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Roz Chast recommended The Magic Mountain in Books (curated)

 
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain
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"This is about a young man who goes to a sanitarium in the Swiss Alps to visit his tubercular cousin and winds up staying there for seven years. To paraphrase the Stefon character from SNL, “it’s got everything: love, illness, art, philosophy, religion…”"

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The Complete Chronicles of Narnia
The Complete Chronicles of Narnia
C.S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes | 2014 | Children
7
8.3 (38 Ratings)
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World building, some of the stories are amazing (0 more)
The heavy-handed religion, sexism, xenophobia, ham-fisted morality, God hates Susan (0 more)
These are really uneven.
If you skip The Horse and His Boy, The Last Battle, and arguably The Magician's Nephew, these are pretty good reads.
  
Breakthrough (2019)
Breakthrough (2019)
2019 | Biography, Drama
This was a really heartwarming movie. It is based on a true story about a young boy who falls through an icy lake. Its very emotional, and the story pulls you in. This is one of the better religion based movies I have seen lately.
  
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The Shadow Doctor
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6.0 (1 Ratings)
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Thought there might be more psychological theories in it, but got involved into a conversation about religion and God, whether he exists or not, and I am not a person that enjoys those kind of reads, I suppose. Nice book, but definitely not for me.
  
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Trish (4 KP) rated A Wrinkle in Time in Books

Feb 8, 2018  
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle | 2015 | Children
8
7.8 (37 Ratings)
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I can see why this book gets challenged. Although up until the ending, there was only one mention of religion. What an interesting book. I enjoyed listening to the audiobook version read by the author. She knew what the characters sounded like and acted like. Added a dimension to the reading.
  
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
Mark Dunn | 2002
8
7.7 (3 Ratings)
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Well half the book I couldn't understand, which was cool because that's the premise but wow did i ever just not understand some of it - and it was like it's own religion I feel - worship Nollop - lose letters - it was very truly interesting and i enjoyed reading it but ... wow lol
  
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Tracey Thorn recommended The Fire Next Time in Books (curated)

 
The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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"His writing, like his thinking, is so clear and beautiful, always eloquent and elegant even when he is writing, as here, about race and religion. There is anger, of course, but somehow he also manages to be witty, and so, so clever. I always imagine he must have been brilliant company."

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American Gods  - Season 1
American Gods - Season 1
2017 | Drama
For Whom the Gods live
The onscreen adaptation of Neil Gaiman's book is an excellent one. Combining topics of philosophy, religion, culture and modern day icons around present America, it stylistically portrays do we need God and whether Gods need us. A bit explicit for everyone's taste, nevertheless, a treat to sore eyes.
  
Fascinating look at the likely reality of a man who created a leading world religion. Helps one to understand many of the conflicting things about Islam and some of how the Middle East has wound up as it has. If you take nothing else from it, it is at least engagingly well written.
  
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Tom Perrotta recommended Complete Stories in Books (curated)

 
Complete Stories
Complete Stories
Flannery O'Connor | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
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"A friend of mine turned me on to O’Connor in high school, and I’ve been reading her ever since, constantly amazed at her bold vision and wicked sense of humor. She’s one of the few writers I know who make religion seem like a radical challenge, rather than a source of comfort."

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