This Easter Sunday, at 10:00 AM, Los Angeles PBS affiliate KCLS will air Fielding media psychology faculty Jean-Pierre Isbouts' TV special, "Young Jesus: An Interfaith Perspective." This is a fascinating 1-hour special, which also aired on Good Friday during prime time, hosted by Jean-Pierre and based on his new book "Young Jesus: Restoring the Lost Years of a Social Activist and Religious Dissident," which was officially released by Sterling/Barnes & Noble this week. The film features a roster of top scholars whom Jean-Pierre interviewed over the past few years, including Profs. Elaine Pagels, Bruce Chilton, Jacob Neusner, Peter Awn, Frank Peters, UCLA's Khaled Abou El Fadl and Rabbi Peter Rubenstein, as well as a wonderful CG reconstruction of Caesarea, Herod's high-tech harbor on Judea's Mediterranean coast. In addition to teaching at Fielding, Jean-Pierre is the owner of Pantheon Studios. Jean-Pierre is an excellent example of a media psychologist as a scholar and … [Read more...]