Novel (& Reel) Theology |
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Literature shapes our understanding of ideas like love, compassion, forgiveness, redemption; in other words, those markers we encounter in following Christ. This year we will mix novels with movies and occasional non-fiction.
Novel Theology discussions are open to anyone who has read the book or seen the movie. Invite your friends.
Books are available at Morgan Hill Bookstore at a 15% discount. Movies available from Tracy Library sometimes and the office sometimes and for rent on-line. We meet on the second Wednesday of the month at 7 PM.
Novel Theology discussions are open to anyone who has read the book or seen the movie. Invite your friends.
Books are available at Morgan Hill Bookstore at a 15% discount. Movies available from Tracy Library sometimes and the office sometimes and for rent on-line. We meet on the second Wednesday of the month at 7 PM.
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The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott (2017)
A “beautifully observed, quietly absorbing novel . . . Alice McDermott has made the insular world of New York's Irish Catholic immigrants in the first half of the 20th century her own, . . . in focusing tightly on a close-knit community of ordinary people, she leads us to a deeper understanding of the human condition.”(Washington Post review) Wednesday 9 May at 7:00 pm Discussion led by Alice Perry |
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Hidden Figures
A 2016 film directed by Theodore Malfi. In a period of oppressive racial discrimination three brilliant African-American women at NASA are the brains making it possible to the launch of John Glenn into orbit, an achievement that restored the nation's confidence after USSR's initial lead. Wednesday 13 June at 7:00 pm Discussion led by Morris Edwards |
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The Diary of a Country Priest by Georges Bernanos,
Bernanos movingly recounts the life of a young French country priest who grows to understand his provincial parish while learning spiritual humility himself. Awarded the Grand Prix for Literature by the Academie Francaise, The Diary of a Country Priest was adapted into an acclaimed film by Robert Bresson. "A book of the utmost sensitiveness and compassion...it is a work of deep, subtle and singularly encompassing art." — New York Times Book Review Wednesday 11 July at 7:00 pm Discussion led by Jay MacLeod |
Some books and films discussed previously:
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? film written, produced, edited, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
- Plainsong by Kent Haruf
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
- Lila by Marilynne Robinson
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
- As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
- My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok