KILLING GOD THE PROPAGANDA OF HIS DARK MATERIAL SS

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His Dark Materials is a fantasy trilogy for adolescents and adults and has been registering … His Dark Materials (HDM) is a trilogy that includes The …

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KILLING GOD:
THE PROPAGANDA OF HIS DARK MATERIALS
by Mark Ryan and Carole Hausmann Ryan
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 26, number 3 (2003). For further information or to
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SYNOPSIS
His Dark Materials is a fantasy trilogy for adolescents and adults and has been registering sales
comparable to The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. British author Philip Pullman’s spellbinding
storytelling abilities and the fact that his books have taken the most prestigious literary prizes in Great
Britain promise fantasy lovers a fun read.
On the other hand, Pullman’s blatant anti-God and anti-Christian agenda so pervades his stories that they
are unpalatable for many readers. Pullman’s central thesis is that the church is a repressive hierarchy
seeking to control people by disseminating propaganda about a deity who makes up rules to stifle human
freedom, growth, and creativity. Pullman is especially concerned about what he sees as the church’s
repression of natural human sexual development…