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Title: George MacDonald by C. S. Lewis ISBN: 0-06-065319-1 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 19 February, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (12 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A great introduction to George MacDonald's work
Comment: MacDonald was a master Christian apologist of the late 1800s, and an enormous influence on CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien, WH Auden, and Charles Williams, to name a few. His fantasy novels and sermons have been a source of inspiration for every generation of Christian apologists and fantasy novelists since his death. MacDonald's writings, however, inspiring though they are, are often laborious and difficult to read. Additionally, much of MacDonald's writing phases in and out of print regularly, and is sometimes not easy to find. It is for these reasons that CS Lewis, who called MacDonald "my master," compiled this 'anthology' of MacDonald's theology.
In this little volume are 365 "readings," short quotes from MacDonald's sermons, novels, or stories. Actually, more than 2/3 of this material comes from his sermons. Several of these quotations are uplifting and thought-provoking, and all bear the mark of a man who devoted his life to Christian apology through fantasy. An anthology like this is a good place to be introduced to MacDonald's thinking and writing, and also a large step in understanding such later apologists as CS Lewis. These readings, though sometimes taken slightly out of context, are a great look into the work of George MacDonald.
Rating: 3
Summary: Gems from George
Comment: Although I have never read George MacDonald before, I figured if he is one of the more influential writers for C.S. Lewis, that I could certainly check out his "best of" book.
The intro from Lewis is wonderful, and explains his regarding MacDonald as "his master." Lewis says that he has never written a book in which he hasn't quoted from MacDonald, and one can see after reading this book how many of Lewis' thoughts may have been shaped by MacDonald.
My favorite entry in the anthology is entitled "The Knowledge of God," and reads:
To say Thou art God, without knowing what the Thou means -- of what use is it? God is a name only, except we know God.
Rating: 3
Summary: Just because it feels profound doesn't make it true.
Comment: If you like to get people's perspective on God, then this is a good book. If you want emotion and reason to pull together to reveal truth, then it flounders.
Even as does C.S. Lewis, George McDonald has a tendency to make movingly worded, but scripturally, or even reasonably, baseless statements. Culture and emotion are on his side, but that doesn't make him right.
For example, he subtly comes from the perspective that to truly know God is to never to plan, want, or put forth effort. Adam created the names of the animals, king David created the pieces for the temple of Solomon, and Moses gave the people the law. God sustained them and gave them their creative abilities, but it wasn't through sitting around waiting for God that they were able to bring these things about.
Further, he has the self righteousness that says "what a sinner I am", followed by "you should do such-and-such" or "we should all try to do such-and-such" meaning "you should do such-and-such". And has an over inflated view of the righteousness of children.
However, I share his view that we are all sinners, held back from becoming monsters by the chains of God, and I identify with his melancholy, but I finish the book holding him in equal regard to C.S. Lewis. Read that however you please.
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Title: Diary of an Old Soul: 366 Writings for Devotional Reflection by George MacDonald ISBN: 0806627344 Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers Pub. Date: 01 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $10.99 |
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Title: Phantastes by George MacDonald ISBN: 0802860605 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 August, 1981 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Knowing the Heart of God by George MacDonald ISBN: 0764223127 Publisher: Bethany House Publishers Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Lilith by George MacDonald ISBN: 0802860613 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 August, 1981 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Complete Fairy Tales (Penguin Classics) by George MacDonald, U. C. Knoepflmacher ISBN: 0140437371 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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