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October 10, 2008

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

Religion & Politics Read transcripts and watch video of stories that explore the intersection of religion and politics:
			<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="../week1024/exclusive.html" target="_top">Christian Conservatives in 2008</a><br> Premiere: February 12, 2007<br><br> <a href="../week1011/perspectives.html" target="_top">Election Analysis</a><br> Premiere: November 10, 2006<br><br> <a href="../week1010/cover.html" target="_top">Election 2008 Preview </a><br> Premiere: November 3, 2006<br><br> <a href="../week1009/cover.html" target="_top">Republicans and Religion</a><br> Premiere: October 27, 2006<br><br> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week1008/review.html" target="_top">Unholy Alliance </a><br> Premiere: October 25, 2006<br><br> <a href="../week1008/cover.html" target="_top">Democrats and Religion </a><br>Premiere: October 20, 2006<br><br> <a href="../week1007/profile.html" target="_top">Muslim Congressional Candidate </a><br>Premiere: October 13, 2006<br><br> <a href="../week1006/cover.html" target="_top">Hispanic Voters</a><br> Premiere: October 6, 2006<br><br> <a href="../week1004/feature.html" target="_top">John Danforth</a><br> Premiere: September 22, 2006<br><br> <a href="../week1004/newsfeature.html" target="_top">John Kerry</a><br> Premiere: September 22, 2006<br><br> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week951/cover.html" target="_top">IRS and Church Tax Exemptions </a><br> Premiere: August 18, 2006<br><br> <a href="../week823/cover.html" target="_top">Religion and the Second Term</a><br> Premiere: February 4, 2005<br><br> <a href="../week812/feature.html" target="_top">Christian Moderates</a><br> Premiere: November 19, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week811/news.html" target="_top">Role of Faith in the Democratic Party</a><br> Premiere: November 12, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week810/perspectives.html" target="_top">Election 2004 Analysis</a><br> Premiere: November 5, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week809/cover.html" target="_top">Hispanic Voters</a><br> Premiere: October 29, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week809/perspectives.html" target="_top">Election 2004: Values Issues</a><br> Premiere: October 29, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week807/perspectives.html" target="_top">Election 2004: Domestic Issues</a><br> Premiere: October 15, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week807/cover.html" target="_top">Muslim Voters</a><br> Premiere: October 15, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week806/cover.html" target="_top">Catholic Voters</a><br> Premiere: October 8, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week805/perspectives.html" target="_top">Election 2004: Ethics of Foreign Policy</a><br> Premiere: October 1, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week801/cover.html" target="_top">Republican National Convention</a><br> Premiere: September 3, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week752/cover.html" target="_top">Republicans and Religion</a><br> Premiere: August 27, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week748/cover.html" target="_top">Democratic National Convention</a><br> Premiere: July 30, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week748/commentary.html" target="_top">Commentary: The 2004 Democratic National Convention</a><br> Premiere: July 30, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week747/cover.html" target="_top">Democrats and Religion</a><br> Premiere: July 23, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week745/news.html" target="_top">John Edwards and Religion</a><br> Premiere: July 9, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week737/cover.html" target="_top">Catholic Politicians</a><br> Premiere: May 14, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week735/exclusive.html" target="_top">Interview: Mario Cuomo</a><br> Premiere: April 30, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week734/index.html" target="_top">America's Evangelicals: Evangelicals and Politics</a><br> Premiere: April 23, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week734/perspectives.html" target="_top">Faith and Politics</a><br> Premiere: April 23, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week722/exclusive.html" target="_top">Set in Granite? Religion and the N.H. Primary</a><br> Premiere: January 30, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week719/essay.html" target="_top">On Prayer and Politics</a><br> Premiere: January 9, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week623/news.html" target="_top">President Bush's Religious Rhetoric</a><br> Premiere: February 7, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week509/cover.html" target="_top">American Muslims and Politics</a><br> Premiere: November 2, 2001<br><br> <a href="../week547/feature.html" target="_top">Politicking from the Pulpit</a><br> Premiere: July 26, 2002<br><br> <a href="../week421/news.html" target="_top">Spirituality of President Bush</a><br> Premiere: January 19, 2001<br><br> <a href="../week515/cover.html" target="_top">President Bush's Spiritual Counselors</a><br> Premiere: December 14, 2001<br><br> <a href="../week410/cover.html" target="_top">Faith and Politics</a><br> Premiere: November 3, 2000 <br><br> <a href="../week409/cover.html" target="_top">Election 2000: The Catholic Vote</a><br> Premiere: October 27, 2000<br><br> <a href="../week408/cover.html" target="_top">Election 2000: The Muslim Vote</a><br> Premiere: October 20, 2000<br><br> <a href="../week407/cover.html" target="_top">Election 2000: The Jewish Vote</a><br> Premiere: October 13, 2000<br><br> <a href="../week401/cover.html" target="_top">Political-Religious Boundaries</a><br> Premiere: September 1, 2000<br><br> <a href="../week321/cover.html" target="_top">Religious Right and Election 2000</a><br> Premiere: January 21, 2000<br><br> </td> <td width="10"><img src="../images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0"></td> </tr> </table>

