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Theology of George MacDonald - The Child against the Vampire of Fundamentalism (Paperback)
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Theology of George MacDonald - The Child against the Vampire of Fundamentalism (Paperback)
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George MacDonald (1824-1905) was writing at a time of Evangelical
unease. In a society ravaged by Asiatic cholera, numbed by levels
of infant mortality, and fearful of revolution and the toxicity of
industry (to name but a few of the many challenges), the 'gospel'
proclaiming eternal damnation for unbelievers was hardly good news;
rather, Christianity was increasingly viewed as the source of bad
news and a tool of state oppression. MacDonald agreed: in his view,
the church had become a vampire, sucking the blood of her children
instead of offering them Eucharistic life. In contrast, like
Christ, MacDonald offered a child. Although at first sight a
familiar Romantic incarnation, in MacDonald's theology 'the child'
becomes an unlikely icon challenging the vampire's kingdom and
confronting the foundations of much of Western theology. John R. de
Jong's meticulously researched study of MacDonald's work -
especially his 'realist' and fantasy novels - in its Victorian
context is of more than historical interest. In light of the growth
of fundamentalist expressions of Christianity, we are encouraged to
consider embrace MacDonald's radical solution to religious
vampirism: becoming children.
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