More Good Fiction with Religious Themes,
Please note that the phrase in the title refers to a very different thing than “religious fiction”.
After I posted yesterday’s entry, I thought of a few more works of fiction about religion that I recommend:
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Bee Season by Myla Goldberg (the far superior Bee book, in my opinion, to the one I mentioned in yesterday’s post.)
Original Sins by Jamie Delano
The Sandman Vol. 4: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman
The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L’Engle
Angels and Insects by A.S. Byatt
Recommended to me but not yet read are books 2 and 3 in the Pullman trilogy, and Towing Jehovah and Only Begotten Daughter, both by James Morrow.
I am having a hard time coming up with movies that include religious themes that I think are well done. “Angels and Insects” was good but not great, and “Possession” was able to be a decent adaptation of a complicated book because it deleted most of the book’s religious themes.
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
March 6th, 2005 at 7:23 pm
I’ll answer my own question (since no one else seems to want to). I saw Million Dollar Baby today and thought that it handled its religious elements very well.
March 7th, 2005 at 4:40 pm
love the sparrow. did you read the sequel - children of god? those books are so good, but soooo spooky. she has a new book out about the holocaust but i was a little disappointed she chose such a realistic topic for her next book so i haven’t read it yet.