This is a really interesting, thoughtful review that made me think about it differently. I cannot wait for your review of the last two books.
This is why I like Cooper's paganism: she commits to it, there isn't any surprise Christian fundamentalism lurking back there.
Yeah, this. And it's not paganism that's defined by its relation to Christian fundamentalism, either. I still remember the shock of reading The Dark is Rising and the bit where Will is talking to his pastor, and it's just so clear that the poor pastor is out of his depth, because he's just not really relevant, you know?... Greenwitch is even more so, of course, but I remember, having been raised extremely Christian, that bit of Rising really affected me in ways that I didn't even realize at the time.
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Date: 2012-04-16 09:43 pm (UTC)This is why I like Cooper's paganism: she commits to it, there isn't any surprise Christian fundamentalism lurking back there.
Yeah, this. And it's not paganism that's defined by its relation to Christian fundamentalism, either. I still remember the shock of reading The Dark is Rising and the bit where Will is talking to his pastor, and it's just so clear that the poor pastor is out of his depth, because he's just not really relevant, you know?... Greenwitch is even more so, of course, but I remember, having been raised extremely Christian, that bit of Rising really affected me in ways that I didn't even realize at the time.