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Article: His dark classroom materials.(News)
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- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- March 10, 2004
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Byline: By DARREN DEVINE Western Mail
The leader of the Church of England has called for one of the most powerful atheist tracts in modern literature to be used as part of pupils' religious education.
The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, pictured below, advocated pupils studying Philip Pullman's controversial trilogy His Dark Materials at an address to religious leaders and academics hosted by Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Harlech-educated Pullman's Whitbread-winning trilogy - now a stage hit - has been branded anti-Christian propaganda by ...