Madeleine L'Engle (1918 - 2007)

[VirginiaHuguenot]

Madeleine L'Engle died yesterday at the age of 88.

See a previous thread on Madeleine L'Engle here.

 

[bookslover]

She made an appearance at Biola University some years back, and the appearance was protested against by some of the students, who contended that she was, at best, a "new-age" writer and not a Christian.

The administration overrode the protest and she appeared anyway.

Her obituary in this morning's Los Angeles Times states that she considered herself to be a "light Episcopalian." Since Episcopalians are already pretty light, I guess that tells us where she was at, religiously...

 

[elnwood]

Not to get into a big argument, but I actually really liked her book Walking on Water as reflections of a Christian artist, was very conservative on many points, and would recommend it with the caviat that, like many Anglicans, she's too accepting of Catholicism.

 

[christiana]

Interesting view from a reformed pastor on her writings:

http://www.wrfnet.org/articles/article.asp?ID=2079

 

[caddy]

Interesting. I always wanted to read her "Wrinkle in Time" Book but never got around to it.