Anne Rice Had a Talk With God
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Anne Rice's Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt
Nothing like a chat with God.
"I was sitting in church talking to (God) about it and I finally realized there was no holding back anymore," said Rice, 64, who returned to the Catholic Church in 1998 after a 30-year absence.
Talk with God Led Rice to `Christ'
I guess his ways aren't that mysterious to her.
Rice's most daring move, though, is to try to get inside the head of a 7-year-old kid who's intermittently aware that he's also God Almighty.
I'd say laugh.
John Wilson, editor of the evangelical journal Books & Culture ...
It's a difficult challenge. None of these novels are masterpieces and "often they just seem absurd," Wilson said.
"You don't know whether to laugh or to cry, both with the pious variety and the debunkers," he said.
Rice: 'God is interesting again'
Very Christian books?
In particular, Rice bristles at the notion, held by some ill-informed persons, that her vampire books are light amoral entertainment. "I think they're very Christian books," she insisted, "by somebody outside the church, lost in the darkness, striving to find meaning and sometimes being rebellious."
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Posted by: tim | November 7, 2005 6:11 AM