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Doug Koop, editor of Christianweek, has won the Leslie K. Tarr Award for 2000. The Tarr Award celebrates a major career contribution to Christian writing in Canada. Faith Today magazine presents the award annually at its “God Uses Ink” writers conference. “Koop, through his editorials and correspondence with would-be writers, has boosted religious journalism in Canada, and continues to help develop it,” said Bill Fledderus, a member of the Tarr Award selection committee. Koop, based in Winnipeg, has edited CW since 1996, when he took over from editor Harold Jantz, who founded the paper in 1986. CW is a bi-weekly, trans-denominational, national newspaper. Recipients of the Tarr Award over the years include John Redekop, Maxine Hancock, Margaret Clarkson, Harold Jantz, Phyllis Mitchell, John White, Harold Fuller, Hugh Cook, Jim Taylor and Audrey Dorsch. – Faith Today
Harry Potter, the fictional young wizard created by J.K. Rawling, wasn’t able to work his magic on the Church of England. Anglican authorities have turned down a request from Warner Brothers to use Canterbury Cathedral in an upcoming movie based on the popular children’s books. The medieval London church would have been portrayed as the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The series has sold 35 million copies worldwide, and is available in 40 languages. The fourth volume, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, was released in July. – Evangelical Press News Service
The Jesus film, a film version of Jesus’ life based on the book of Luke, has reached the 600th translation mark. The most recent language added to the film’s translation roster is Kiyombe, spoken by an estimated 678,000 tribal people living in Democratic Republic of Congo. The Kiyombe translation faced a challenge because the language has no printed version of the Bible or other religious materials. In the past, the film was shown using on-the-spot translators. – EPNS
“The Search for Jesus”, a controversial two-hour TV documentary hosted by ABC news anchor Peter Jennings, drew sharp criticism for its reliance on liberal sources from the fringe of biblical scholarship. The program featured several members of the Jesus Seminar, a group devoted to portraying the Bible as myth. Jennings has said that he went through a period of seeking regarding his relationship with God, and has spent time studying the Bible and meeting “with men who have tried to understand that about their own lives.” – EPNS
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