{"id":3740,"date":"2016-03-22T13:35:28","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T17:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jasonstaples.com\/?p=3740"},"modified":"2016-03-22T13:36:28","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T17:36:28","slug":"story-god-world-premiere-unc-chapel-hill-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasonstaples.com\/bible\/story-god-world-premiere-unc-chapel-hill-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Panel Discussion and World Premiere of the The Story of God with Morgan Freeman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am privileged to be part of a\u00a0panel discussion with a group of eminent UNC professors to accompany the world premiere of the National Geographic Channel six-part series, &#8220;The Story of God with Morgan Freeman,&#8221; (who is not God himself but has played God in the movies) taking place at UNC-Chapel Hill tomorrow evening. The\u00a0announcement (and trailer) are below:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3741 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jasonstaples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ng.story-of-god-384x1024.png\" alt=\"Ng.story Of God\" width=\"384\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasonstaples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ng.story-of-god-384x1024.png 384w, https:\/\/www.jasonstaples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ng.story-of-god-113x300.png 113w, https:\/\/www.jasonstaples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ng.story-of-god-768x2048.png 768w, https:\/\/www.jasonstaples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ng.story-of-god-700x1867.png 700w, https:\/\/www.jasonstaples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ng.story-of-god.png 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A world premiere and panel discussion of the National Geographic Channel six-part series, \u201cThe Story of God with Morgan Freeman,\u201d will be held at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education on March 23.<\/p>\n<p>Doors open at 7 p.m. and the screening starts at 7:30 p.m. for the campus event.<\/p>\n<p>The series will air on the National Geographic Channel beginning April 3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Story of God will take viewers on a trip around the world to explore different cultures and religions on the ultimate quest to uncover the meaning of life, God and all the questions in between.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The on-campus screening will also feature a panel discussion with James Younger, producer of the series, as well as UNC faculty members\/Ph.D. students:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jodi Magness (Early Judaism),<\/li>\n<li>Jason Staples (Early Christianity),<\/li>\n<li>Brendan Thornton (Religion in the Americas),<\/li>\n<li>Carl Ernst (Islam),<\/li>\n<li>Lauren Leve (Buddhism and Hinduism).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The event is hosted by the UNC department of religious studies and the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies in partnership with \u201cDifferent Drummer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; See more at: http:\/\/college.unc.edu\/2016\/03\/18\/the-story-of-god-premiere-screening-and-discussion-march-23\/#sthash.wi5kFMGF.dpuf<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the trailer:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/channel.nationalgeographic.com\/the-story-of-god-with-morgan-freeman\/videos\/story-of-god-trailer\/embed\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am privileged to be part of a\u00a0panel discussion with a group of eminent UNC professors to accompany the world premiere of the National Geographic Channel six-part series, &#8220;The Story of God with Morgan Freeman,&#8221; (who is not God himself but has played God in the movies) taking place at UNC-Chapel Hill tomorrow evening. 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