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Thurs,
Mar 13, 2008
6pm: Reception
7pm: Program
Reasons
to Believe
Author Lecture at
The Literary Center of the
Margaret Mitchell House & Museum
featuring
John Marks
(with special guest Craig Detweiler)
Admission:
$10 per person
PFC members: 2-for-1
AHC members: $5
MMH members: free
RSVP:
Literary
Center at the MMH
Peachtree
Freethinkers is an
organizational partner of this event.
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Reasons
to Believe: From a
veteran journalist and former “60 Minutes” producer comes an
intimate portrait and chronicle of evangelicals, one of the most
influential forces in America today, and the story of how this
lapsed believer came to terms with his faith. John Marks
accepted Jesus as his personal savior at age 16 and later
abandoned his faith. He criss-crossed the country and conducted
400 interviews in small towns and big cities. He has had
conversations with missionaries, political activists, theologians,
Christian musicians and filmmakers, the rich and powerful, the
poor and broken, and pastors who have turned small congregations
into megachurches. His new book Reasons to Believe
attempts to cross a deep cultural barrier to understand those who
now condemn his way of life. Marks reaches across sectarian lines
to arrive at a deeper understanding of what it means to be
American. In presenting this world from the inside out, his book
is unlike any other about evangelicals.
John Marks and
Craig Detweiler, two friends from Davidson College who took
different paths in life, come together to discuss the things that
really matter and how to deal with them in their new
movie. Purple State of Mind is an 80-minute movie
designed to bridge the cultural gap and to get people talking. The
conversation between John and Craig captures, in all its intimacy,
the one-on-one reckoning between two people who want to understand
each other without compromising their beliefs. Scenes from
this film will be shown during Marks' lecture.
In the middle
of blue and red, is purple, a personal place beyond the politics.
For more information, visit the Purple
State of Mind movie website.
Location:
990 Peachtree St, Midtown Atlanta between 10th St and Peachtree
Pl. Map
and directions on the MMH website.
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