"A Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven": "His Dark Materials," Inverted Theology, and the End of Philip Pullman's Authority

Autor/inn/en	Padley, Jonathan; Padley, Kenneth
Titel	"A Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven": "His Dark Materials," Inverted Theology, and the End of Philip Pullman's Authority
Quelle	In: Children's Literature in Education, 37 (2006) 4, S.325-334 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0045-6713
DOI	10.1007/s10583-006-9022-4
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Philosophy; Christianity; Intention; Literary Devices; Figurative Language; World Views; Authors; Novels + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Philosophie; Christentum; Literaturarbeit; World view; Weltanschauung; Author; Autor; Autorin; Novel; Roman
Abstract	This article argues that Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" may be read as a series which attempts to assault the Christian doctrine of God. We believe that this demonstrably accords with Pullman's personal views, and that, through his story, he seeks to foster such views in his readership. However, the accuracy of his attack falls short of its intended mark when it is examined alongside classical Christian theology. The Authority which Pullman's narrative destroys is actually more akin to the Christian view of the devil than he is the divine, and the victories of Will and Lyra--as a new Adam and Eve--have strong resemblances to the victories which Christianity claims for Christ and Mary. Pullman's narrative, therefore, becomes an inversion of his deicidal intention rather than an inverting and revolutionary destruction of theology. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10