More Vinci

The Christian Science Monitor has run an extended piece about Christians' efforts to derail The Da Vinci Code. It's mostly a re-hash of stuff I've already mentioned on this site. The best part is this simple observation:

Some say Mr. Brown's controversial approach to history plays on people's limited knowledge.

"One reason it works so well on readers is that he tends to begin with a kernel of something historical and then quickly spins off into fiction - or you could say falsehood, since he represents it as something researched," says Timothy Beal, professor of religion at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.