DVD Series – “People Of Faith”

People of Faith
A Visual History of Christianity in America
6-part video series

Producer: Larry Eskridge
Writer: Steve Rabey
Director: Paul Butler
Funding: The Lilly Endowment
Featuring: Martin Marty, Mark Noll, Jean Bethke Elshtain, etc.
Distributed by Vision Video

This series presents the rich history of Christianity in America in a manner that is both informative and entertaining. Designed for use in small groups, Sunday school classes and schools, the series explores key themes in six stand-alone episodes:

Episode 1
Faith in the New World: From Monarchs to the Marketplace
The people who came to the New World hailed from many places and for many reasons. The faith and religious practices they brought with them helped shape a nation where religious freedom gave birth to unprecedented levels of religious diversity, experimentation and competition.

Episode 2
Many Mansions
The experiences of the first immigrants to the New World and the values of the nation’s founding fathers gave America an unprecedented religious freedom. That freedom has given birth to a breathtaking diversity of Christian belief and practice.

Episode 3
Rebels with a Cause (pilot)
From the beginning, Americans have been people of faith, but their faith has not been confined to their churches and their “spiritual” lives. Their faith has inspired and compelled them to act in order to create a more just and moral nation. By studying American Revolution, Civil War and historic moral crusades, we can think about how to better apply our faith to the challenges we face today and tomorrow.

Episode 4
The Challenges of Change
Whenever people of faith felt they had created the ideal church or the good society, new developments and challenges arose which upset the status quo and forced them to rethink their beliefs and find new ways to apply them to current conditions. Issues explored include religion and science, Christ and popular culture.

Episode 5
Homegrown Saints
American culture’s level playing field has given people of faith a wide-open environment for developing and promoting their beliefs. Episode 5 looks at ten key individuals who have embodied America’s passion for making faith relevant and effective:
Jonathan Edwards
Charles Finney
Harriet Beecher Stowe
harles Sheldon
St. Katharine Drexel
Dorothy Day
Norman Vincent Peale
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Billy Graham
Rick Warren

Episode 6
The Future of Faith
The concluding episode in the series will examine the impact of 9/11, post-modernism, consumerism and pluralism in the ongoing challenges of the church, including spirituality, evangelism, worship and community.

The series is scheduled for release in 2009.

For information about “People of Faith,” visit the Vision Vide web site: https://www.visionvideo.com/