{"499461":{"#nid":"499461","#data":{"type":"event","title":"A Conversation with Benyamin Cohen","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EJoin Benyamin Cohen as he discusses the experiences that led to his bestselling book \u0022My Jesus Year\u0022.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPart memoir, part spiritual quest, part anthropologist\u2019s mission, Benyamin Cohen\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMy Jesus Year\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Eis a humorous, personal, ultimately inspirational exploration of Evangelical Christianity by the son of an Orthodox Rabbi on his journey through America\u0027s Bible belt.\u0026nbsp;Sponsored by the Wesley Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERegister at: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/diversityprograms.gatech.edu\/plugins\/rsvp\/\u0022\u003Ediversityprograms.gatech.edu\/plugins\/rsvp\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EFrom \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/amazon.com\/\u0022\u003EAmazon.com\u003C\/a\u003E: \u0022Raised as an Orthodox Jew, mostly in Atlanta, Cohen, editor of Jewish Life in America magazine, obsessed over the church across the street from his childhood home\u2014a home onto which his father, a rabbi, added a place of worship for Orthodox services. Struck by a crisis of faith, and not long after marrying the converted daughter of a Baptist minister, he decided to see if Jesus couldn\u0027t lead him back to Judaism. Each week, mere hours after celebrating the Jewish Sabbath, he\u0027d attend Sunday services. He visited myriad denominational churches, Faith Day at Turner Field, Winter Jam at the Georgia Dome and even the home church of Ultimate Christian Wrestling. After 30-odd years of speculating that the sun shines brighter on the church side of the street, and 52 weeks of an Oz-like journey, his yarmulke turned out to have the same power as Dorothy\u0027s red shoes. A delicious olio of guilt, longing, surprise, wonder, unease and of course humor, Cohen\u0027s quest has universal appeal. One need not be Jewish, Christian or even a seeker to enjoy this wonderful loop around the Bible Belt.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EAuthor of \u0027My Jesus Year: A Rabbi\u0027s Son Wanders the Bible Belt in Search of His Own Faith\u0027\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Author of \u0027My Jesus Year: A Rabbi\u0027s Son Wanders the Bible Belt in Search of His Own Faith\u0027"}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2016-02-11 17:37:41","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:16:40","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-03-03T17:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2016-03-03T19:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-03-03T19:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-03-03 22:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-03-04 00:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-03-04 00:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtwf.org\/","title":"Wesley Foundation at Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/diversityprograms.gatech.edu\/plugins\/rsvp\/","title":"RSVP for Event"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"17391","name":"guest speaker"},{"id":"11656","name":"religious"},{"id":"61201","name":"wesley foundation"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"},{"id":"1791","name":"Student sponsored"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EKristi Painter\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s2\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristi.painter@gtwf.org\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s3\u0022\u003Ekristi.painter@gtwf.org\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}