The Da Vinci Code

The Da Vinci Code | David Partikian

David Partikian

David Partikian is a freelance writer and a college English instructor. In this essay he argues that because of The Da Vinci Code's commercial success, and its emphasis on individual, as opposed to church-based, salvation, the Catholic Church was forced to respond to the book's assertions.

While the Catholic Church and many figures of organized religion have objected to books over the centuries, in recent years few books have raised such vituperative ire as Dan...

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