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Wednesday, November 04, 2009
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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly Listings - November 6
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is a production of THIRTEEN in association with WNET.ORG. Visit www.pbs.org/religionandethics for additional information. Show #1310 is fed at 5pm over PBS, Friday, November 6th. (check local listings).
* Churches and the Fall of the Berlin Wall-- November 9th marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, yet the St. Nikolai Evangelical Lutheran Church in Leipzig hasn't changed much since the 16th century, when Bach played the organ here. Today tourists flock to hear how Christian Fuhrer, who became Pastor in 1980 when the world outside the church was divided by the Cold War, began holding weekly prayers for peace. Correspondent Deborah Potter reports how this tenacious pastor started a revolution that grew out of the church- that helped bring down the Berlin Wall.
* Conversation: Daniel Callahan-- Host Bob Abernethy speaks with ethicist Daniel Callahan about health care reform and why, in Callahan's view, the American people have lost the missing ideal in the ongoing debate - that of the common good.
* City Creek Project-- A Special Blueprint America Report-- Correspondent Lucky Severson traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah to examine an immense construction project that, when it is completed in 2012, will transform the core of the city. The controversial project is funded entirely by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the Mormons. This special report is a collaboration with the Blueprint America series on PBS.
