Author: Alison Flood
Author: Alison Flood Writes for: Guardian Web links: Author ranking: 622 Number of articles found: 3 |
Jesuit priest accuses Philip Pullman of waging war on Christianity
Source: Guardian - Date: 2:18 PM 12th Aug 2010
A Jesuit priest and bible scholar has written a fierce response to Philip Pullman 's retelling of the life of Jesus, claiming that the author distorted history to reinforce his own unfavourable views about institutional Christianity . Father Gerald O'Collins, author of over . . . .
Anne Rice 'quits being a Christian' | Alison Flood
Source: Guardian - Date: 1:23 PM 30th Jul 2010
Twelve years after she converted to Christianity from atheism, bestselling author Anne Rice has "quit being a Christian" because of the religion 's attitude to birth control, homosexuality and science. In a message posted on her Facebook page , Rice said she was "out". . . . .
Hay festival: a history of the Virgin Mary | Alison Flood
Source: Guardian - Date: 2:00 PM 29th May 2009
Mary was "definitely a virgin by the fourth century", announced Miri Rubin , author of Mother of God: A History of the Virgin Mary, on Wednesday lunchtime to waves of laughter. "Was that funny? Why was that funny?" she asked, going on to explain that what she meant was that by . . . .
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