An intriguing look at the spiritual and religious themes of Philip Pullman’s bestselling fantasy series.
The fictional world of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy is filled with sophisticated theological questions and assumptions, which more and more people will be curious about when the movie version of the first volume, The Golden Compass, is released in December 2007. Killing the Imposter God explores the complex religious and spiritual dimensions of the trilogy in an engaging manner, showing that Pullman, far from preaching atheism, actually presents a vision of a universe permeated with divinity.