black folk here simply appropriated the christian gospel. just took it away. had slave preachers who read the bible and found the passages in the bible that repute yated the teachings of the masters and their preachers. christianity was a liberating gospel. and on the basis of that liberating gospel in the woods and in the quarters began to fashion their unique form or brand of christianity. one that empowered them and forced the struggle rather than one that sought to keep them in bondage. so we have this new world religion created here. it's all a product of that new creation fashioned by these enslaved africans during the slavery experience. new world african people also created new foods, new literature, new music and new forms of dance. african cultural forms gave birth to jazz and blues in the united states. the tango in argentina, the somba in brazil, kacarnivals ar embodied with african rhythms. gumbo is one of the thousands of new african new world african foods created here. indeed, few if any american popular cultural forms were influenced by the pre

bible, which includes, basically, all the historical books, and of course, does not include the christian gospels. the other important texts which one might quite accurately put as a canonical text for rabbidic judaism is the talmud, which we have right here. you can see this edition of the talmud - this is a traditional edition of the talmud, it's the vilna edition of the talmud, which is the one that's most popular among people that study. you can see the pages have, each of them, their own shape, and usually, people remember the picture of the pages. the talmud is 20 volumes of these kind of pages - this is the size, this is the text itself in the middle, and on the sides, you have commentaries; in this case, they're both european commentaries. this is rashi, who lived in franco-germany, and then his students. this particular discussion here, actually, is one about, which tells the stories of the destruction of the second commonwealth in the first century of the common era, and tells - really, i would say its bottom line, or the moral of the story is that the second temple was destroyed only b

christian world news sudan for tens of thousands to flee. we have a call for action. >> plus the action and missionary founds salvation days before his death. thanks to sharing the gospel is rio's. >> they swept their boats away during the tsunami christian helping to get them back up. >> welcome i'm window. >> george is on assignment. mass murder is something that sudan face everyday. the assault on mountains one the largest and they are asking the obama mission to intervene. >> most people are living in the armed forces with they are terrifying people with house to house raids. this person lived in fear as bombs fell over their house everyday. [foreign language] >> frank wolf is long life advocate he recently visited. he is the first member of commerce to visit. he held a press conference for help. >> this administration should be out range it's happening there should be concern. >> it could come to a flew blow war. they should establish a no fly zone. the obama should brooker a peace deal. >> you need someone for peace just war will broke out but i the united states and the obama has an excellent opportunity to bring these sides together. is food and if they don't g

christians around the world have been flocking to japan. this team from norway is partnering with a local japanese church to share the gospel. there is greater awareness of the country's spiritual needs. less than one percent of the population is christian. >> churches from all over japan are praying for sendai, churches in japan and asia. >> not too long after the earthquake, reverend graham deployed enormous resources and 12 months later samaritans purse is still there. >> when everything is good, your business, your family, your life, many people, why do i need god. it couldn't get better. when life turns upside down and everything you put your hope and faith and trust in is gone, it is a time when i believe the holy spirit of god will speak to people's hearts. >> an increase in church attendance and great curiosity of identity and a spirit of unity among churches. >> the churches in this yarp didn't work together. now they say the church in this part of japan is one. even though there are many denominations they say there is one. >> gram is holding several >> finally today a new video campaign aimed at bringing down an af

. >>> we're coming up on that time of year when jews observe passover and christians, holy week, ending in easter. the gospels say jesus, as a jew, celebrated passover in the week before he was crucified. but many jews and christians haven't spent much time thinking about jesus' jewish identity. kim lawton has a story today about several new projects which argue that jews and christians alike can enhance their own understanding of their faith traditions by exploring the jewishness of jesus. >> jesus argues with fellow jews. you can't be more jewish than to argue with fellow jews, it's not a problem. >> at the 92nd street y in new york, vanderbilt divinity school professor amy-jill levine is making the case that jews and christians alike need to pay more attention to the jewishness of jesus. and the best way to do that, she believes, is by reading the new testament from a jewish perspective. >> if i want to understand jewish history, the new testament is one of the best sources that i've got. >> levine, who is an observant jew, is co-editor of the "jewish annotated new testament," a version of the christian sc

