Religious America
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 Number | Episode | Title | Directed by | Original air date | |
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101 | 1 | "Meeting In The Air" | Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin | 1974 | |
This episode explores the religious life at Faith Tabernacle Church in Riverside, California, a Pentecostal congregation.[3] | |||||
102 | 2 | "POW" | Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin | 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] | |||||
103 | 3 | "Lubavitch" | Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin | 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] | |||||
104 | 4 | "Lighthouse in Loleta" | Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin | 1974 | |
This episodes explores the Lighthouse Ranch, a Christian commune of 130 young people, in Loleta, California.[8][9] | |||||
105 | 5 | "Koinonia" | Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin | 1974 | |
This episode explores the outreach activities of the , located in Gary, Indiana, founded in 1971.[10] | |||||
106 | 6 | "Vina" | Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin | 1974 | |
This episode explores the life choices of an American monk at the Abbey of New Clairvaux, a Trappist monastery in Vina, California.[11] | |||||
107 | 7 | "Kundalini" | Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin | 1974 | |
This episode explores the world of the Guru Ram Das Ashram commune in rural Massachusetts. The members practice Kundalini Yoga and Sikhism.[12] | |||||
108 | 8 | "Meet Me in Galilee" | Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin | 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] | |||||
109 | 9 | "Crow River Christmas" | Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin | 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] | |||||
110 | 10 | "Louise" | Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin | 1974 | |
This episode explores the religious life in the small town of Louise, Mississippi.[15] | |||||
111 | 11 | "Resurrection" | Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin | 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] | |||||
112 | 12 | "Reba" | Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin | 1974 | |
A young family joins the Reba Place Fellowship, a small Christian community in Evanston, Illinois.[17] | |||||
113 | 13 | "Jim" | Boyd Estus & Philip Garvin | 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[]
- ^ O'Connor, John J. (January 5, 1974). "TV: American Religious Experience" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Austin, Charles M. (January 6, 1974). "Yes, There Are People 'Out There' Who Believe" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Religious America: Meeting In The Air". openvault.wgbh.org.
- ^ "Religious America: POW". openvault.wgbh.org.
- ^ "A Life Apart: Hasidism In America -- Filmography". www.pbs.org.
- ^ Spiegel, Irving (January 21, 1974). "Lubavitch Rabbi Scores Tv Show" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Religious America: Lubavitch". openvault.wgbh.org.
- ^ "- Verbo Ministries". www.verbo.org.
- ^ "Religious America: Lighthouse in Loleta". openvault.wgbh.org.
- ^ "Religious America: Koinonia". openvault.wgbh.org.
- ^ "Religious America: Vina". openvault.wgbh.org.
- ^ "Religious America: Kundalini". openvault.wgbh.org.
- ^ "Religious America: Meet Me in Galilee". openvault.wgbh.org.
- ^ "Religious America: Crow River Christmas". openvault.wgbh.org.
- ^ "Religious America: Louise". openvault.wgbh.org.
- ^ "Religious America: Resurrection". openvault.wgbh.org.
- ^ "Religious America: Reba". openvault.wgbh.org.
- ^ "Religious America: Jim". openvault.wgbh.org.
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- 1970s American documentary television series
- PBS original programming
- 1974 American television series debuts
- 1974 American television series endings