Michael Arditti

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Michael Arditti



Michael Arditti FRSL is an English writer. He has written twelve novels, including Easter, The Enemy of the Good, Jubilate and The Breath of Night, and also a collection of short stories, Good Clean Fun. His most recent novel, The Anointed, was published in April 2020. He is a prolific literary critic and an occasional broadcaster for the BBC. Much of his work explores issues of spirituality and sexuality. He has been described by Philip Pullman as "our best chronicler of the rewards and pitfalls of present-day faith". ...more

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Average rating: 3.7 · 1,118 ratings · 200 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors
The Enemy of the Good
3.86 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions
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The Breath of Night
3.59 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2013 — 13 editions
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Easter
3.82 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2000 — 10 editions
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The Celibate
3.61 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1997 — 16 editions
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Jubilate
3.57 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions
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Pagan and Her Parents
3.73 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1997 — 14 editions
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Widows & Orphans
3.26 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions
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Of Men And Angels
4.04 avg rating — 56 ratings — 4 editions
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A Sea Change
4.11 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2006 — 10 editions
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The Choice
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“But you must still know to respect other people's faith.'
'Why? We don't respect any other delusion. We lock up people who believe they're Christ, yet we're supposed to humour those who believe in him.'
'By definition, faith is irrational: a belief you hold against the normal rules of evidence.'
'In which case I believe in Jedi”
― Michael Arditti, The Enemy of the Good
tags: christianity, religion, star-wars
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“For myself I couldn't care less, but I have a lover. Not a partner, Susannah, or a friend or a significant euphemism, but the love of my life. And he believes. And I've watched him tie himself in knots, as he struggles to find a place for himself in texts that were written thousands of years ago, with the deliberate aim of excluding him.”
― Michael Arditti, The Enemy of the Good
tags: christianity, homosexuality, religion
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“All religions are beautiful in the story, as you say. It's when they're put into practice that they grow ugly.”
― Michael Arditti, The Enemy of the Good
tags: religion
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