the reason for that compression is that the gospels were written for the purpose of preparing people for baptism, teaching them the nature of the christian faith. ordinaryily, that took approximately one year. >> you think she could have been an outcast? >> it is most likely she was because of the seven demons. >> was it because of her place of birth which was that fishing town. >> the fishing town had a great deal to do with her background, both because it shows her involvement in the local economy of the area, but even more strikingly, because during her lifetime and during jesus' lifetime, mag dala became a service community for the larger city called tiber just which has been bill by the governor and which was known for its uncleanness. >> after jesus died he was buried in the fume and mary magdalene was the first within a group of women. >> exactly. >> to go to visit the tomb and. >> to anoint his body. >> was that the first anointing? >> had is not the first anointing that she's involved with, but it is the first after his death. >> she anointed christ's body twice, while he was alive and while he was dead. >> exactly. >> other wom

the reason for that compression is that the gospels were written for the purpose of preparing people for baptism, teaching them the nature of the christian faith. ordinaryily, that took approximately one year. >> you think she could have been an outcast? >> it is most likely she was because of the seven demons. >> was it because of her place of birth which was that fishing town. >> the fishing town had a great deal to do with her background, both because it shows her involvement in the local economy of the area, but even more strikingly, because during her lifetime and during jesus' lifetime, mag dala became a service community for the larger city called tiber just which has been bill by the governor and which was known for its uneanness. >> after jesus died h was buried in the fume and mary magdalene was the first within a group of women. >> exactly. >> to go to visit the tomb and. >> to anoint his body. >> was that the first anointing? >> had is not the first anointing that she's involved with, but it is the first after his death. >> she anointed christ's body twice, while he was alive and while he was dead. >> exactly. >> other women

christian nation. >> lucille talusan brings us one pastor that made the ultimate sacrifice for spreading the gospel. >> reporter: the island of mindanao is predominantly muslim. because of the constant threats to security and the muslim's goal to establish an independence state, they face intense persecution. >> persecution is strong. this year four house churches closed down after their pastors were killed by muslim extremists. >> this pastor was one that was killed. his wife recalls awakening to the sound of the gunshots that killed pastor mario right inside her home. >> my husband staggered into our bedroom. i was shocked because he was full of blood. i brought him to the hospital right away. he was operated on for eight bullet wounds but did not survi survive. >> a former muslim that converted to christianity. he shared his faith with neighbors. he was not afraid to hold bible studies in his home which he converted into a house church. >> witnesses say a few hours before he was kill d, pastor mario agitated some -- this pastor is a coordinator of the christian and missionary alliance churches of

fundamentalism in the beginning was the response to the social gospel movement which that private charity is of course upon christians, but justice in society is also a part of christian vocation in fundamentalism is formed very much in response to that created the social gospel movement. and so he had helped us all play a sound basis and at 65 he gave the marches in a speech attacking dr. king for getting politically involved. but that victory came armed however with a poll in the poll showed that the people in pews at the evangelical and fundamentalist community were chomping at the bit to get politically involved and that they fell for a variety of reasons for the kind of shared moral discourse that at least went to slander the cultural radar screen was now being passed and they could no longer assumed to be safe in the ghetto and i don't just get on a pejorative term at all, but that the institutions they will come at the, churches and a falwell's case, the university could no longer protect themselves from the forces of the ambient culture said they had to get politically involved if they were going to protect t

christian faith. one of my favorite sayings is preached the gospel, and if you have to, speak.t of what your response bleak is as a public figure is to go out and they in a way that is consistent with what you profess to believe in it. that is very important. one of the reasons i got so upset about the way the administration has dealt with the hhs, in which the obama administration tried to enforce a religious organization to higher a minister that did not believe in the faith they were being hired to surge. a remarkable thing, a discrimination to hire somebody according to that obama administration, not her somebody that as a minister if they did not believe in the tenets of the church. that is the kind of extreme we are going to. we have to have a president that goes out and articulate a vision that is not just as this president does, freedom of worship. they are starting to say that in the state department more and more. they say freedom of worship. to those of us who are people of faith, we know worship is a critical aspect of our religion, but it is not everything of our r

christian faith. [applause] >> one of my favorite things -- preached the gospel. if you have to, speak. i think a part of your responsibility as a public figure, is to go out and be paid in a way that is consistent with what you profess to believe in. that is important. one of the reasons i got so upset -- there was a supreme court case. the obama administration tried to force a religious organization to hire a minister that did not believe in the fate they were being hired to serve. a remarkable thing -- it was discrimination according to the obama administration. it not to hire someone that did not believe in the teachings of the church. that is the extreme we are going to do. i believe we have to have a president that goes out and articulate a vision that is not just freedom of worship. they're starting to say that in the state department more and more. they do not use the word religious freedom. but religious worship. it is not everything of our religion, what we do outside of our religious worships is just as important as what we do it inside. [applause] what you will see is -- cor

