Novel (& Reel) Theology |
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iterature 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 for purchase at Morgan Hill Bookstore at a 15% discount or from your library. Movies may be available from your library, and the church office on occasion, and for rent on-line. We usually meet on the second Wednesday of the month at 7 PM. We announce in advance any date changes.
Novel Theology discussions are open to anyone who has read the book or seen the movie. Invite your friends.
Books are available for purchase at Morgan Hill Bookstore at a 15% discount or from your library. Movies may be available from your library, and the church office on occasion, and for rent on-line. We usually meet on the second Wednesday of the month at 7 PM. We announce in advance any date changes.
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Wednesday 10 February at 7:00 pm. Chocolat Chocolat is a 1988 film directed by Claire Denis, about a French family that lives in colonial Cameroon. Marc and Aimée Dalens (François Cluzet and Giulia Boschi) are the parents of France (Cécile Ducasse), a young girl who befriends Protée (Isaach de Bankolé), a Cameroon native who is the family's household servant. |
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Wednesday 10 March at 7:00 pm. House on Endless Waters “Elon powerfully evokes the obscurity of the past and its hold on the present, as we stumble through revelation after revelation with Yoel. As we accompany him on his journey...we share in his loss, surprise and grief, right up to the novel’s shocking conclusion.” --The New York Times Book Review |
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Wednesday 14 April at 7:00 pm. The Best of Enemies is a 2019 American film directed by Robin Bissell. Based on the book The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South by Osha Gray Davidson, it focuses on the rivalry between civil rights activist Ann Atwater and Ku Klux Klan leader C. P. Ellis. |
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