For me, having characters who are part of a faith then allows me to talk about how that faith either works or fails them without having to attack the institution.
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Faith in God... produces character; character will produce courage, courage to face the challenges of the day.
The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak.
The most interesting character to me is someone who is stuck in the no man's land between Belief and Unbelief, Faith and Faithlessness. I'm capitalizing like a German, but it doesn't matter whether it's faith in a person or in God, or belief in science or whatever, it's the desperate in-between state that makes for interesting dramatic tension.
I spent some time, six months or so, ruminating about the characters before I sat down to write 'Faith'.
One of the things that doesn't come up as much as it should, especially in literary fiction, is this idea of faith and God... I feel like those are things that should be wrestled with... because they are such an integral part of our community on every level.
I think that for some people faith is good - they have something to draw to.
Faith is the foundation upon which a godlike character is built. It is a prerequisite for all other virtues.
Faith: not wanting to know what is true.
My faith is in my colleagues. And when I meet other writers, journalists, who've been doing this for a long time, trying to make us aware of what it is that we're living in, I put my faith in those people.
It's important to not marginalize any people group in fiction. A complete, authentic-feeling world should include many different elements of life and culture. For this reason, my books will almost always contain people of faith.
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