[Faith-talk] Fiction by writers who expresstheirFaithintheirfiction

Thu Feb 4 15:50:29 UTC 2010

Dear Pat,
Do you know where I can get the book Disabled Disciple?  I always 
meant to read it.  Lent is coming, and I give up reading fiction 
during lent, isn't that a hoot!! It has been good for me, though.
Mary

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "pat gormley" <kk3f at msn.com
>To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion" 
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>Date sent: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 19:48:14 -0500
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>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
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>>>>>That Hideous Strength
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>>>>>Fr.  John R.  Sheehan, SJ
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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

>>>>>>>--
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