1. What is the Film, Faith and Justice Forum?
2. What do film, faith, and justice have to do with each other?
3. Who is this event for?
4. Why is the forum being held at Seattle Pacific University?
5. What is The Other Journal?
6. Which films will be shown and what are they about?

1. What is the Film, Faith and Justice Forum?
The film, faith and justice forum is a film and lecture series put on by The Other Journal featuring 8 independent documentaries and films from the 2005-2006 Human Rights Watch Traveling Film Festival, many of them being premiered for the first time in Seattle.

Correlating speaker presentations and panel discussions will articulate personal and communal faith responses to modern issues of injustice such as violence and reconciliation, capitalism and poverty, just war, and gender oppression through the lens of the Christian tradition.

The forum is being hosted by Seattle Pacific University’s School of Theology and will feature addresses from SPU faculty, local community leaders, and other well known theologians such as:

- Daniel Bell, Assistant Professor of Theological Ethics at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary
- Pam Cochran, lecturer in religious studies and communications director of the Center on Religion and Democracy at the University of Virginia.
- D. Stephen Long, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary

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2. What do film, faith, and justice have to do with each other?
Believing in the power of films to initiate compelling conversations about issues of justice, human rights, and reconciliation, The Other Journal seeks to provide the space for an in-depth reflection on the vocation of peacemaking and social justice advocacy.
People who claim adherence to the Christian faith are required to take seriously the mandate of the tradition:

What does the LORD require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8)

Christ’s witness charges his followers to humbly and actively seek justice for all community members—the powerful and the meek. Within the Christian tradition, there is special attention paid to reversal of power structures, which ultimately elevate society’s most vulnerable—the widow, the orphan, the prisoner, the stranger.

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3. Who is this event for?
This event welcomes the public, community leaders, students, teachers, churches, non-profit organization workers, and advocacy groups—anyone who is interested in exploring the theological implications of pursuing a vocation of social justice.

Though the presentations and discussions will be presented from a Christian faith perspective, people of all faiths and backgrounds are invited and encouraged to add voice to the conversations.

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4. Why is the forum being held at Seattle Pacific University?
As a premier Christian university, Seattle Pacific University takes seriously its mission to engage the culture and change the world, developing students who are active in community service and faithful living. The School of Theology at SPU, along with support from Bakke Graduate University and Mars Hill Graduate Schoolwill be hosting The Other Journal’s Film, Faith and Justice Forum to address the shared vision of social justice and reconciliation as a faith vocation.

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5. What is The Other Journal?
The Other Journal (www.theotherjournal.com) is an online theology and arts publication that seeks to critically explore the intersection of theology and culture out of the ethical and spiritual call to care for the other.

Gathering together compelling articles and interviews from respected Christian theologians, artists, non-profit organizations and advocacy groups, as well as individuals with a passion for social justice, The Other Journal provides a forum for critical dialogue from diverse voices.

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6. Which films will be shown and what are they about?
Please visit our Films page for a full listing of films being shown at the forum.

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