- ALUMNI READING GROUPS
Christ College Alumni Reading Groups have met in Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Denver, and Washington DC. Coordinated and led by CC alumni and friends, the groups explore compelling topics of the times.
Reading Group Theme Texts and Movies
Spring 2009:
Inventing the Body (PDF)
Thin, directed by Lauren Greenfield
How We Die, Sherwin Nuland
The Body Project, Joan Brumberg
Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser
Spring 2008:
What Makes a Life Significant? (PDF)
Leading Lives that Matter, Mark Schwehn and Dorothy Bass
It's A Wonderful Life, directed by Frank Capra
Mountains Beyond Mountains, Tracy Kidder
Groundhog Day, directed by Harold Ramis, 1993
Changing Lanes, directed by Roger Michell, 2002Spring 2007:
Making Things Right (PDF)
Anselm of Canterbury: The Major Works, Davies and Evans
The Nonviolent Atonement, J. Denny WeaverSpring 2006:
Faith and the Public Sphere (PDF)
The Bible in American Public Life, Mark Noll
America’s God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln
One Nation Under God, Andrew R. Murphy
The Naked Public Square, Richard John Neuhaus
Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism, Cornel West
Between Sundays: Black Women and Everyday Struggles of Faith, Marla F. Frederick
Bonhoeffer, Martin Doblmeier