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RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY PROGRAM LISTINGS FOR MARCH 14, 2008
A Production of Thirteen/WNET New York
** MEDIA ADVISORY ** MEDIA ADVISORY ** MEDIA ADVISORY **
This week’s edition of the PBS newsmagazine program RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY (distributed Friday, March 14 at 5 p.m., check local listings) with guest anchor Kim Lawton will feature the following reports:
* Minnesota Religious Diversity — Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the tensions and difficulties faced by Minnesota’s immigrant communities as they try to integrate their differing — and sometimes controversial — religious practices into American society. (Rebroadcast from April 27, 2007)
Web link:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week1035/cover.html* Easter East and West — Kim Lawton looks at the differences and the similarities in how Eastern Orthodox and Western Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. (Adapted rebroadcast from April 6, 2001)
Web link:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week432/cover.html* Spiritual Chanting — Internationally renowned spiritual teacher Krishna Das describes the ancient Hindu practice of “kirtan.” (Rebroadcast from July 21, 2006)
Web link:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week947/belief.htmlSPECIAL NOTE: This week on the show’s “One Nation: Religion & Politics 2008 Blog” available at http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/blog.html, Hear more from Kim Lawton on how the Democratic Party is reaching out to people of faith.
For a transcript of these reports, send an e-mail to
schultzm@religionethics.org or use the Web links listed above.
For information, contact:
Mary Schultz
Director of Communications
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
202-216-2394
schultzm@religionethics.org*****
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