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November 7, 2008

	Bioethics			Special Series			Religion & Politics
	Catholic Church Crisis			Belief & Practice			Sexuality
	Episcopal Church Rift			War On Terror			September 11

Special Series Read transcripts and watch videos from special R&E series:
			<TABLE WIDTH=395 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0> <tr> <td class="text10"><img src="../images/spacer.gif" width="385" height="3" alt="" border="0"><br> <b>Faith and Family in America:</b> (Premiered Oct-Nov 2005) <ul><li><A HREF="../week909/special.html" target="_top">Part One: Beliefs and Behavior</A><BR></li> <li><A HREF="../week910/special.html" target="_top">Part Two: Religion and Parenting</A><BR></li> <li><A HREF="../week911/special.html" target="_top">Part Three: African-American Families</A><BR></li> <li><A HREF="../week912/special.html" target="_top">Part Four: Religious Responses</A><BR></li> <li><A HREF="../week908/cover.html" target="_top">Survey: Faith and Family in America</A></li></ul> <b>America's Evangelicals</b> (Premiered Apr-May 2004) <ul><li><a href="../week733/special.html" target="_top">Part One: Evangelicals and Identity</a></li> <li><a href="../week734/special.html" target="_top">Part Two: Evangelicals and Politics</a></li> <li><a href="../week735/special.html" target="_top">Part Three: Evangelicals and Culture</a></li> <li><a href="../week736/special.html" target="_top">Part Four: Evangelicals and Evangelism</a></li> <li><a href="../week733/release.html" target="_top">Survey: America's Evangelicals</a></li></ul> <b>Exploring Religious America</b> (Premiered Apr-May 2002) <ul><li><A HREF="../week534/cover.html" target="_top">Part One: Religious Diversity</A><BR></li> <li><A HREF="../week535/specialreport.html" target="_top">Part Two: Protestant Christianity</A><BR></li> <li> <A HREF="../week536/specialreport.html" target="_top">Part Three: Catholicism in America</A><BR></li> <li><A HREF="../week537/specialreport.html" target="_top">Part Four: Spirituality</A><BR></li> <li><A HREF="../week538/specialreport.html" target="_top">Part Five: Comments and Analysis</A><BR></li></ul> <br> </td> <td width="10"><img src="../images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0"></td> </tr> </table>

