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mm 5B RELIGION/T[)e CliarlDttt Thursday, October 13, 2005 CHURCH FOLK AUTHOR STOPS AT REAL EYES BOOKSTORE MINISTRIES Michelle Andrea Bowen, author of Church Folk and Second Sunday, explains her faith based novel to Gloria McClain and book store owner Darren Vincent. Bowen, who lives in Durham is an Essence Bestselling author and is working on her next novel. Bible text steers elear Continued from page 66 Wheaton College in Illinois, who calls the book “a triumph of scholarship and a major publishing event.” The book applies principles in a 1999 accord, “The Bible & Public Schools,” endorsed by seven m^or national edu cational associations and a variety of religious groups. Ith be interesting to see how these same organizations assess this t«rtbook. The lavishly illustrated book is filled with biblical ref erences fiom literature, art, music, history and popular culture _ things on which educators and pollsters find disheartening ignorance among American teens. A recent Chicago Tribime editorial said that when pub- hc schools "decline to impart knowledge about such an important subject, they are not doing anything to pre serve the separation of church and state. They are merely failing their stu dents.” The book, written by 43 col laborators, took five years and $2 million to produce. It sells for $67.95 retail, $50 for school orders. The editors are Cullen Schippe, just-retired vice president with McGraw- Hill/Macmillan textbook pub lishers, and New York City venture • capitalist Chuck Stetson, who chairs Bible Lit eracy The book comes as a relief for Charles Haynes, religion scholar at Freedom Forum’s First Amendment Center. Hundreds of perplexed public school districts have Consult ed Haynes about Bible text books. He says “The Bible and Its Influence” is the first he’s able to recommend. The only previous textbook dates from 1976 and, in Ha5aies’ view, sUghts refi- gious aspects of the Bible’s influence. Nor does he favor a pro gram, used by hundreds of schools, fixim the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools of Greens boro. It prints a rough teacher’s outline and has stu dents use only the Bible as the textbook. The coimcil says that’s nonpartisan but its material, promoted by evangelicals, has provoked local conflicts. Some educators and citi zens might assume a public school Bible course is iliegal, considering that federal couits have forbidden Tbn Commandments displays and such in schools. But the U S. Supreme Court’s decision barring schoolroom Bible recitations said “the Bible is worthy of study for its literary and his toric qualities” and favored “objective” classes "as part of a secular program of educa tion.” Four decades later, Bible courses finally seem doable. On the Net: Bible Literacy Project; http://www.bibleliteracyorg ictory International College of Theology Live Classes 3 Days Per Month EMeiiTiam, ifJiilpWi,PtiieDt CallforApptAtmSSli 10125 David Taylor Dr. Syite 190 Charloi, NO 28262 www,Victorylh6ologycom { NOW PLAYING A10M OkM AMSTAR STADIUM 14 AOJKOROMOS 94 fTTEOTMUOOWVU COMCOB) UUS A I A4>4«t AM. inALCWAiAS I ' |w«tfa4Pt»irotMTK>ii[so«»,>owa58iccgiBici B KOkiaHCMAS UMtCMCHAtM «STAIU(3HTOf£M14 ♦STONURSTAr VtUOM MMITMUTK ' mFAtOAMO'tM mmoi PHOTO/3ALVIN FERGUSON Guest Speaker Dr. Charles Booth Mt. Olivet Baptist Church Columbus, OH October 17- 19,2005 ■> ' ^ 6:30 p.m. Nightly University Park Baptist Church Pastor Claude R. Alexander, Jr. 6029 Beatties Ford Chariotte,NC 28216' 704-392-1681 www,K|«rkmiiiliH, I ,org RADIO 1370 AM 94.7 FM 1490 AM % ofi k tk Qmiim i www.RejoiceNeTwork.coin E Frank & Emma Larry Anderson T\ine In For Our Live Broadcast Partners 4 \ ^ New Hope Missionary Baptist Church 8:30-9:00 AM 4> V Y St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church 9:00 - 10:00 AM 4 Y St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church 11:00 AM-12:00 PM T\ine In With Reeder Memorial From The Pulpit 12:00 - 1:00 PM To Partner, Call 803-329-2760 or Fax 803-329-3317 _
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