The panel includes Scott Westerfield, author of the series Uglies and Midnighters Jason King, chairman of the department of religious education at St. at the Regal Cinemas Fenway 13 movie theater. The debate, and how it escalated to its current pitch, is the subject of a panel discussion this evening at 5 p.m. The Golden Compass, the new film based on the first novel of Philip Pullman’s trilogy His Dark Materials, won’t open in theaters until Friday, but the fantasy story is already fraught with controversy, drawing proposed bans from the Catholic League and the evangelical group Focus on the Family. Twitter Facebook Donna Freitas, a visiting assistant professor of religion, will moderate a roundtable discussion on Philip Pullman and his trilogy tonight.