Belief & Practice Read transcripts and watch videos that explore the beliefs and practices of various religions:
			<TABLE WIDTH=395 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0> <tr> <td class="text10"><img src="../images/spacer.gif" width="385" height="3" alt="" border="0"><br> <A HREF="../week1102/exclusive.html" target="_top">Praying with the Sound of the Shofar</A><BR> Premiere: September 14 2007 <BR><BR> <A HREF="../week1101/belief.html" target="_top">Children's Shofar Factory</A><BR> Premiere: September 7, 2007 <BR><BR> <A HREF="../week1018/belief.html" target="_top">The Hajj</A><BR> Premiere: December 29, 2006<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week1006/belief.html" target="_top">Teen Imams</A><BR> Premiere: October 6, 2006<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week1004/belief.html" target="_top">Children�s Chaplain</A><BR> Premiere: September 22, 2006<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week1002/belief.html" target="_top">Janmashtami</A><BR> Premiere: September 8, 2006<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week947/belief.html" target="_top">Spiritual Chanting</A><BR> Premiere: July 21, 2006<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week936/feature.html" target="_top">The Hugging Saint</A><BR> Premiere: May 5, 2006<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week925/belief.html" target="_top">Mass for Lovers</A><BR> Premiere: February 17, 2006<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week923/belief.html" target="_top">Vietnamese New Year</A><BR> Premiere: February 3, 2006<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week922/belief.html" target="_top">Jewish Hair-Cutting Ceremony</A><BR> Premiere: January 27, 2006<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week907/belief.html" target="_top">Ramadan</A><BR> Premiere: October 14, 2005<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week852/belief.html" target="_top">African-American Spirituals</A><BR> Premiere: August 26, 2005<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week848/belief.html" target="_top">Zen Convert</A><BR> Premiere: July 29, 2005<BR><BR> <a href="../week847/belief.html" target="_top">Kosher Certification</a><br> Premiere: July 22, 2005<br><br> <a href="../week840/belief.html" target="_top">Sikh Saint-Soldier</a><br> Premiere: June 3, 2005<br><br> <a href="../week838/belief.html" target="_top">May Crowning</a><br> Premiere: May 20, 2005<br><br> <a href="../week835/belief.html" target="_top">Shawl Ministry</a><br> Premiere: April 29, 2005<br><br> <a href="../week832/belief.html" target="_top">Orthodox Fasting</a><br> Premiere: April 8, 2005<br><br> <a href="../week826/belief.html" target="_top">Roadside Crosses</a><br> Premiere: February 25, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week825/belief.html" target="_top">Tibetan New Year</a><br> Premiere: February 18, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week809/belief.html" target="_top">Ramadan Fasting</a><br> Premiere: October 29, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week808/belief.html" target="_top">Altar Servers</a><br> Premiere: October 22, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week807/belief.html" target="_top">Yoga</a><br> Premiere: October 15, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week804/belief.html" target="_top">Ganesha Chaturthi</a><br> Premiere: September 24, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week802/feature.html" target="_top">Jewish High Holidays</a><br> Premiere: September 10, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week745/belief.html" target="_top">Nen Ordination</a><br> Premiere: July 9, 2004<br><br> <A HREF="../week735/belief.html" target="_top">Shambhala Meditation</A><br> Premiere: April 30, 2004<BR><br> <A HREF="../week723/belief.html" target="_top">Jewish Burial Practices</A><br> Premiere: February 6, 2004<BR><br> <A HREF="../week709/belief.html" target="_top">Zakat</A><br> Premiere: October 31, 2003<BR><br> <A HREF="../week708/belief.html" target="_top">Devotion to Kali</A><br> Premiere: October 24, 2003<BR><br> <A HREF="../week707/belief.html" target="_top">Native American Service</A><br> Premiere: October 17, 2003<BR><br> <A HREF="../week704/belief.html" target="_top">Jewish High Holy Days</A><br> Premiere: September 26, 2003<BR><br> <a href="../week646/belief.html" target="_top">Buddhist Obon Festival</a><br> Premiere: July 18, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week640/belief.html" target="_top">The Mikvah</a><br> Premiere: June 6, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week638/belief.html" target="_top">First Communion</a><br> Premiere: May 23, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week625/belief.html" target="_top">Brother Amos</a><br> Premiere: February 21, 2003<br><br> <A HREF="../week612/observance.html" target="_top">Hanukkah</A><br> Premiere: November 22, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week610/feature.html" target="_top">Ramadan Moon</A><br> Premiere: November 8, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week610/profile.html" target="_top">Sufism</A><br> Premiere: November 8, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week609/calendar.html" target="_top">Diwali</A><br> Premiere: November 1, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week607/belief.html" target="_top">The Rosary</A><br> Premiere: October 18, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week607/feature.html" target="_top">Hindu Temple Dedication</A><br> Premiere: October 18, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week606/belief.html" target="_top">Camp Revival</A><br> Premiere: October 11, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week602/observance.html" target="_top">Jewish High Holidays</A><br> Premiere: September 13, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week546/feature.html" target="_top">Show Tunes Church</A><br> Premiere: July 19, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week542/feature.html" target="_top">Madrasahs</A><br> Premiere: June 21, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week539/belief.html" target="_top">Vesak</A><br> Premiere: May 31, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week523/observances.html" target="_top">Tibetan New Year</A><br> Premiere: February 8, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week514/observances.html" target="_top">Hanukkah</A><br> Premiere: December 7, 2001<BR><br> <A HREF="../week512/profile.html" target="_top">Ramadan Observance</A><br> Premiere: November 23, 2001<BR><br> <A HREF="../week420/belief.html" target="_top">Hinduism</A><br> Premiere: January 12, 2001<BR><br> </td> <td width="10"><img src="../images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0"></td> </tr> </table>

