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Tom Johnson (Religious Studies) and Ed Higgins (Writing/Literature) published a review article, “The Enemy Church,†in the Jan. 15 issue of Christian Century magazine. The article examines British author Philip Pullman’s fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials, the first novel of which, The Golden Compass, was released last month as a controversial film for some Christian groups because of the author’s avowed atheist views. Tom and Ed explored the characters and themes in the three novels and film and found that they are actually consistent with and embody many Christian virtues.