e-HUM Alert -- Canadian scholar featured in interfaith dialogue at CTS about Jews, Christians and the silver screen

March 12, 2004

Canadian scholar featured in interfaith dialogue at CTS about Jews, Christians and the silver screen

INDIANAPOLIS -- Dr. Adele Reinhartz, a Canadian scholar specializing on Judaism and Christianity in the Greco-Roman era, will be the featured speaker for the 23rd Annual Forum on Jewish-Christian Relations at Christian Theological Seminary March 22.

"Jews, Christians and the Silver Screen" will be the theme of the five-hour program co-sponsored by CTS and the Jewish Community Relations Council, with financial assistance from Lilly Endowment.

Reinhartz, dean of graduate studies and research at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada, says she will analyze ways in which Hollywood films describe Jesus within Judaic contexts, using film clips to document her points. Reinhartz also will comment on Mel Gibson's film The Passion of The Christ and the current controversy suggesting it may encourage anti-Semitism.

Responding to her presentation will be Rabbi Jonathan Adland of Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, Dean Carolyn Higginbotham of CTS and Dr. Clark Williamson, emeritus professor at CTS.

The program will run from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and will require a registration fee of $40 that includes lunch. The registration deadline is March 15. Detailed information is available at 317-931-4224 or by Internet at LifeEd@cts.edu.

In preparation for the March 22 event, CTS will host a special showing of the widely-acclaimed film The Gospel of John at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 21, in Room 164. The film, which features Henry Ian Cusick as Jesus and narration by Christopher Plummer, is open to the public. Admission is free.

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