Five Sacred Crossings presents the Christian worldview's uniqueness through creative fiction. Professor Michael Jernigan, a Christian, is teaching a religions course at community college. A local, barely halted act of religious terrorism throws a teeth on edge relevancy into the class discussions. Jernigan teaches from a rare text he obtained while in Cambodia the Five Crossings. Each Crossing unveils a universal spiritual question, which only Christianity can satisfactorily address because it... is testable presents salvation as a free gift paints a picture of the world that matches reality makes a non compartmentalized life possible has Jesus at the center Non Christians will relate to the storytelling context and will see the overarching truth about the God who transcends time and culture. Christians are helped with their doubts and their desire to attractively present Christianity to our multireligious culture. Superb gift for sharing with nonbelievers.
Craig J. Hazen is a Professor of Comparative Religion and Christian Apologetics at Biola University and founder and director of the Master of Arts Program in Christian Apologetics. He is also the director of the Master of Arts degree in Science and Religion at Biola. In addition, he is the founding editor of the philosophy journal, Philosophia Christi, that is now one of the top-circulating philosophy-of-religion journals in the world.
He did his doctoral work in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California where he focused on the historical interaction of science and religion. He is a contributor to a range of scholarly books including, Wissenschaft und Religion, To Everyone an Answer, Passionate Conviction, World Religions 101, Tough-Minded Christianity, Apologetics for a New Generation, The Apologetics Study Bible, The New Mormon Challenge, and more. He authored the monograph entitled The Village Enlightenment in America (University of Illinois Press). Two books to which he has recently contributed have been nominated for Gold-Medallion Awards. And his latest book is the break-out novel Five Sacred Crossings (Contend Publishing Group).
Prof. Hazen holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Religious Studies, a B.A. in Biological Sciences, and has studied at the International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France. His academic work has been recognized with multiple awards for excellence from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Academy of Religion. He is a fellow of UC Berkeley's Bancroft Library, The Intercollegiate Studies Institute, and the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center.
As an instructor at the University of California, Prof. Hazen was nominated three times as teacher of the year and co-taught one of the largest single classes in the University of California system. He is also the winner of the top award for faculty excellence at Biola University and the top award for university and community service. Prof. Hazen has given lectures in churches and on campuses around the United States and Europe on the evidence for the Resurrection, the historical reliability of Scripture, religion and science, new religious movements, and Christianity among world religions. For several years he was a co-host of a national radio talk program and is a regular commentator and debater for broadcast television. In addition, he has lectured several times on Capitol Hill and in the White House in Washington, DC. He lives with his wife, Karen, and four children in southern California.
