Much obliged to Jason King for taking the time to chat with me about religion and human nature, Dust and destiny. He teaches at St Vincent College (including some Pullman in his course "Aliens, Monsters, Heroes, and Jesus" :) and is coauthor, with Donna Freitas, on the excellent Killing the Imposter God: Philip Pullman's Spiritual Imagination in His Dark Materials.
https://www.stvincent.edu/about/directory-staff/jason-king
https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Imposter-God-Spiritual-Imagination/dp/0787982377
