He posed the question to the crowd, “How do we understand the story of Adam and Eve in the face of modern evolutionary knowledge?”īrown cautioned the audience that both science and religion are necessary to understand the big questions that face all major faiths, namely: “Where did we come from? Why are we here? What happens when we die?”īrown said he knew that “The Da Vinci Code” contained some controversial ideas, but never expected the firestorm that followed the novel and the movie.
He said the priest replied, “Nice boys don’t ask questions like that.” He told the crowd that one day, at age 13, he asked a priest how to go about reconciling those differences. He believed both his mother’s religion and his father’s science, but became confused when the two conflicted. “I owe everything to my parents,” said Brown, whose father was a math teacher and mother was a church organist and piano teacher.īrown says he was encouraged to ask questions at home as a child. “My publisher wants good books, not quick ones,” he said.īrown began the session by introducing his parents and telling the crowd his mother Constance’s birthday was Saturday.
The author said he felt no pressure to complete the novel soon. “The novel will be set in Europe, in the most fascinating place I’ve ever been,” he said.Īsked when the new book will be released, he said only “It’ll be done when it’s done.”
