God In America
God in America explores the tumultuous 400-year history of the intersection of religion and public life in America, from the first European settlements to the 2008 presidential election. This series examines how religious dissidents helped shape the American concept of religious liberty and the controversial evolution of that ideal in the nation's courts and political arena; how religious freedom and waves of new immigrants and religious revivals fueled competition in the religious marketplace; how movements for social reform -- from abolition to civil rights -- galvanized men and women to put their faith into political action; and how religious faith influenced conflicts from the American Revolution to the Cold War.
A New Adam explores the origins of Christian religion in America and examines how the New World changed the faiths that the settlers brought with them. A New Eden explores how an unlikely alliance between evangelical Baptists and enlightenment figures like Thomas Jefferson served as the foundation of American religious liberty.
During the 19th century, the forces of modernity challenged traditional faith and drove a wedge between liberal and conservative believers.
Hour five explores the post-World War II era, when rising evangelist Billy Graham tried to inspire a religious revival that fused faith with patriotism in a Cold War battle with "Godless Communism."
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Campbell Scott | Self - Narrator |
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Keith David | Frederick Douglass |
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Toby Jones | George Whitefield |
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Michael Stuhlbarg | Isaac Mayer Wise |
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Jeffrey DeMunn | John Hughes |
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Chris Sarandon | Abraham Lincoln |
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Michael Emerson | John Winthrop |
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Peter McRobbie | Thomas Dudley |
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Will Lyman | Self |
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Zahn McClarnon | Po'pay |
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Kenneth Tigar | William Jennings Bryan |
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Cotter Smith | Northern Minister and General Assembly Orator |
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Laila Robins | Anne Hutchinson |
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Byron Jennings | Thomas Jefferson |
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Jefferson Mays | Jeremiah Moore |
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Richard Easton | Clarence Darrow |
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Sam Tsoutsouvas | Rev. Phineas Gurley |
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Sarah Jannett Parish | Rural girl |
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Creighton James | James B. Finley |
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Jimmy Hager | Southern Minister #1 |
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Bryce Pinkham | Charles A. Briggs |
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John Ahlin | Southern Minister #2 |
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Les Papp II | Rural Man |
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Cory Scott | Antislavery Minister |
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Mary Beth Norton | Self - Historian / Cornell University |
| Director | David Belton |
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| Sarah Colt |
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| Writer | Sarah Colt, David Belton, Tom Jennings, Greg Barker | |
| Producer | Sharon Grimberg, Michael Sullivan, Raney Aronson, David Fanning, Sara Giustini, Salme M. López Sabina, Marilyn Mellowes, Sarah Moughty, Mark Samels, Meaghan Wilson, Callie T. Wiser, David Belton, Julie Cresswell, Missy Frederick, Cathleen O'Connell | |
| Musician | Philip Sheppard | |
| Photography | Tim Cragg, Frank-Peter Lehmann | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 3 |
| Distributor | PBS |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Regions | Region 1 |
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| Index | 189 |
| Added Date | Jan 02, 2013 16:42:02 |
| Modified Date | Oct 12, 2015 03:41:28 |