Original Sin and pagan gods

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes · 08 Aug 2006, 20:17 · from 2006-August.txt.gz

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From: danldo at gmail.com (Dan'l Danehy-Oakes)
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 13:17:36 -0700
Subject: (urth) Original Sin and pagan gods
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A brief followup, a couple of things I meant to mention but didn't
quite fit in.

Regarding the role of real pagan gods in a Christian world, consider
what Lewis does with them -- he offers three very different takes in
the Narnia books (Bacchus in _Prince Caspian_, and, more importantly,
the Magician on the Island of Dufflepuds in _The Voyage of the Dawn
Treader_); the Oyarsa in the Space trilogy; and (of course?) Eros in
_Till We Have Faces_.

Regarding contradiction vs. paradox -- Wolfe has repeatedly stated
his deep admiration for GK Chesterton, whose entire works, in a
sense, form a vast meditation on this distinction.

-- 
Dan'l Danehy-Oakes, writer, trainer, bon vivant
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