Archive for the ‘Philip Pullman’ tag
The Rev. Scott Stiegemeyer, 38, Fort Wayne
Author of study guide for ‘The Golden Compass’
By Rosa Salter Rodriguez
The Journal Gazette
Janelle Sou Roberts | The Journal Gazette
Scott Stiegemeyer, a Lutheran pastor, says “Compass” author Philip Pullman “clearly does have an anti-church agenda.”
Leave it to the Rev. Scott Stiegemeyer not to stray too far from the front [...]
Vatican Blasts "Golden Compass" as Godless and Hopeless
That is the headline from Reuters earlier this week. Calling for a boycott of the recent film based on the controversial trilogy, His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman, the Vatican statement elaborates: “when man tries to eliminate God from his horizon, everything is reduced, made sad, cold and inhumane”. Also according to Reuters, [...]
The Golden Compass Lost Its Direction
Hi folks,
I just posted a few comments on the Pullman movie over at my department’s new blog which you can see right here.
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Golden Compass Tanks at the Box Office
It’s a dud, folks. I went to see it today and it’s just not that good of a movie. Aside from Pullman’s atheistic agenda, this movie is mostly a bore. Seemingly, not many folks are rushing out to see it. Check this out. It only made about 9 million bucks [...]
I Agree with Philip Pullman…
… about one thing. And that is that stories teach. They, in fact, often teach more effectively than any other method I could name.
Here is what the controversial author of The Golden Compass (vol. 1 of His Dark Materials) had to say when accepting an award for it in 1996: [...]
Pullman’s "The Golden Compass"
Many of you have seen the spectacular preview for the upcoming movie, The Golden Compass, which is based upon the novel by Philip Pullman of the same name.
The Golden Compass is the first volume of the well-known and rightfully controversial His Dark Materials Trilogy. I’ve read the books and expect the movies to be [...]
Is Philip Pullman the Most Dangerous Writer in Britain?
Peter Hitchens wrote an article for the Mail on Sunday in 2002 in which he criticizes Philip Pullman as the most dangerous author in Britain.
Philip Pullman, the author of the His Dark Materials Trilogy and outspoken hater of C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia. His books, aimed at young readers, portray the church as [...]
C.S. Lewis vs. Philip Pullman
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe , C.S. Lewis’s classic novel, is the first of seven installments of his The Chronicles of Narnia . These are outstanding children’s books that communicate the Christian story and Christian dogma via myth and fairy tale. I’ve long been a fan of these books and was elated when [...]
Atheist Philip Pullman Derides "Wardrobe" Movie
As almost everyone in the English-speaking world knows by now, C.S. Lewis’s classic The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is being adapted into a feature film, due out this December. Naturally, one is concerned that Disney not mess it up. Why would anyone think that? Because of how they almost always mess up fairy [...]
