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In theology class today, we had a discussion about Anne Rice for a few minutes. The new film, “The Young Messiah”, is based on her book, “Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt”! She is probably the most well known for her book, “Interview with the Vampire” and initiated the whole “theology of the undead” vampire theology movement!
Her background is rather interesting as seen from Wikipedia. She was raised in an observant Catholic family, but became an agnostic as a young adult. Apparently that had to do with the lack of good pastoral care when her daughter passed away from leukaemia in 1972. In the mid-2000s, following a publicized return to Catholicism, Rice published the novels Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt and Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana, fictionalized accounts of certain incidents in the life of Jesus.
On July 28, 2010, Rice publicly announced her disdain for the current state of Christianity on her Facebook page, stating, "Today I quit being a Christian.... I remain committed to Christ as always but not to being 'Christian' or to being part of Christianity. It's simply impossible for me to 'belong' to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group. For ten years, I've tried. I've failed. I'm an outsider. My conscience will allow nothing else." Shortly thereafter, she clarified her statement: "My faith in Christ is central to my life. My conversion from a pessimistic atheist lost in a world I didn't understand, to an optimistic believer in a universe created and sustained by a loving God is crucial to me. But following Christ does not mean following His followers. Christ is infinitely more important than Christianity and always will be, no matter what Christianity is, has been, or might become."
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