People of faith [DVD video] : Christianity in America

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Publication Date:

2011

Publication Information:

Worcester, PA : Distributed by Vision Video, [2011]

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Abstract:

"Survey the entire more-than-400-year history of Christianity in America from before the Pilgrims to the present in this stunning DVD series. You'll gain valuable perspective on the people and ideas that shaped America and see how it came to be the first nation in history based upon the ideal of religious liberty. In this six-episode series you'll meet the spiritual visionaries, leaders and entrepreneurs who shaped Christianity across the centuries and dramatically impacted the culture we live in today, including Jonathan Edwards, Harriett Beecher Stowe, Archbishop John Joseph Hughes, Martin Luther King Jr. and Billy Graham among many other influential Protestant and Catholic Christians.

General Note:

Six episodes each approximately 30 min.

Originally produced in 2011.

DVD bonus features include: study and discussion questions for class interaction ; script transcripts ; additional interviews with scholars.

Performers:

Commentary from Martin Marty, Mark Noll, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Joel Carpenter, Philip Gleason, Thomas Kidd, Darren Dochuk, Kathryn Long, and others.

Contents:

DVD 1: Faith in America : from monarchs to the marketplace -- Many mansions -- Rebels with a cause -- DVD 2 : Challenges and change -- Home grown saints -- The future of Christianity.

Technical Details:

DVD, NTSC ; all regions ; Dolby digital.

Subject Term:

Christianity -- United States -- History.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Religion -- History.

United States -- Church history.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films

Feature films.

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