Around the world in 80 faiths. Rituals. United States of America / presented by Peter Owen Jones.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Salt, Siân., Director, Producer.

Jones, Peter Owen., Speaker.

British Broadcasting Corporation., Production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rites and ceremonies--United States.

Rites and ceremonies.

Ritual--United States.

Ritual.

United States--Religious life and customs.

United States.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (56 min.)

Place of Publication:

London, England : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 2009.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

Summary:

Pete is in the most religiously diverse country in the world, the USA. He discovers a dangerous side to the Bible Belt when he gets too close to the serpent-handlers in the Appalachian mountains, before taking his seat at a table-tipping séance. He continues to challenge his own faith when he comes face to face with a miracle-working evangelist and a boy preacher. He then witnesses gay rites in California. In Utah, he visits the Holy city of Mormonism and ventures into the wilderness to seek out religious outlaws who take many wives. Pete goes native in a traditional Navajo sweat lodge and visits a sect where mummification is alive and well. His journey reaches an explosive climax in Nevada, when he joins 50,000 revellers to witness the ceremonial burning of a man.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 11, 2014).

OCLC:

898083492