Tag Archives: religion
Rick Warren, Angela Buchdahl, and Yasir Qadhi
Finding Your Roots reveals the ancestral pasts and family histories of religious leaders Pastor Rick Warren, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, and Sheikh Yasir Qadhi. Watch full episode. Episode credits.
Filming in a Mosque with Yasir Qadhi
We were nervous. Yasir Qadhi’s interview was approaching rapidly, and we didn’t have much information. Our researchers in India strove to provide the material, but there was little to be found. From the Ark Media offices, most of our promising leads withered into disappointment. Continue reading …
Angela Buchdahl: A Korean and Jewish Heritage
I didn’t even know that women could become rabbis, let alone a woman whose mother is a Korean Buddhist! To my surprise, I encountered Angela Buchdahl: the world’s first Jewish-Korean female cantor and rabbi, presiding over one of our country’s largest and most beautiful synagogues in the middle of Manhattan. Continue reading …
Rick Warren: Preaching Runs in the Family
Like many African Americans, I was stunned that President-elect asked Pastor Rick Warren to deliver the Invocation at his inauguration. But when I thought about it, that move was classic Obama: Obama the bridge, the healer. Continue reading …
Not Just Part of My DNA
Korean-American Rabbi Angela Buchdahl talks with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. about coming to terms as a young adult with not looking classically Jewish, and the moment when she realized she wanted to become a Jewish rabbi. Watch video.
The Growth of Islam in America
Forty-four years after his father arrived in Houston as one of a handful of Muslims, Sheikh Yasir Quadhi returned to the city to lead a congregation of 30,000 in Eid prayer. Quadhi describes the feeling of having his father present … Continue reading …
Calvinist Props
Evangelical Christian minister Rick Warren, who has served as pastor for Saddleback Church for over thirty years, learns that an ancestor served as a deacon in an American church established in the 17th century. Watch video.
Quakers in Early America
Actor Kevin Bacon’s Quaker ancestor immigrated from England to America for the chance to freely practice his religion. Arriving in the New World, the ancestor bought huge plots of land from the well-known Quaker leader William Penn. Watch video.
Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon
Finding Your Roots looks into the ancestral pasts of real-life married Hollywood couple actors Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick. Watch the full episode. Continue reading …
