There is every reason to read MacDonald. Some of his works of fantasy, written in the tradition of Dante, Spenser, Milton and Blake, are among the most moving and profound we have. Compared to his Lilith (1895), the fantastic work of MacDonald’s disciple C. S. Lewis can sometimes seem like play. MacDonald’s unorthodox Christian views, which center on love between man and God, and repudiate much dogma and theology since the Gospels, make his faith available to all times and conditions of men.