War On Terror Read transcripts and watch videos of R&E segments about the war on terror:
			<TABLE WIDTH=395 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0> <tr> <td class="text10"><img src="../images/spacer.gif" width="385" height="3" alt="" border="0"><br> <a href="../week940/perspectives.html" target="_top">Battlefield Ethics</a><br> Premiere: June 2, 2006<br><br> <a href="../week930/cover.html" target="_top">Iraq: Just War Revisited</a><br> Premiere: March 24, 2006<br><br> <a href="../week926/perspectives.html" target="_top">American Muslim Issues</a><br> Premiere: February 24, 2006<br><br> <A HREF="../week923/newsfeature.html" target="_top">Middle East Update</A><BR> Premiere: February 3, 2006<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week921/exclusive.html" target="_top">Taking on Torture</A><BR> Premiere: January 20, 2006<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week917/exclusive.html" target="_top">The Torture Debate</A><BR> Premiere: December 23, 2005<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week907/feature.html" target="_top">Anthony Shadid on Iraq</A><BR> Premiere: October 14, 2005<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week906/profile.html" target="_top">Profile: James Yee</A><BR> Premiere: October 7, 2005<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week851/perspectives.html" target="_top">Iraq Constitution</A><BR> Premiere: August 19, 2005<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week848/news.html" target="_top">U.S. Muslims and Terrorism</A><BR> Premiere: July 29, 2005<BR><BR> <a href="../week841/perspectives.html" target="_top">Treatment of Prisoners at Guantanamo Bay</a><br> Premiere: June 10, 2005<br><br> <a href="../week833/exclusive.html" target="_top">Defining the Ethics of Exit in Iraq</a><br> Premiere: April 15, 2005<br><br> <a href="../week822/perspectives.html" target="_top">Iraq Elections</a><br> Premiere: January 28, 2005<br><br> <a href="../week820/exclusive.html" target="_top">Just War and Just Peace</a><br> Premiere: January 14, 2005<br><br> <a href="../week814/exclusive.html" target="_top">Ethics and the Shadow of Torture</a><br> Premiere: December 3, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week808/profile.html" target="_top">Iraq Military Chaplain</a><br> Premiere: October 22, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week802/perspectives.html" target="_top">Terrorism within Islam</a><br> Premiere: September 10, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week752/perspectives.html" target="_top">Role of Shia Islam in Najaf Negotiations</a><br> Premiere: August 27, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week752/perspectives.html" target="_top">Role of Shia Islam in Najaf Negotiations</a><br> Premiere: August 27, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week749/interview.html" target="_top">Interview: Rev. Jean Benjamin Sleiman</a><br> Premiere: August 6, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week749/exclusive.html" target="_top">A Church Feels the Threat of Terror</a><br> Premiere: August 6, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week743/perspectives.html" target="_top">Religion's Role in the New Iraq</a><br> Premiere: June 25, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week737/perspectives.html" target="_top">Is Torture Ever Justified?</a><br> Premiere: May 14, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week725/cover.html" target="_top">The Ethics of Torture</a><br> Premiere: February 20, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week724/cover.html" target="_top">Saddam Trial</a><br> Premiere: February 13, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week720/exclusive.html" target="_top">Religion, Ethics, and the Clash of Civilizations</a><br> Premiere: January 16, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week715/cover.html" target="_top">Iraq Humanitarian Efforts</a><br> Premiere: December 12, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week644/news.html" target="_top">Religious Freedom in Post-War Iraq</a><br> Premiere: July 4, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week632/feature.html" target="_top">Prayer During War</a><br> Premiere: April 11, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week631/cover.html" target="_top">Dissent During War</a><br> Premiere: April 4, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week631/news.html" target="_top">Sunni/Shiite Relations in Postwar Iraq</a><br> Premiere: April 4, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week630/feature.html" target="_top">African-American Muslims' Views on Iraq War</a><br> Premiere: March 28, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week629/perspectives.html" target="_top">Interfaith Relations: Beyond War with Iraq </a><br> Premiere: March 21, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week628/perspectives.html" target="_top">Iraq War and Call for Jihad</a><br> Premiere: March 14, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week623/feature.html" target="_top">Seyyed Hossein Nasr on Islam </a><br> Premiere: February 7, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week622/hedges.html" target="_top">Chris Hedges: The Costs of War</a><br> Premiere: January 31, 2003 <br><br> <a href="../week621/news.html" target="_top">Religious Anti-War Mobilization </a><br> Premiere: January 24, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week621/perspectives.html" target="_top">Americans' Views on War with Iraq</a><br> Premiere: January 24, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week619/perspectives.html" target="_top">The Morality of War with Iraq</a><br> Premiere: January 10, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week616/cover.html" target="_top">Anti-Islam</a><br> Premiere: December 20, 2002<br><br> <a href="../week604/news.html" target="_top">War with Iraq</a><br> Premiere: September 27, 2002<br><br> <a href="../week602/cover.html" target="_top">Muslims in America</a><br> Premiere: September 13, 2002<br><br> <a href="../week602/perspectives.html" target="_top">Religious Views on War with Iraq</a><br> Premiere: September 13, 2002<br><br> <a href="../week602/juergensmeyer.html" target="_top">"The Moral War Against Iraq"</a><br> Premiere: September 13, 2002<br><br> <a href="../week601/hauerwasessay.html" target="_top">"September 11, 2001: A Pacifist Response"</a><br> Premiere: September 6, 2002<br><br> <a href="../week604/cover.html" target="_top">Muslim Detainees</a><br> Premiere: September 27, 2002 <br><br> <a href="../week510/newsfeature.html" target="_top">Ramadan and War</a><br> Premiere: November 9, 2001<br><br> <a href="../week506/cover.html" target="_top">One Month Later</a><br> Premiere: October 12, 2001<br><br> <a href="../week506/feature.html" target="_top">Civil Liberties</a><br> Premiere: October 12, 2001<br><br> <a href="../week506/perspectives.html" target="_top">Religious Extremism</a><br> Premiere: October 12, 2001<br><br> <a href="../week505/perspectives.html" target="_top">Moral Implications of U.S. Anti-Terrorism Policies</a><br> Premiere: October 5, 2001<br><br> <a href="../week504/cover.html" target="_top">Holy War</a><br> Premiere: September 28, 2001<br><br> <a href="../week503/cover.html" target="_top">Religious Response to Tragedy Aftermath</a><br> Premiere: September 21, 2001<br><br> <a href="../week503/perspectives.html" target="_top">Religious Views on War and U.S. Response</a><br> Premiere: September 21, 2001<br><br> <a href="../week502/cover.html" target="_top">Religious Reaction to Terrorism</a><br> Premiere: September 14, 2001<br><br> <a href="../week502/perspectives.html" target="_top">Religious Response to America's Tragedy</a><br> Premiere: September 14, 2001<br><br> </td> <td width="10"><img src="../images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0"></td> </tr> </table>

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