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Gospel According To Lost
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An epic journey into the deepest mysteries of our faith.
Lost is NOT just a television show. It has become larger than that-a massive story filled with mystery that has garnered over twenty million participants. Some might call them viewers, but one does not just watch Lost, one participates in it. It demands that you dialogue with the story, seeking theories and comparing yourself to characters. Lost breaks all the formulas for television, and in doing so has drawn together millions of people on a shared journey that explores life, faith, history, science, philosophy, hope, and the basic questions of what it means to be human. It is the seemingly infinite ideas, philosophies, and biblical metaphors that make this story so engaging.The focus on faith and truth is never more clearly explained than in the words of John Locke as he questions Jack Shepherd asking "Why do you find it so hard to believe?" Jack responds quickly "Why do you find it so easy?" But Locke declares "It's never been easy." This tension between Faith and Reason drives every episode and story line. Locke summed this up as he explained to Jack "That's why you and I don't see eye-to-eye sometimes, because you're a man of science?Me, well, I'm a man of faith." Chapter Topics
Faith and Reason - The war within?
Guilt -The single common denominator that binds everyone on the island
Fate - Do we choose our path, or does fate happen to us?
Quantum Spirituality - What if everything and everyone is connected?
Dharma - Is there any truth to be found in Institutional Religion?
Island Life - If we are made for the garden is it the consumer world that is killing us?
Salvation - Will it ever come, and will we recognize it when it does?Chris Seay's fascinating book explores each of these elements in a spinning analysis of faith and metaphor that will attract a multitude of readers who desire to go even deeper into the journey.
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An epic journey into the deepest mysteries of our faith. Lost is NOT just a television show. It has become larger than that-a massive story filled with mystery that has garnered overAtwenty million participants. Some might call them viewers, but one does not just watch Lost, one participates in it. It demands that you dialogue with the story, seeking theories and comparing yourself to characters. Lost breaks all the formulas for television, and in doing so has drawn together millions of people on a shared journey that explores life, faith, history, science, philosophy, hope, and the basic questions of what it means to be human. It is the seemingly infinite ideas, philosophies, and biblical metaphors that make this story so engaging.
The focus on faith and truth is never more clearly explained than in the words of John Locke as he questions Jack Shepherd asking "Why do you find it so hard to believe?" Jack responds quickly "Why do you find it so easy?" But Locke declares "It's never been easy." This tension between Faith and Reason drives every episode and story line. Locke summed this up as he explained to Jack "That's why you and I don't see eye??to??eye sometimes, because you're a man of science?Me, well, I'm a man of faith."
Chapter Topics
- Faith and Reason - The war within?
- Guilt -The single common denominator that binds everyone on the island
- Fate - Do we choose our path, or does fate happen to us?
- Quantum Spirituality - What if everything and everyone is connected?
- Dharma - Is there any truth to be found in Institutional Religion?
- Island Life - If we are made for the garden is it the consumer world that is killing us?
- Salvation - Will it ever come, and will we recognize it when it does?
Chris Seay's fascinating book explores each of these elements in a spinning analysis of faith and metaphor that will attract a multitude of readers who desire to go even deeper into the journey.
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Item Specifications...
Pages 224
Dimensions: Length: 8.2" Width: 5.3" Height: 0.6"
Weight: 0.5 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Dec 1, 2009
Publisher Nelson Word / Nelson Books
ISBN 0849920728
EAN 9780849920721
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 | Don't compare it to the show Jan 6, 2010 |
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Being familiar with both Chris Seay and a former avid watcher of Lost (I fell out of it after the writer's strike) I was very interested in what this book had to offer. I feel that I'm essentially the target audience and so I jumped at the chance to read & review it.
Unfortunately...my expectations failed me.
Now, maybe I was expecting a lot, but still I was disappointed. Each chapter of the book essentially stood alone. There was little connectivity and no overarching story to the message that he was putting forth. Each chapter was representative of a character, and related their attributes, struggles, conflicts, past, etc to something "Jesus related."
I'm all for drawing comparisons to the gospel. I do it often. I enjoy seeing redemptive stories played out in artistic ways through movies, television, music, etc. So this book seemed to be right up my alley.
It just fell flat.
Maybe since each chapter was isolated, it couldn't get any traction?
Maybe it was that each chapter felt like a blog post and then they were just all thrown together to make a book?
Maybe it's because I felt that I could write it just as well and I'm an insanely jealous, evil and bitter person?
Perhaps.
I think what did it for me is that nothing in the book surprised me. Unlike the show, which is a constant revelation of new and awesome content. I knew exactly where the book would be going, and I was constantly right.
