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"American Experience" and "Frontline" Present "God in America"
October 11-13, 9-11 p.m. on ETV

First-of-Its Kind, Six-Hour Documentary Series Explores 400-Year History
of Religion in the Public Life of the United States

For Immediate Release
September 14, 2010

Columbia, SC… Since the days when the Puritan “city on a hill” beckoned on the horizon of the New World, religious faith and belief have forged America’s ideals, molded its identity and shaped its sense of mission at home and abroad.

For the first time on television, "God in America" explores the tumultuous 400-year history of the intersection of religion and public life in America, from the first European settlements to the 2008 presidential election.

In their quest for social reform, movements as different as civil rights and the religious right found authority and energy in their religious faith. The fight to define religious liberty fueled struggles between America’s secular and religious cultures on issues from evolution to school prayer, and American individualism and the country’s experiment in religious liberty were the engine that made America the most religiously diverse nation on earth.

Interweaving documentary footage, historical dramatization and interviews with religious historians, the six-part series will air over three consecutive nights beginning on October 11, 2010 at 9 p.m. on ETV.

A co-production of “American Experience” and “Frontline,” this series examines:

• How religious dissidents helped shape the American concept of religious liberty and the controversial evolution of that ideal in the nation’s courts and political arena

• How religious freedom, waves of new immigrants and religious revivals fueled competition in the religious marketplace

• How movements for social reform—from abolition to civil rights—galvanized men and women to put their faith into political action

• How religious faith influenced conflicts from the American Revolution to the Cold War

ETV Show Times:

Episodes 1 & 2 premiere on ETV-HD, Monday, Oct. 11 at 9 p.m. with encore presentations on:

• ETV World - Sunday, Oct. 17 at 6 p.m.
• South Carolina Channel - Sunday, Oct. 17 at 8 p.m.

Episodes 3 & 4 premiere on ETV-HD, Tuesday, Oct. 12 at 9 p.m. with encore presentations on:

• ETV World - Sunday, Oct. 17 at 8 p.m.
• South Carolina Channel - Sunday, Oct. 24 at 8 p.m.

Episodes 5 & 6 premiere on ETV-HD, Wednesday, Oct. 13 at 9 p.m. with encore presentations on:

• ETV World - Sunday, Oct. 31 at 8 p.m.
• South Carolina Channel - Monday, Oct. 18 at 8 p.m.

South Carolina ETV is the state's public educational broadcasting network with 11 television and eight radio transmitters, and a multi-media educational system in more than 2,500 schools, colleges, businesses and government agencies. Using television, radio and the web, SCETV's mission is to enrich lives by educating children, informing and connecting citizens, celebrating our culture and environment and instilling the joy of learning.

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For more information, contact Rob Schaller at (803) 737-6556 or rschaller@scetv.org.