Banned Books Week: Madeleine L’Engle
September 30th, 2007#22 on the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000
A Wrinkle in Time |
What I believe is so magnificent, so glorious, that it is beyond finite comprehension. To believe that the universe was created by a purposeful, benign Creator is one thing. To believe that this Creator took on human vesture, accepted death and mortality, was tempted, betrayed, broken, and all for love of us, defies reason. It is so wild that it terrifies some Christians who try to dogmatize their fear by lashing out at other Christians, because tidy Christianity with all answers given is easier than one which reaches out to the wild wonder of God’s love, a love we don’t even have to earn.
- Madeleine L’Engle
Madeleine L’Engle passed away earlier this month.
Banned Books Week is the brainchild of the American Library Association
Wow, I just loaded up A Wrinkle In Time on my pda last Tuesday, and finished it this morning. Crazy. Same thing happened with Kurt Vonnegut. I was in the middle of reading Cat’s Cradle for the first time when he passed away.