Recommended Reading: A Creed for the Third Millennium
Topic: Recommended Reading: A Creed for the Third Millennium Today we are reviewing one of my favorite novels, A Creed for the Third Millennium by Colleen McCullough, published 1985. There are a couple of themes in this book that I want to discuss. First, we will talk about the difference between religion and faith and the space we make for both of these concepts in our lives. There is a second, more subtle lesson, as well. This book is set in a dystopian future where, instead of global warming, there is a significant drop in temperature. Glaciers are advancing from the poles and the growing season of all major food crops is substantially shorter. An international treaty has been signed that includes a universal one-child policy, among other things. The people living in this dismal world have lost all hope in the future, for good reason. Judith Carriol works for the government, in the Department of the Environment. She is tasked by the President with finding somebody, one perso