The Golden Compass and Philosophy

God Bites the Dust

By: Richard Greene (Editor), Rachel Robison (Editor)

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Paperback | 27 October 2009

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The popularity of the His Dark Materials trilogy has generated a major motion picture, a stage play, video games, and a new prequel. The series has also been highly controversial with its use of exciting adventure stories for children to comment on organized religion. These books have piqued the interest of the contributors to this fascinating volume, who use it to probe the philosophical issues that inform them. Could a golden compass, or alethiometer, really work? Can a person's soul or daemon have a mind of its own? What are the ramifications of pursuing the diabolical "intercision" process, or of trying to bring about the death of God, a plot that Lyra and her mysterious Father struggle over? These are some of the questions explored by these essays that try to get to the heart of Lyra's bewildering, inspiring, and multifaceted world.

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Acknowledgment	p. ix
Angels and Dæmons and Bears (Oh My)!	p. xi
When You Stopped Believing in God Did You Stop Believing In Good and Evil?	p. 1
Thus Spake Philip Pullman	p. 3
One of These Gods Is Not Like the Other	p. 25
Is Philip Pullman Corrupting the Young?	p. 37
Faith and Circumcision	p. 51
Tell Them Stories. They Need the Truth. You Must Tell Them True Stories, and Everything Will Be Well, Just Tell Them Stories	p. 61
The Truth in Lyra's Lies	p. 63
The Many Phases of Lyra	p. 73
Kicking Up Some Dust	p. 87
All the History of Human Life Has Been a Struggle between Wisdom and Stupidity	p. 99
Cuts Like a Knife	p. 101
Is Lyra Free Enough to Be a Hero?	p. 121
Could the Magisterium Be Right?	p. 131
Was There Only One World after All, which Spent Its Time Dreaming of Others?	p. 143
Worlds of Possibility	p. 145
Lyra's Journey to the World of the Dead	p. 153
Why the Dead Choose Death	p. 165
The Magisterium	p. 175
The Index of Forbidden Thoughts	p. 179
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