Religion in America

A first-ever look into an intense training ground that recruits born-again Christian children to become an active part of America's political future. Follow these children at summer camp in Devil's Lake, North Dakota as they hone their 'prophetic gifts'.

Vol. 1 visits various Protestant churches in Indianapolis and illustrates the character of American Protestantism by visiting services conducted by various denominations. Examines the reasons for the vigor of religious expression among both Black and white American Protestants. Surveys the trend toward institutionalization that Protestantism has taken in the United States and reflects on the historical essence of Protestantism.

Though fashioned as popular entertainment with laughs, light moments, and mostly humorous segments, Bill Maher and the filmmakers are serious in castigating the body of literature whose influence on human history has been overwhelmingly negative. A globe-hopping Maher interviews various representatives of the Western religious faiths of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Mormonism. If, as Maher states, 16% of the U.S. population identifies as secular humanists who don't believe in God, then that's a large cross section of the country whose voices are muffled by the status quo. It is to them, not believers, Maher speaks--preaching the gospel of doubt.