This Far by Faith: African-American Spiritual Journeys - Season 1
1 - There Is a River
Air Date: February 2, 2003
Explore the evolution of African-American religious thought, from the beliefs and rituals Africans brought to America to the influence of Christian teachings imposed on slaves in the new world.
2 - God Is a Negro
Air Date: February 3, 2003
After Emancipation, the minister and journalist Henry McNeal Turner uses the black church to engage newly freed blacks in the political realm.
3 - Guide My Feet
Air Date: February 4, 2003
Trace African-Americans as they move from the rural South to the promised land of the industrial North.
4 - Freedom Faith
Air Date: February 5, 2003
Faith sustained black families through the oppression of segregation in the 1940s and 1950s.
5 - Inheritors of the Faith
Air Date: February 6, 2003
Follow those who seek spiritual fulfillment outside of Christianity. It explores Islam and Yoruba.
6 - Rise Up and Call Their Names
Air Date: February 7, 2003
In 1998, 60 people embarked on an Interfaith Pilgrimage of the Middle Passage.