also observed. No miraculous transporter takes John Bunyan’s character Christian straight to heaven once he comes to the cross and the burden of sin rolls off his back. Quite the opposite. Pilgrim’s Progress recalls sometimes painful and sometimes triumphant steps as Christian makes his way from the cross to the Celestial City, his eternal home. He faces challenges such as the Giant of Despair in Doubting Castle or the taunting voices of the masses drunk on consumerism in Vanity Fair. As Christian