit of antique Orthodoxy (the Orthodox doctrine of divinization with God's energies, which we so drily refer to as sanctification.
The real question is - will Rowling end up outdoing Tolkien (hard to imagine, but possible) and Robert Jordan (his story is also a disguised Christian fantasy - witness the wounds and rebirth of Rand al'Thor). It's difficult to say because, although Tolkien's reputation is secure, Rowling and Jordan are still writing.
Who knows what they may bring us?
That's why we read them.
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