In the US, PBS documentaries depict Frederick Douglass’ and Harriet Tubman’s paths of freedom, faith
United StatesRNS Frederick Douglass called the Bible one of his most important resources and was involved in Black church circles as he spent his life working to end what he called the “peculiar institution” of slavery. Harriet Tubman sensed divine inspiration amid her actions to free herself and dozens of others who had been enslaved […]
Essay: PBS’ Billy Graham documentary captures preacher’s pull and ambition
KEN GARFIELD, who covered Billy Graham for ‘The Charlotte Observer’ in North Carolina, reflects, in an article published by Religion News Service, on a new two hour documentary on evangelist Billy Graham…
US broadcast veteran Bob Abernethy, host of ‘Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly’, dies at 93
RNS Veteran broadcast journalist Bob Abernethy, who founded the PBS program Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, has died at the age of 93. He died on Sunday in Brunswick, Maine, his daughter Jane Montgomery Abernethy announced in a Facebook post. She said her father died of natural causes. Bob Abernethy on the set of Religion & […]
John Legend credits childhood in Pentecostal church for his choice to pursue music
RNS Singer-songwriter John Legend, known for his contributions in the R&B realm, says he’d never have become a recording artist without the influence of his childhood church. “I grew up in a Pentecostal church in Springfield, Ohio,” the 11-time Grammy Award-winning artist said Friday, during a virtual news conference for the upcoming PBS documentary series […]
US: ‘THE VIETNAM YEARS’: HOW THE CONFLICT RIPPED THE NATION’S RELIGIOUS FABRIC
DON LATTIN, in an article first published by Religion News Service, takes a look back at the response of America’s religious communities to the Vietnam War ahead of a new 10 part TV documentary to air in the States later this month…