His Dark Materials

The books His Dark Materials makes many allusions to the Christian faith.  They first off use the word Church, but it is also known as the Magesterium.  This Church holds back the free will of the people which is the complete opposite of the Church in our universe and I don't know what Pullman was trying to say about it.  (Actually, I just read that Pullman is atheist, this book just became a lot more clear to me...)  Well other than that he references the story of Adam and Eve bringing back up his thoughts on how sexual encounters result in free will because apparently Adam and Eve had a sexual encounter at the Tree of knowledge leading to their free will.  From that moment on knowledge and sexual encounters have become intertwined.  Pullman also says indirectly that the Church is trying to make us ignorant.  I actually was kind of offended that Pullman feels this way towards our Church and if he didn't, then he didn't do a very good job at hiding his dislike for the Christian belief.  These allusions were mostly used to give reference to another idea mentioned in the story such as the sexual interactions leading to knowledge.