Finding God in Strange Places - Working Title

[nishatalitha]

Thanks to my recent musing on the God I know in relation to the points made in Lois McMaster Bujold's Curse of Chalion and the other books in the Five Gods Universe, I'm putting ah, something together on theology and fantasy.

Behind the lj cut is my current reading list for this project. I am using original fantasy novels, in print format only. The books used will be within this genre and have either a primary focus on theology within the novel or an interesting theological system. I am not interested in mythology.

If anyone has any suggestions to add to this list, please let me know author and title.



Bujold, Lois McMaster
Carey, Jacqueline
Duane, Diane
Eddings, David
Gaiman, Neil
Jordan, Robert
Kerr, Katherine
Lackey, Mercedes
Lewis, C. S.
Mariliner, Juliet
Modesitt, L. E.
Pierce, Tamora
Pratchett, Terry
Pullman, Phillip
Tolkein, J. R. R.
Weber, David





I have already noticed that the main points of these tend to fall into three categories.

1) Neo-pagan
2) Pagan
3) Pseudo-Christianity

I would have had two, but neo-pagan is a wee bit broad for me. I'm sure there will be some overlapping in places, and I have yet to define the categories truly. Suggestions (although keep them limited) are welcomed. I still have to read some of these, and then I will split them up into categories.

Does anyone have an idea as to which one the Five Gods books should go into?

Also - I could use some help in defining my goals and aims with this. This thing. I could just do a comparative analysis thingy, but I don't want to do English Lit., and I'm afraid that it could end up like that.

I want my primary focus to be more about God within the novels, and displays, treatment thereof. Ectera ectera.