The Pew Research Center has recently found Alaska to be the least religiously inclined state in the nation. Yet religion has played an enormous roll in the history of the Great Land. This week on Hometown, Alaska join host Teeka Ballas for the second of a two-part series titled, “God in Alaska”. Teeka and her guests, Dr. Kristin Helweg Hanson, professor of religion and philosophy at UAA and Dr. Greg Kimura, president of the Alaska Humanities Forum discuss the initial distribution of different religions around Alaska, and where religion is at to date. Participate in the conversation Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 pm.
LINKS:
- Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
- First Amendment Center
- Sacred Space International
- PBS God in America: National Outreach Campaign
- Fetzer Institute
- Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life
- Congregation Beth Sholom, Anchorage
- Alaskool
- Father Michael Oleksa
- Alaska Humanities Forum: Alaska History and Cultural Studies
- The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse
RELATED PROGRAMS:
- KAKM Channel 7: God in America (Oct 11 – 13)
- Hometown, Alaska: God in Alaska, Part 1 (Oct 6 2010)
- Talk of Alaska: Belief in Americana and Alaska (Oct 12 2010)
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HOST: Teeka Ballas, independent journalist
GUESTS:
- Dr. Kristin Helweg Hanson, professor of religion and philosophy, University of Alaska Anchorage
- Dr. Greg Kimura, president / CEO, Alaska Humanities Forum
PARTICIPATE:
- Call 550-8433 (Anchorage) or 1-888-353-5752 (statewide) during the live broadcast (2:00 – 3:00pm)
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LIVE: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.
REPEAT: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
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