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37 studies of the adoption of Christianity across northern Europe
over1000 years, and the diverse reasons that drove the process. In
Europe, the cross went north and east as the centuries unrolled:
from the Dingle Peninsula to Estonia, and from the Alps to Lapland,
ranging in time from Roman Britain and Gaul in the third and fourth
centuries to the conversion of peoples in the Baltic area a
thousand years later. These episodes of conversion form the basic
narrative here. History encourages the belief that the adoption of
Christianity was somehow irresistible, but specialists show
theunderside of the process by turning the spotlight from the
missionaries, who recorded their triumphs, to the converted,
exploring their local situations and motives. What were the
reactions of the northern peoples to the Christian message? Why
would they wish to adopt it for the sake of its alliances? In what
way did they adapt the Christian ethos and infrastructure to suit
their own community? How did conversion affect the status of
farmers, of smiths, of princes and of women? Was society wholly
changed, or only in marginal matters of devotion and superstition?
These are the issues discussed here by thirty-eight experts from
across northern Europe; some answers come from astute re-readings
of the texts alone, but most are owed to a combination of history,
art history and archaeology working together. MARTIN CARVER is
Professor of Archaeology, University of York.
In the world of the near future, Mark's computer genius brings him
to a place of power in a floating paradise that is dependant on
slave labor in the deep sea pods, hidden from the rest of world. A
genetic mutation, Dawn has an indomitable will to be free. She
breaks her chains and forms a desperate alliance with Mark.
Together, they will change the fate of millions as Atlantis falls
into the shadow of violent revolution.
In a time when almost any gritty topic can be featured in a young
adult novel, there is one subject that is avoided by writers and
publishers. Faith and belief in God seldom appear in traditional
form in novels for teens. The lack of such ideas in mainstream
adolescent literature can be interpreted by teens to mean that
these matters are not important. Yet a significant part of growing
up is struggling with issues of spirituality. The underlying
problem, of course, is that there are so few writers who are
willing to talk to teenagers about God, even indirectly, or who
themselves have the religious literacy for the task. Spirituality
in Young Adult Literature: The Last Taboo tackles a subject rarely
portrayed in fiction aimed at teens. In this volume, Patty Campbell
examines not only realistic fiction, but young adult literature
that deals with mysticism, apocalyptical end times, and even YA
novels that depict the Divine Encounter. Campbell maintains that
fantasy works are inherently spiritual, because the plots nearly
always progress toward a showdown between good and evil. As such,
the author surmises that the popularity of fantasy among teens may
represent their interest in the mystical dimensions of faith and
the otherworldly. In this study, Campbell examines works of fiction
that express perspectives from Christianity, Judaism, Islam,
Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sikhism. Distinguished YA novelist Chris
Crowe provides a chapter on Mormon values and Mormon YA authors and
how their novels integrate those values into their books. By
looking at how spirituality is represented in novels aimed at
teens, this book asks what progress, if any, has been made in
slaying the taboo. Although most of the books discussed in this
study are recent, an appendix lists YA books from 1967 to the
present that have dealt with issues of faith. A timely look at an
important subject, Spirituality in Young Adult Literature will be
of interest to young adult librarians, junior and senior high
school teachers, and students and instructors of college courses in
adolescent literature, as well as to parents of teens.
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