I don't usually read religious themed books but just recently read two books which both had at their center, thoughts on Christianity. One was very much set in the past. "A. D. 30" by Ted Dekker and the other one is set in the not so distant future, " The Book of Strange New Things" by Michael Faber.
A. D. 30 was very different from the other previous books by Ted Dekker who writes mostly science fiction books and fantasy type novels. This book was in part a historical novel , with an action story of Bedouin tribes,war and stories from the New Testament with actual passages quoting Jesus. It is an interesting book to read as it gives you insight into the way the people who met Jesus might have thought about this mystical young man spreading a new faith and way of thinking. It also holds your interest as it moves along well and tell an adventure story of a beautiful young princess and a handsome slave and how both saw Jesus.
The 2nd book " The Book of Strange New Things" tells of a pastor whose job and calling it is ,to bring Christianity to a strange new world set millions of miles away from planet earth. So in some way you have the science fiction aspect in the book with all the specifics of travel and settling of a strange new world mixed with the concern of a very caring religious man. Peter's main aim is to do his best to let the strange inhabitants of this new world hear the good news that is the story of the Bible and Jesus Christ, , except these friendly but very different alien creatures call the Bible, the book of Strange New things, hence the title.
IT is a deep and emotional book to read as Peter the pastor is torn between full filling his mission and feeling responsible for his loving wife and all the problems she is dealing with back on earth which is rapidly deteriorating .
Both great books to read and they certainly give you lots to consider and think about beside the story line.
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