Sexuality Read transcripts and watch video of stories that explore issues of sexuality:
			<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="../week942/cover.html" target="_top">Uganda Aids Update</A><BR> Premiere: June 16, 2005<BR><BR> <a href="../week940/feature.html" target="_top">Marriage Protection Amendment</a><br> Premiere: June 2, 2006<br><br> <a href="../week924/feature.html" target="_top">Kansas 'Kiss and Tell' Law</a><br> Premiere: February 10, 2006<br><br> <a href="../week914/perspectives.html" target="_top">Reaction to Vatican Report on Gays in the Priesthood</a><br> Premiere: December 2, 2005<br><br> <a href="../week823/feature.html" target="_top">Abstinence-Only Sex Education</a><br> Premiere: February 4, 2005<br><br> <a href="../week746/feature.html" target="_top">Black Churches and Gay Marriage</a><br> Premiere: July 16, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week730/news.html" target="_top">What Is Marriage?</a><br> Premiere: March 26, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week720/cover.html" target="_top">Children of Gays</a><br> Premiere: January 16, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week707/commentary.html" target="_top">The Anglican Communion's Argument Over Homosexuality</a><br> Premiere: October 17, 2003 <br><br> <a href="../week651/cover.html" target="_top">Same-Sex Marriage</a><br> Premiere: August 22, 2003 <br><br> <a href="../week712/perspectives.html" target="_top">Gay Marriage and Homosexuality</a><br> Premiere: November 21, 2003 <br><br> <a href="../week325/feature.html" target="_top">Protestants and Gays</a><br> Premiere: February 18, 2000 <br><br> <a href="../week336/news.html" target="_top">United Methodists on Same-Sex Unions</a><br> Premiere: May 5, 2000 <br><br> <a href="../week326/news.html" target="_top">California's Proposition 22</a><br> Premiere: February 25, 2000 <br><br> </td> <td width="10"><img src="../images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0"></td> </tr> </table>

September 11 Read transcripts and watch video of stories dealing with the aftermath of the September 11th tragedy:
			<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="../week1002/cover.html" target="_top">9/11 Five-Year Anniversary</a><br> Premiere: September 8, 2006<br><br> <a href="../week902/feature.html" target="_top">Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church</a><br> Premiere: September 9, 2005<br><br> <a href="../week901/profile.html" target="_top">Kenneth Feinberg on Compensating 9/11 Victims</a><br> Premiere: September 2, 2005<br><br> <a href="../week802/perspectives.html" target="_top">Terrorism Within Islam</a><br> Premier: September 10, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week701/profile.html" target="_top">Sculptor John Collier: Creating a 9/11 Memorial</a><br> Premiere: September 5, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week701/cover.html" target="_top">9/11 New York City Spirituality Revisited</a><br> Premiere: September 5, 2003<br><br> <A HREF="../week604/cover.html" target="_top">Muslim Detainees</A><BR> Premiere: September 27, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week602/armstrong.html" target="_top">Interview with Karen Armstrong</A><BR> Premiere: September 13, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week601/cover.html" target="_top">Sacred Space</A><BR> Premiere: September 6, 2002<BR><br> <a href="../week601/feature.html" target="_top">Grieving</a><br> Premiere: September 6, 2002<br><br> <A HREF="../week552/cover.html" target="_top">Shanksville One Year Later</A><BR> Premiere: August 31, 2002<BR><br> <a href=# onClick="launchPBSAudioPlayer('/wnet/religion/audio/053102.rm','','playertemplate=/wnet/religionandethics/media_player/audio.html')">Interview with Professor Edward Linenthal</A><br> Premiere: April 10, 2002<br><br> <A HREF="../week517/cover.html" target="_top">Ground Zero</A><br> Premiere: December 28, 2001<BR><br> <A HREF="../week511/cover.html" target="_top">Who Gets Vaccinated?</A><br> Premiere: November 23, 2001<BR><br> <A HREF="../week510/newsfeature.html" target="_top">Ramadan and War</A><br> Premiere: November 9, 2001<BR><br> <A HREF="../week509/perspectives.html" target="_top">U.S. Action in Afghanistan: A Just War?</A><br> Premiere: November 2, 2001<BR><br> <A HREF="../week509/cover.html" target="_top">American Muslims and Politics</A><br> Premiere: November 2, 2001<BR><br> <A HREF="../week508/cover.html" target="_top">India's Muslims</A><br> Premiere: October 26, 2001<BR><br> <A HREF="../week508/perspectives.html" target="_top">Afghanistan's Refugees</A><br> Premiere: October 26, 2001<br><BR> <A HREF="../week507/perspectives.html" target="_top">Coping with Fear</A><br> Premiere: October 19, 2001<BR><br> <A HREF="../week507/feature.html" target="_top">Religious Pacifists</A><br> Premiere: October 19, 2001 <BR><br> <A HREF="../week507/cover.html" target="_top">New York State of Mind</A><br> Premiere: October 19, 2001 <BR><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/cover.html" target="_top">Military Chaplains</A><br> Premiere: October 5, 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="../week505/news.html" target="_top">Prayer Service for Aid Workers in Afghanistan</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="../week504/news.html" target="_top">Faith Community Convergence</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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