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Heartbreak High - Season 7

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The series based on the lives of a group of students who attend the fictional Hartley High School in...

Hermeneutic Humility and the Political Theology of Cinema: Blind Paul

Sean Desilets

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This book revisits the tradition of Western religious cinema in light of scholarship on St. Paul's...

Gender and Patriarchy in Muslim Cinema: A Filmographic Study of 21st Century Features from Eight Countries

Patricia R. Owen

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There are 49 Muslim majority countries in the world and Islam, the religion which Muslims follow, is...

Sarah (7800 KP) rated The Subtle Knife in Books

Nov 14, 2017 (Updated Nov 14, 2017)

An interesting take on religion and theology

In The Subtle Knife, you finally find out what Lord Asriel's plan is that is never explained in the first book, Northern Lights. I won't go into detail for anyone who hasn't read the book, but it's a little bit bonkers. I'd be intrigued to hear a review from someone religious, as this book expands further on the anti-religion, atheistic themes.

I'm an atheist, so for me I found this book really interesting. It's a fantasy take on Paradise Lost, and it's such an intriguing and well written story. I missed a few characters in this, namely Iorek and the Gyptians, but it was good to see Lyra develop and become more mature. I like Will as a new character, he's very much the sensible one to Lyra's rash character.

In all, the story is quite a bit bonkers but still a very satisfying and well written read. Can't wait to read the last one.

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Rachel (48 KP) rated Small Gods in Books

May 24, 2017

Small Gods

Terry Pratchett | 1992 | Fiction & Poetry, Humor & Comedy, Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences

8.9

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Philosophy

Fantasy

Terry Pratchett

Excellent fiction

The 13th Discworld book

Small God's is the 13th book in the Discworld series. You do not have to have read any of the other books to understand this one as it features characters that (mostly) only appear in this book.

As with all of Pratchett's work it is a subtle blend of humour and humanity. It uses amazing characters and situations to highlight the hypocrisy and insanity of real life.

This book focuses on Brutha; a 'slow', ordinary monk for the God Om. It is the biggest, and most ruthless, religion in this part of the Discworld.
Brutha is gardening, as he always is (not much use for anything else) when a tortoise literally drops into his life and changes his world......

This book questions the hierarchy of religion, the wisdom of power, philosophy, the righteousness of war and whether a tortoise really does make good eating.