61. Www.atheismforchildren.com | Pied Piper Of Atheism: Philip Pullman And Children' Pied Piper of Atheism philip pullman and Children s Fantasy will be available in midDecember 2007. Paperback. 100 pages. $9.95. http://www.ignatius.com/atheismforchildren/

A film version of The Golden Compass opens December 7 and stars Nicole Kidman. Atheism for children is how some people describe the new children's fantasy film and the books from which it derives. "The anti-Narnia" is how some supporters of the filmnot just criticssee it. Pullman is widely acclaimed by critics and readers for his best-selling series. But he has been criticized by many for attacking Christianity and promoting atheism. What is the truth about Pullman and his books? What does he believe about God, religion, Christianity, the Catholic Church, and atheism? What does he hope his books will accomplish? Why does he express such strong disdain for the fiction of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien? Should children be reading the His Dark Materials trilogy, or watching the film version of The Golden Compass , the first book of the trilogy? These are just some of the many important questions addressed by Sandra Miesel and Pete Vere in their accessible, concise, and thoroughly-researched analysis of Pullmans fiction and beliefs. The authors reveal the many premises, and often surprising literary and philosophical sources and symbols of the popular

62. The Church Vs The Cinema: Philip Pullman's Blasphemous Materials? - News, Film & The Church vs the cinema philip pullman s blasphemous materials? http://arts.independent.co.uk/film/news/article3201577.ece

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63. The Wall Street Journal Online - Taste Commentary If they read philip pullman s trilogy for children, His Dark Materials, their perception might be strengthened. A movie based on the first book in that http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110010991

64. Irascible Ian's Personal Blog: A Conversation With Philip Pullman Earlier this afternoon I followed up on yesterday s viewing of The Golden Compass, with a satellite interview with philip pullman, the writer of the http://irascian.blogspot.com/2007/12/conversation-with-philip-pullman.html

Irascible Ian's Personal Blog Random 'Dear Diary' jottings about what's going on in my so-called 'life'. This used to be a blog that consisted of DVD/HD-DVD reviews but these have now been moved to their own blogs (see Links section on the right). Sunday, December 09, 2007 A Conversation with Philip Pullman During one of the coffee breaks on the British Film Institute tour of the National Archive last Wednesday, a small group of us chatted about how often we go to the cinema. I repeated my oft-expressed view that with current home cinema equipment, timely shiny disc release dates, and the nightmare that is a trip to the cinema these days it was hard to justify any visits to the local fleapit. At the risk of sounding like a grumpy old git (again!) a cinema trip these days seems to mean having to watch a film surrounded by ringing mobile phones, kids asking dumb questions at the top of their voices, and individuals noisly chomping on huge buckets of popcorn that could feed a family of twelve. Since when did a trip to the movies become a meal time for the whole family? Add in some truly appalling prints, poor projection systems and ridiculously inflated ticket prices and travel delays courtesy of London's transport system, why would anyone not just wait a few weeks for the DVD? After my trip to see The Golden Compass yesterday ( reviewed here on my Movie Review blog , I have a new irritant to add to the long list of why cinema trips can be a nightmare - false fire alarms causing disruption and long delays in getting in to see your film! OK, so maybe this isn't a common problem and I was unlucky, but when the one or two inexperienced staff in charge advise all and sundry that there will be a 40 minute delay and it would be best to come back later, only to then start the screening 15 minutes earlier than they've just advised, you can perhaps see why people end up getting very annoyed (not me on this occasion as I've learnt from experience never to trust what poorly paid staff tell you!)

