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The Ned Testament

The Simpsons' neighbor gets his own book, emphasizing the show's largely favorable treatment.

Mark I. Pinsky | posted 5/14/2008 10:05AM

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Mark I. Pinsky, religion reporter for The Orlando Sentinel, is author of The Gospel According to The Simpsons and A Jew Among the Evangelicals.

Related Elsewhere:

Flanders' Book of Faith is available from Amazon.com and other book retailers.

The Simpsons Archive, Wikipedia, and WikiSimpsons have more than you want to know about Ned Flanders.

Christianity Today's coverage of The Simpsons includes:

Blessed Ned of Springfield | He's the evangelical next door on The Simpsons, and that's okily dokily among many believers. By Mark I. Pinsky (Feb. 5, 2001)

How Big Is The Simpsons? | The show's popularity goes beyond its 10th anniversary star on Hollywood Boulevard. (Feb. 5, 2001)

From Davey & Goliath to Homer and Ned | Steve Tompkins believes God has a sense of humor. (Feb. 5, 2001)

Review: The Simpsons Movie (July 26, 2007)

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Ted Voth Jr

May 23, 2008 9:54pm

Yeah, amazing! Who doesn't love Ned Flanders? I do, like a brother… "Typical of The Simpsons' brand of humor — critics say it is a show that rewards intelligence — Flanders' Book of Faith includes some references only Christians are likely to get." Considering how utterly subversive it is of everything that great materialist multi-billionaire Christian 'American' entrepreneur Rupert Murdoch and the solidly upper-middle-class free-market capitalists that 99%.999… of Americans are– including, may God help us, his Church in the US– the only thing that saves that show decade after decade is our basic socio-economic cluelessness (not to say 'stupidity'.) 'Wise as doves', we are, and 'harmless as timber-rattlers'– didn't Jesus say something like that?

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May 15, 2008 3:43am

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Raymond Takashi Swenson

May 14, 2008 1:36pm

Ned Flanders is always portrayed as sincere in his religion, and ready to forgive his boorish neighbor Homer. Probably one of the most positive portrayals of a Christian in the modern media.

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