Religious America

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Religious America was a 1974 American television documentary series produced for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) television station WGBH-TV in Boston and covered various religious communities in the United States. The series producer was produced and directed by Boyd Estus and Philip Garvin. The show included 13 weekly episodes.[1][2]

List of Religious America episodes[]

Program NumberEpisodeTitleDirected byOriginal air date
1011"Meeting In The Air"Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin1974 (1974)
This episode explores the religious life at Faith Tabernacle Church in Riverside, California, a Pentecostal congregation.[3]
1022"POW"Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin1974 (1974)
This episode explores the faith of a pilot who was captured during the Vietnam War arrives home and is reacquainted with his family.[4]
1033"Lubavitch"Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin1974 (1974)
This episode explores Hasidic life in Brooklyn, New York. The episode covers the daily life of a Hasidic man associated with the Chabad-Lubavitch movement and focused on Hasidic ritual seclusion from the non-Hasidic society.[5] The production of the episode elicited a critical response from the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement.[6][7]
1044"Lighthouse in Loleta"Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin1974 (1974)
This episodes explores the Lighthouse Ranch, a Christian commune of 130 young people, in Loleta, California.[8][9]
1055"Koinonia"Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin1974 (1974)
This episode explores the outreach activities of the , located in Gary, Indiana, founded in 1971.[10]
1066"Vina"Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin1974 (1974)
This episode explores the life choices of an American monk at the Abbey of New Clairvaux, a Trappist monastery in Vina, California.[11]
1077"Kundalini"Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin1974 (1974)
This episode explores the world of the Guru Ram Das Ashram commune in rural Massachusetts. The members practice Kundalini Yoga and Sikhism.[12]
1088"Meet Me in Galilee"Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin1974 (1974)
Meet me in the Galilee explores the lives of the members of the St. James Episcopal Church, a prominent parish in New York City founded in 1810.[13]
1099"Crow River Christmas"Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin1974 (1974)
Crow River Christmas explores the religious life of a farming family in Knapp, Minnesota and the which was founded by Swedish immigrants in 1870.[14]
11010"Louise"Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin1974 (1974)
This episode explores the religious life in the small town of Louise, Mississippi.[15]
11111"Resurrection"Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin1974 (1974)
A fifteen-year-old marriage is renewed at the Old Mission Plaza Church, the oldest church in Los Angeles, and the religious center for local Mexican-Americans.[16]
11212"Reba"Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin1974 (1974)
A young family joins the Reba Place Fellowship, a small Christian community in Evanston, Illinois.[17]
11313"Jim"Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin1974 (1974)
This episode explores the religious sentiment of a man in Hanson, Massachusetts. James "Jim" Lewis is 36 years old and considers himself religious despite not attending church.[18]

References[]

  1. ^ O'Connor, John J. (January 5, 1974). "TV: American Religious Experience" – via NYTimes.com.
  2. ^ Austin, Charles M. (January 6, 1974). "Yes, There Are People 'Out There' Who Believe" – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ^ "Religious America: Meeting In The Air". openvault.wgbh.org.
  4. ^ "Religious America: POW". openvault.wgbh.org.
  5. ^ "A Life Apart: Hasidism In America -- Filmography". www.pbs.org.
  6. ^ Spiegel, Irving (January 21, 1974). "Lubavitch Rabbi Scores Tv Show" – via NYTimes.com.
  7. ^ "Religious America: Lubavitch". openvault.wgbh.org.
  8. ^ "- Verbo Ministries". www.verbo.org.
  9. ^ "Religious America: Lighthouse in Loleta". openvault.wgbh.org.
  10. ^ "Religious America: Koinonia". openvault.wgbh.org.
  11. ^ "Religious America: Vina". openvault.wgbh.org.
  12. ^ "Religious America: Kundalini". openvault.wgbh.org.
  13. ^ "Religious America: Meet Me in Galilee". openvault.wgbh.org.
  14. ^ "Religious America: Crow River Christmas". openvault.wgbh.org.
  15. ^ "Religious America: Louise". openvault.wgbh.org.
  16. ^ "Religious America: Resurrection". openvault.wgbh.org.
  17. ^ "Religious America: Reba". openvault.wgbh.org.
  18. ^ "Religious America: Jim". openvault.wgbh.org.
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