“Or, as my wife snarkily put it when I told her about this article, “Anne Rice’s idea of Christian writing is probably writing Jesus/John the Baptist porn.””
That’s what I thought too!
Actually, she did recently pen a book on Jesus. It was a very good book, and there was not a hint of disrespect toward Jews, Christianity, or God. It contained lots of interesting historical information too.
The way she got started on it was out of curiosity. She wondered how the Jews have managed to survive as a race when people have been trying to destroy them since the dawn of history.
I was very pleasantly surprised, since I don’t really want to read any of her other junk. 700 Club did a story on her, and several religious organizations actually endorsed it. Knowing Rice’s literary past to be prolific with porn, I was intrigued. Could she have really written anything worthy of such endorsements? Again, it was an excellent read.
That being said, the endorsement for she-who-must-not-be-elected tells me she must have fallen off the wagon in an epic way. I may have to resume my literary boycott against Anne Rice. I was looking forward her next book about Jesus. I guess she’s slipped over to the dark side again!
Although I disagree with what Rice has written, I don’t believe she is stupid, drunk, or a moron. She is a great writer and quite intelligent. Instead of calling her names, it would suit some here better to actually address what she’s written.
I suppose it's nice to be ecumenical about Christianity with Jews just out of old fashioned politeness but that has nothing to do with good books on Christianity.