Chronicle - Return to Religion

DateAugust 31 1989

Can DescriptionsChronicle Thursday August 31 1989 Return to Religion Aircheck

AbstractTitle: ‘Chronicle August 31, 1989’, ‘Return to Religion’. Andria Hall reports on people’s changing relationship to religion. Mary Richardson reports on women joining the clergy. Includes interviews with author Dan Wakefield, Jim Franklin, religion writer for the Boston Globe, Lev Friedman, Father Don Pologruto, Dr. Kyriaki Karidoyanes FitzGerald, Prof. Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Rev. Catharine Johnson of the Bethany United Methodist Church, Dr. Chandra Taylor Smith, and Rabbi Emily Lipof. Mike Barnicle gives his opinion on commercialization of Christian holidays and lack of church attendance. Previews for a Chronicle episode about products made in New England, including Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream, Bose speakers, and Cross pens. Includes advertisements for: True Value, New England Ford, the Atrium, Tropicana, Toyota, Chase credit cards, New England Home for Little Wanderers, Angelo’s, Maxwell House Coffee, and Nissan.

OtherCredits: Segment Producers: Andria Hall, Rita J. Thompson; Mike Barnicle is a Boston Globe Columnist; Thirty Something: Courtesy MGM/UA; Bill Moyers: The Power of The Myth; Additional Closed Captioning Funding Provided By Dunkin’ Donuts