{"id":174,"date":"2004-04-29T14:12:00","date_gmt":"2004-04-29T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=174"},"modified":"2004-04-29T14:12:00","modified_gmt":"2004-04-29T14:12:00","slug":"174","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=174","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Counter-attack on The Da Vinci Code<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cronaca<\/a> and Bookslut<\/a> (27 April entry) both have entries on the flood of new books out to counter the spurious history, not to mention the “feminism, anticlericalism and pagan forms of worship” of The Da Vinci Code<\/em>.<\/p>\n

From the New York Times<\/em>: “The Rev. James L. Garlow, co-author with Prof. Peter Jones of Cracking Da Vinci’s Code<\/em> and pastor of Skyline Wesleyan Church in San Diego, said: ‘I don’t think it’s just an innocent novel with a fascinating plot. I think it’s out there to win people over to an incorrect and historically inaccurate view, and it’s succeeding. People are buying into the notion that Jesus is not divine, he is not the son of God.'”<\/p>\n

Author Dan Brown welcomes the controversy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Counter-attack on The Da Vinci Code Cronaca and Bookslut (27 April entry) both have entries on the flood of new books out to counter the spurious history, not to mention the “feminism, anticlericalism and pagan forms of worship” of The Da Vinci Code. From the New York Times: “The Rev. James L. 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Then we'll enter the stadium with our lap robes and hip flasks and watch\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":284,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=284","url_meta":{"origin":174,"position":2},"title":"Living by the Code I\u2026","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"October 13, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Living by the Code I have blogged before about certain Christians' horrified response to the success of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. At least a dozen books are devoted to \"exposing\" it. But Curtis White's review essay in the Voice Literary Supplement makes the best point: \"The Da Vinci\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":302,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=302","url_meta":{"origin":174,"position":3},"title":"National Treasure \"Hey,\" says M.,\u2026","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"November 5, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"National Treasure \"Hey,\" says M., watching the trailer for Nicholas Cage's new movie, \"It's a heist movie.\" (She likes heists and capers.) I think it looks more like The Da Vinci Code for Deists. We shall have to find out whose judgment is more correct.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":687,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=687","url_meta":{"origin":174,"position":4},"title":"The Da Vinci Code: A Pagan date movie","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"July 9, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"M. and I are not what you would call \"early adopters,\" other than perhaps when we bought a Jeep TJ right after they were introduced in 1997. (We still have it.) So this is not exactly a cutting-edge review of The Da Vinci Code.It is rated PG, which could just\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":93,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=93","url_meta":{"origin":174,"position":5},"title":"Drat that Mary Magdalene","author":"Chas S. 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