65. A Conversation With Author Philip Pullman - Charlie Rose Buy Share. A conversation with author philip pullman about the film adaptation of his book, The Golden Compass. Comments. Comment by phil sauer on Tuesday, http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2008/01/11/2/a-conversation-with-author-philip-

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67. Culture Watch - Exploring The Message Behind The Media Screenplay Chris Weitz, based on the novel by philip pullman philip pullman About ten years ago I got very interested in the growth of these sort of http://www.damaris.org/content/content.php?type=5&id=357

68. Philip Pullman: The Golden Compass The Golden Compass (published in Britain as Northern Lights) by philip pullman has been marketed to young adults, so it s easily overlooked by those of us http://www.epiphyte.net/SF/golden-compass.html

Epiphyte Book Review up to review index The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman The Golden Compass (published in Britain as Northern Lights ) by Philip Pullman has been marketed to young adults, so it's easily overlooked by those of us who tend to wallow in the SF section of bookstores. However, it's a tremendously inventive, engaging fantasy, reminiscent of Diana Wynne Jones' Chrestomanci novels, but more somber. It's well worth a wander to foreign aisles. Twelve-year-old Lyra Belacqua and her daemon Pantalaimon have grown up (well, nearly) in Jordan College at Oxford, in an alternate world where the Church has retained tight control over the government and science. The technology in general use, such as naptha lamps and zeppelins, is old fashioned, but the story also refers to atomic craft and "coal-silk," which I assume is nylon or polyester. (The natural sciences are considered a branch of theology; I particularly liked the Holy Semiconductor.) This world also has monsters and magic, though, and it's hard to tell where the dividing line between magic and "theology" is. The golden compass of the title is an intricate truth-telling device that guides Lyra on a journey to the far frozen North, in search of answers about disappearing children and a mysterious theological phenomenon called Dust. The story is gripping, but I was more enchanted by the world that Pullman depicts, particularly by the daemons. Every human being is linked to a daemon that must stay within a few feet of its person. Children's daemons shapeshift, but they settle on a single animal form during puberty. Telepathic animal companions have been done to death and beyond, but the daemons are strange and fascinating and utterly integral to Lyra's society.

69. Philip Pullman News - The New York Times News about philip pullman. Commentary and archival information about philip pullman from The New York Times. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/p/philip_pullman/inde

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70. Philip Pullman: Northern Lights - An Infinity Plus Review A work of transcendent brilliance inventive storytelling genius expressed in rich, erudite, finely cadenced language probably the most http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/northern.htm

Northern Lights by Philip Pullman This 'Young Adult' novel, the first volume in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, is on its own a work of transcendent brilliance. Northern Lights (published in America as The Golden Compass The Iron Dragon's Daughter (1993), Pullman's importance for the genre begins to become clear. The subsequent installments of His Dark Materials The Subtle Knife (1997) and The Amber Spyglass (1999) - take the story of the sequence's protagonist, Lyra Belacqua, into a succession of universes other than her own; Northern Lights Another of Pullman's very effective conceits is his shamanistic one of 'daemons': every human being in Lyra's world possesses an animal familiar that is in essence an externalized soul, an inseparable part of the self, which assumes a definitive shape only after adolescence. Disturbed by the theological implications of the interaction between this phenomenon and enigmatic elementary particles known as 'Dust', a quasi-scientific Church agency known as the General Oblation Board begins to kidnap children and conduct secret experiments upon them. The head of this organization, Mrs Coulter, is Lyra's mother; in Pullman's symbolic scheme, drawn overtly from Milton's Paradise Lost , she represents the often cruel and inflexible authority of God. Her former lover, her charismatic and amorally ambitious Satanic opposite, is Lyra's father, Lord Asriel, who has a dark project of his own. Partaking of both of their natures but implicitly transcending them as well, Lyra becomes incipiently and dangerously involved in the great feud between them, and this drives the headlong narrative of

