What I'm Reading

Thought I'd let you know of two books that I am reading right now for my class Jewish-Christian Relations in America.

The first book is A New Promised Land: A History of Jews in America

The Second is Irreconcilable Differences?: A Learning Resource for Jews and Christians

Check them out in your free time, that I know you have so much of. Both are easy reads and good introductions to the field of Jewish-Christian Relations. I will be traveling to Washington, D.C.; Charleston, SC; and Savannah, SC in a few weeks to explore and study JCR in America even more. Stay tuned for updates from that trip.

The Golden Compas

There has been a ton of conversation about the upcoming movie "The Golden Compass" and about the trilogy that it is based on His Dark Materials. As I have not read the books or seen the movie I have largely been an outsider in the discussion. Thus, I have been led to what many others have said. In that, I have come across two places that handled the movie/books in ways I have not seen done yet. One is an article about it and the other is an e-mail interview with the author himself done by Peter Chattaway. Chattaway contributes often to a magazine that some of you may be familiar with, Christianity Today. They are very interesting reads. I do intend to read the books soon so I can finally be allowed to have a voice in this conversation.

The first article can be found here.

The interview can be found here.