Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Quoted - New York Times

Quoted - New York Times

"Determining the tone of a work is the most important, and often the most difficult, task in analysis. We need to know how the work judges a questionable action. The Bible ... does not leave us in moral confusion. Good fiction likewise does not, directly or by implication, call good evil or evil good. It does not leave moral questions unanswered. Its moral viewpoint is that of the Scriptures."

FROM "ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE," published by Bob Jones University Press, whose textbooks are part of a lawsuit filed by the Association of Christian Schools International against the University of California. The suit contends that the university system discriminates against applicants from some Christian schools; the university has deemed certain courses using these textbooks to be inadequate preparation.

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