But hey, it's hard to compete with Lost. | | |  | Great Introduction to Thinking About LOST Spiritually... Jan 6, 2010 |
| The book was an enjoyable read. Chris Seay has done his homework and knows the show very well. Essentially, he takes the major themes and characters from LOST and shows how they are firmly rooted in the biblical tradition, whether or not such rooting was the intention ofthe show's creator and producers. This book serves as a gentle introduction for those who have not thought of LOST as more than a television show, and it is good preparation for the final episodes, as Seay does an excellent job of reminding his readers of the journeys our castaways have taken in the past five seasons. More than that, this book shares with LOST a sometimes frustrating, but always thought-stirring invitation to engage and be open to the mysterious. | | |  | The Gospel (?) According to Lost Jan 6, 2010 |
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The Gospel According to Lost
by Chris Seay
Story behind the story:
I recently signed up with Thomas Nelson for some free books as long as I reviewed them. Being the book collector that I am, I couldn't refuse. That's where this book comes from.
Story Line:
*Sigh* - You would think this book would be about two things... Lost (the ingenious ABC contribution to pop culture) and the Gospel (the good news of Christ's sacrifice). Well... it was about Lost...
The author focused on characters and how they relate to a "walk of faith".
The Real Story:
Lost is great TV on so many levels. I love hearing references, ideas, philosophies, that have their root in Scriptural (Biblical) thought. But I never really had the time to think about the extended implications and deeper meanings. I took it at face value - enjoyed it and moved on. "The Gospel According to Lost" was going to be my cheat sheet. These Cliff's Notes were going to remind me of those "spiritual" moments in Lost and deepen my appreciation for its inclusion in the show. It wasn't. I don't know if I missed it or what.
The shocker to me was that the lack of the Gospel. The central message of all of Scripture - God loves us; We've separated ourselves from God; Jesus, being God, entered the world to bridge that gap and give us abundant life now and in eternity; He accomplished this through His death and powerful resurrection - was absent? There were a couple of muffled voices of truth toward the end of the book, but it was the kind of muffled like a man locked in a cellar with his hands tied behinds his back and tape over a mouth stuffed with an old sock kind of muffled.
Even when he spoke of Christ, I got an eerie feeling that he and I would not agree on our Christology.
Here's what we do agree on. I do see that the writers of Lost are on a journey of faith. They may not know it, and they may never finish it (I have no idea), but they are hearing the voice of God and it's coming out in their work. This book helped me to appreciate that fact. | | | | Interesting, Quick, Unremarkable Jan 6, 2010 |
I love Lost, and I love the Gospel. So I was excited to read The Gospel According to Lost by Chris Seay. My thoughts after having read it:
I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it. I learned some things about Lost that I didn't know before, and Seay's insights about the connection between Lost and the Gospel gave me some things to think about.
The book is very current, which is both good and bad. It's specifically written from our current point of view, between Seasons 5 and 6 of Lost. Therefore the book will be incomplete and outdated as soon as Season 6 begins airing next month, and it won't make sense for anyone who hasn't seen Season 5. I expect an updated edition will be published next year after the conclusion of the series.
Most chapters focus on one or two characters, and this is one of the strengths of the book. Most main characters are given a dedicated chapter, plus chapters for couples or foils like Des & Penny, Jin & Sun, Jack & Locke and (one of my favorite chapters) Lost's Locke & the philosopher John Locke.
It's a quick read and worth it, especially during the lead-up to Season 6. | | | | could of been better... Jan 6, 2010 |
The basic layout of the book is profiling the main characters, only at the beginning and end does he muse in general about the story the main thrusts of the plot. I was rather disappointed with this. I was hoping for some good discussion about the large sweep of the narrative. In my experience writing lit papers in college the easiest paper was the one simply about characters. So it seems, from a cynical perspective, that this book was hurriedly written to meet a press deadline to release on the tidal wave of promotion for the last season.
With that being said let me say a few positive things about it.
Laying aside all the negative things I could say about it, I think this is a great example of contexualizing the gospel via/to culture. This was done by Paul when he spoke to the Greeks of their temple to the unknown god. I think we could take this book as a model of not something to simply pass on to our non-Christian friends (which I'm sure, Thomas-Nelson Publishing is banking on), but a way of life by which to live by. We should be able to put on glasses which allow us to see everything through the lens of the gospel; so that anyone conversation can be turned upward or inward.
This became an art form for me while working at a Christian camp in college. While leading kids on backpacking trips in the Colorado mountains, we were trained to see/describe things like aspen trees or beaver damns as the interconnectivity of the Christian community or the blockage that sin causes for the flow of Holy Spirit in one's life respectively. Those were the standards, but we loved to push things to the furthermost extent so that any random statement could be spiritualized.
I must praise Chris Seay for actually including Biblical passages. It seems many of a similar a genre of Christian pop writings will make vague corollaries without actually biblical citations. The passages are all from his The Voice translation which is actually something to praise much more than this.
On a light hearted note, it definitely helped me remember the previous seasons adding an excitement and anticipation about the coming season...just like we as Christians celebrated during Advent last month. Advent is about waiting, the anticipation of the coming messiah, as child and also as returning triumphant King--{see that's exactly how it's done}.
Worth buying? I have a hard time purchasing a book that I read in 5 or 6 hours. If you are a Lost fan though, you should at least look up the public library for a copy; there are some nice original iconic-style paintings of the cast members that are worth a look. | | | Write your own review about Gospel According To Lost
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