[Faith-talk] Fiction by writers who express theirFaithintheirfiction

Thu Feb 4 00:48:14 UTC 2010

Jim has written several articles particularly where he functioned as an 
elder in a church in Catonsville back in the 80's.  Dr. Elizabeth Brown also 
wrote a couple of articles pertaining to a book she wrote called the 
Disabled Disciple which was a commentary on the healing of Bartimaeus in 
chapter 8 of John's Gospel.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mary wurtzel" <marywurtzel at comcast.net>
To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion" 
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Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Fiction by writers who express 
theirFaithintheirfiction


> Dear Father John,
> Thank you for your understanding.
> I am chuckling, wondering what you think of Andrew Greeley's books.
> I do like the Blackie Ryan books.  I'm not quite as taken with the ones 
> about the Irish folk singer, Nula.
> Inthe past, it seemed to me that some Christian books were feather 
> weights, such as Janette Oakes.  Karen Kingsbury is more contemporary. 
> She is still on the light side, but perhaps with a bit more plot 
> development.
> Mary P.S.  On another topic.  We are not doing Kernel books  as such, but 
> maybe some literature about the things people do to serve their faith 
> communities would help.  I think it was Jim Omvig who had an artile inthe 
> Monitor once.
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: "John J.  Boyer" <john at godtouches.org
>>To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion"
> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org
>>Date sent: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 22:42:13 -0600
>>Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Fiction by writers who express their
> Faithintheirfiction
>
>>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
>
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "Fr.  John Sheehan" <xaviersocietyfortheblind at yahoo.com
>>>>To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion"
>>> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org
>>>>Date sent: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 07:23:04 -0800 (PST)
>>>>Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Fiction by writers who express their
>>> Faith intheirfiction
>
>>>>Out of the Silent Plant
>>>>Perelandra
>>>>That Hideous Strength
>>>>Great sci-fi but with depth and a Christian underpinning.
>>>>Fr.  John R.  Sheehan, SJ
>>>>Chairman
>
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>>>>Xavier Society for the Blind
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>>>>________________________________
>>>>From: Greg Aikens <gpaikens at gmail.com
>>>>To: "Faith-talk, for the discussion of faith and religion"
>>> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org
>>>>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
>
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>John J.  Boyer, Executive Director
>>>>>>GodTouches Digital Ministry, Inc.
>>>>>>http://www.godtouches.org
>>>>>>Madison, Wisconsin, USA
>>>>>>Peace, Love, Service
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