gospel kind of a liberal protestant way of helping the poor. and so, the sisters, all three of them, were raised up in an atmosphere in which christianity was about helping the poor. but then where do you draw the line? and there's been more than one person that's wrestled with a capitalist, individualist, materialist society, and we all enjoy some of the good things, living in a society like this. but, if you are such - if you are a person that is - has that religious spark we've talked about, who's really on a religious quest, who really puts spirituality first, then where do you go with your christianity? where do you go with your doctrinal interpretation of the life and teaching of jesus? and to use our analogy here, where does your belief move you ethically in terms of your behavior towards your fellow human beings out into society? and if society does not then measure up, what do you do? do you try to fix society? which jim jones certainly tried to do, and during the heyday of the mid seventies, or early seventies in san francisco, jones was even appointed to a position on the housing authority, i believe, by mayor george moscone - i think

gospel to animal sacrifices. while catholics have priests, followers of santeria have holy men. juan gomez is a holy man, machete in hand. to sister elena gomez, she's a pentecostal christian. explain what you have on, it's beautiful. "this is what a black slave wore when he fled to the mountains and became a holy man" gomez told me. "red is for life, black is for death, white is for piece and the ma shet city to defend yourself." elena gomez says she converted to christianity after a serious illness. "i used to visit santeria priests" she said. "but in time i found it was not what i needed. christ saved me." >> reporter: so you love each other as siblings, you respect each other with your different faiths. "absolutely," they both said. "she is my blood. i would take care of her just as she took care of me." as we wrapped up, their long time friend roxanna caballero dropped in. caballero is catholic but worship it is spirit of santeria. what if the pope told you no more spirits. "i have my own beliefs, roxanna told me," "my own way of thinking about things and nobody can take that away from me." she seemed to speak for many cubans when she said "i live by three things: i a

christian faith and my beliefs. [applause] one of my favorite sayings is, preach the gospel, and if you have to, speak.rt of what irresponsibility is is to go out and behave in a way that is consistent with what he professed to believe. that is very important. one of the reasons i got so upset about the way the obama administration has dealt with this issue, before that, there was a supreme court case which the obama administration tried to force a religious organization to hire a minister that did not believe in the face they were being hired to serve. a remarkable thing. it was discrimination, according to the obama administration. not to hire someone who, as a minister, did not believe in the teachings of the church. that is the kind of extreme we are going through. i believe we have to have a president who articulates a vision that is not just freedom of worship. they are starting to say that in the state department. they do not use the word religious freedom, they use the word, freedom of worship. for those of a but -- those of us who are of religious faith, we know warship is critical but not eve

christian faith and my beliefs. one of my favorite sayings is, preach the gospel, and if you have to, speak. and part of your responsibility as a public figure is to go out and behave in a way that is consistent with what you profess to believe in. one reason i was so upset about the way the obama administration has dealt with this issue, and the supreme court case, the obama administration tried to force a religious organization to hire someone who did not believe in who they were -- in the religion they were to serve. not to hire someone who, as a minister, they did not believe in the teachings of the church. we have to have a president who articulates a vision, that is not just, freedom of worship, they're starting to say this in the state department for freedom of worship. for those of us who are people of faith, we know that worship is not everything of our religion. what we do outside of our worship services is just as important as what we do inside. as i have done throughout the course of this campaign, we talk about the importance of faith in public life, and people of faith being in

christian faith and very public about my beliefs. [cheers and applause] one of my favorite sayings is preached the gospel and if you have to, speak. i think a part of what your responsibility is as a public figure is to go out and behave in a way that is consistent wh what you profess to believe in. that is to me very important. one reason i got so upset about the way the obamadministration has done with this issue and you may remember before that was a supreme court case in whichhe obama ministration tried to force a religious organizatn to hire a minister that did not believe in the faith they were being hired to serve. a remarkable thing that it was discrimination to hire someone according to the obama administration, not to hire someone who as a minister if they didn't believe in the tenets and teachings of the church. that is t kind of extreme that we are going to. i believe we a president whgoes out and articulate a vision that is not as this president does freedom of worship. they're starting to say that in the state department for international religious freedom. don't use the word religious use the word freom of worship.