[Faith-talk] Fiction by writers whoexpresstheirFaithintheirfiction

pat gormley kk3f at msn.com
Thu Feb 4 14:26:40 UTC 2010 

I believe the disabled disciple by Dr. Elizabeth Brown may be available from 
rfb and d.
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From: "mary wurtzel" <marywurtzel at comcast.net>
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> 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"
> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org
>>Date sent: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 19:48:14 -0500
>>Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Fiction by writers who
> expresstheirFaithintheirfiction
>
>>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"
>><faith-talk at nfbnet.org
>>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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>
>>>>>>________________________________
>>>>>>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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