Faith Odyssey: A Journey Through Lent

by Richard A. Burridge

Book Overview

Richard Burridge invites readers to journey through the season of Lent with devotional readings that combine Scripture with stories from science fiction and popular culture. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802838979
• ISBN13: 9780802838971
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Lenten devotional with a delightful twist

Faith Odyssey contains daily devotionals for Lent and Holy Week. It is devided into weekly themes, starting with "the mess" in which humanity finds itself in on Ash Wednesday and working through a "journey" metaphor in subsequent weeks. Its Biblical analysis and insights are first-rate. What makes this book unique are the many illustrations and examples drawn from well-known classics of science fiction and fantasy. This will delight fans of this genre and Christians who are looking for a fresh approach to the Lenten Journey.

A winning combination of science fiction and theology

With "Faith Odyssey," Richard Burridge has given Christians who harbor a hunger for science fiction and fantasy a true gift! For all forty days of Lent--plus a few days into Eastertide--Burridge draws illuminating, often unexpected, and always delightful parallels between works such as the various "Star Trek" series, the "Star Wars" films, "The Lord of the Rings," and classical mythology and the Christian faith, taking us on a true pilgrimage. This book will be useful to any Christian, but it may prove especially helpful to preachers and teachers looking for "pop culture" illustrative material.