71. 'Golden Compass' Author Philip Pullman Inspires Thrills -- And Wrath Why we need philip pullman, author of The Golden Compass. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/342362_pullman06.html

newsvinecat = '' Skip ads and navigation SPI MySeattlePix Reader Page ... Place an ad OAS_AD('Top'); newsvinecat = 'entertainment,movies' Movies Last updated December 5, 2007 10:21 p.m. PT 'Golden Compass' author Philip Pullman inspires thrills and wrath By CLAIRE DEDERER SPECIAL TO THE P-I A writer sits quietly at his desk. He imagines a little girl. Something about her inspires him. He begins to write. The girl is joined by other characters: an explorer father; an ice-queen mother; a band of sea-faring Gypsies; a polar bear dressed in armor; a witch preoccupied with politics. The man sends these characters racing across the Arctic, up in hot-air balloons, through university halls, and down into abject dungeons. He's a British middle school teacher with a couple of mid-list novels under his belt, and he doesn't know that he's creating a universe that will bring down the wrath of Christians and thrill readers all over the world. Philip Pullman published "The Golden Compass" in 1995. It's the first volume in the richly imagined trilogy of children's books called "His Dark Materials," which includes "The Subtle Knife" and "The Amber Spyglass." The trilogy follows Lyra an urchin who lives in a universe not unlike our own as she battles the totalitarian forces of the Magisterium, a global religious consortium. The series has drawn three distinct readerships. It was first picked up, unsurprisingly, by young adults. With her sharp tongue, stout heart and impressive gift for lying, Lyra makes a pretty delicious preteen heroine. She starts life as the ward of Jordan College in Oxford, but her peaceful existence comes to an end when neighbor children begin to disappear. Mysterious adults are snatching kids off the street and spiriting them, it is whispered, to an ominous fortress far in the North. When they take Lyra's best friend, Roger, she decides she must save him. And so her propulsively plotted journey begins.

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73. Philip Pullman And The Golden Compass But philip pullman’s books were addicting; I read one right after another Northern Lights (also called Golden Compass), Subtle Knife, and Amber Spyglass. http://www.rustyparts.com/wp/2007/12/07/philip-pullman-and-the-golden-compass/

photoblog archives web design scripts ... blip : Being Lonely In Paradise : About A blog by Isaac , a Mennonite pastor, and Jason , a web developer and church intern. Mostly writing about theology, faith and culture, and the occasional sermon. Latest @ Photo Blip Categories current events immigration war life ... spirituality Archives January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 ... July 2003 Admin Login WordPress XHTML Invisible Enemies: Thoughts on Racism and White Privilege ... chainsaws and advent: a sermon on John the Baptist Philip Pullman and The Golden Compass 7 Comments s Northern Lights (also called Golden Compass Subtle Knife , and Amber Spyglass The Golden Compass misplaced Concerning the corruption of children Concerning maligning our faith an interview The Passion s ), and Christians pull out the picket signs. Very strange. Maybe The Golden Compass A Matter of Hope Theology on the Way to Emmaus , p. 9). Tags: pop culture Jeremy // Dec 9, 2007 at 6:49 am US Nancy // Dec 11, 2007 at 2:30 pm Someone // Dec 12, 2007 at 9:35 pm I do NOT HIS Chris Klopp // Dec 13, 2007 at 3:37 am Lyra // Dec 13, 2007 at 4:04 pm

74. Urban Legends Reference Pages: The Golden Compass It is written by Phillip pullman, a proud athiest who belongs to secular humanist societies. He hates C. S. Lewis s Chronical s of Narnia and has written a http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp

E-mail this Print this Advanced search Home ... Religion > The Golden Compass The Golden Compass Claim: The 2007 film The Golden Compass is based on a series of books with anti-religious themes. Status: True. Examples: [Collected via e-mail, October 2007] There will be a new Children's movie out in December called THE GOLDEN COMPASS. It is written by Phillip Pullman, a proud athiest who belongs to secular humanist societies. He hates C. S. Lewis's Chronical's of Narnia and has written a trilogy to show the other side. The movie has been dumbed down to fool kids and their parents in the hope that they will buy his trilogy where in the end the children kill God and everyone can do as they please. Nicole Kidman stars in the movie so it will probably be advertised a lot. This is just a friendly warning that you sure won't hear on the regular TV. [Collected via e-mail, October 2007] I don't just generally dismiss a movie or book just because someone 'says' it's meant to be something else...but this is worth knowing if you plan to see it (or plan to take your kids). "Hi! I just wanted to inform you what I just learned about a movie that is coming out

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