Thursday, April 08, 2004
More Christian book complaining
Regent College Bookstore, one of the largest Christian bookstores in Canada, has decided to not carry Glorious Appearing, the latest installment in the Left Behind series.
From today's Publisher's Lunch: "Manager Ian Panth says the books, 'Mix a dangerous theology with politics--and we don't want to sell it.... The book is very American-centric. It suggests the United States is successful because it has supported the state of Israel. It portrays the Antichrist as a Romanian who has risen up to take over the United Nations. It also paints the European Union as entirely demonic.' He says the faculty supports him, 'appalled by the bad writing and bad theology in the apocalyptic series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins.'"
Call me a literary snob, but right there is just another long list of reasons why I won't read these books.
Check out the Beliefnet article here.
From today's Publisher's Lunch: "Manager Ian Panth says the books, 'Mix a dangerous theology with politics--and we don't want to sell it.... The book is very American-centric. It suggests the United States is successful because it has supported the state of Israel. It portrays the Antichrist as a Romanian who has risen up to take over the United Nations. It also paints the European Union as entirely demonic.' He says the faculty supports him, 'appalled by the bad writing and bad theology in the apocalyptic series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins.'"
Call me a literary snob, but right there is just another long list of reasons why I won't read these books.
Check out the Beliefnet article here.
| posted by Barbara | 7:44 PM