[Faith-talk] Fiction by writers who express their Faith intheirfiction

Wed Feb 3 04:42:13 UTC 2010

Mary,

No need to be embarrassed. I'm Catholic, but I share the Pope's emphasis 
on dialogue with other Christian groups and other religions. As for 
scifi, I've become wary of reading it because so many of the well-known 
authors are atheists and their books are often full of erotica.

Prayers and blessings,
John

On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 02:05:16PM -0500, mary wurtzel wrote:
> Hello,
> I feel kind of embarrassed about my message not knowing your 
> cridentials!!!!
> Mary
> 
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> >Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Fiction by writers who express their 
> Faith intheirfiction
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> >From: Greg Aikens <gpaikens at gmail.com
> >To: "Faith-talk, for the discussion of faith and religion" 
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> >Sent: Tue, February 2, 2010 5:43:15 AM
> >Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Fiction by writers who express their 
> Faith in theirfiction
> 
> >John, your post also reminded me of C.S.  Lewis's science fiction
> >trilogy, which you are probably already aware of.  If not, you 
> should
> >check them out.  I haven't gotten a chance to read them myself 
> yet but
> >have heard they are good.
> 
> >Greg
> 
> >On 2/1/10, John J.  Boyer <john at godtouches.org> wrote:
> >>Laura,
> 
> >>thanks for the info.  I am interested in writing historical and 
> science
> >>fiction novels from a Christian, specifically Catholic, 
> perspective.  So
> >>many of the well-known science-fiction authors are atheists or 
> at least
> >>don't take religion seriously.  There is an extensive set of 
> books by
> >>Bodie and Brock Thoene with Jewish protogonists, but the authors 
> are
> >>Christian.  They are very pro-Jewish.  The books cover the 
> period leading
> >>up to World War 2 and the founding of Israel.  there are also 
> some with
> >>Biblical themes.  An almost forgotten author is Louis de Wohl.  
> He wrote
> >>novels about various Christian and biblical figures.  He is a 
> Catholic
> >>author.  I am proofreading his books for Bookshare.  The Thoene 
> books are
> >>also on Bookshare.
> 
> >>Right now I don't have much energy for writing.  That will have 
> to be a
> >>gift of the Lord.  I'm putting what energy I have into my free,
> >>open-source braille transcription software, which I hope will 
> eventually
> >>surpass the best of commercial software.  You can learn about it 
> at
> >>http://www.abilitiessoft.com .  And if you want to see any 
> fiction by me,
> >>please pray that I will be given the necessary energy.
> 
> >>Thanks,
> >>John
> 
> >>On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 03:37:49PM -0600, qubit wrote:
> >>>Hey John, good to hear of yet another of your interests.
> >>>I have seen in some of the NLS talking book topics, novels about 
> jewish
> >>>persons -- I don't think they are categorized as "jewish 
> fiction", but I
> >>>know they are out there.  Have you ever read the novel "The 
> Chosen"? That
> >>>was made into a movie which was truely an excellent flick.  I'd 
> like to
> >>>read
> >>>the book.  It's about 2 young jewish friends who wer sons of 2 
> rabbis with
> >>>radically different views.  (I wondered as I watched the movie 
> if this was
> 
> >>>pure fiction or just memoirs of the author's own life as one of 
> the boys.)
> 
> >>>As for Islam, you can find a number of books by muslim women 
> living in the
> 
> >>>more repressed muslim countries -- but these are memoirs and not 
> fiction.
> >>>For fiction, I read "The Kite Runner", which was a truely well 
> written
> >>>novel
> >>>about 2 young boys growing up in Afghanistan.  It was not 
> religious,
> >>>though -- the protagonist was the son of a non-believing muslim 
> man, and
> >>>the
> >>>only religious persons in the book were either poor or else part 
> of the
> >>>Taliban and therefore extremely violent and oppressive.
> 
> >>>That's all I can think of off the top of my head.
> >>>Let me know if this is what you are looking for.
> >>>Happy reading.
> >>>--laura
> >>>----- Original Message -----
> >>>From: "John J.  Boyer" <john at godtouches.org
> >>>To: <faith-talk at nfbnet.org
> >>>Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 8:30 AM
> >>>Subject: [Faith-talk] Fiction by writers who express their Faith 
> in
> >>>theirfiction
> 
> 
> >>>I've seen a lot of Christian fiction.  Now I would like to see 
> some
> >>>genuine Jewish fiction.  I'm afraid Isaac Bashevis Singer isn't 
> really a
> >>>believer.  It would also be interesting to see some fiction by 
> genuine
> >>>believers in Islam and Buddhism.  I'm making a sort of study of 
> religious
> >>>fiction.
> 
> >>>Thanks and prayers,
> >>>John
> 
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