PBS Looks at. . . Religion in the U.S. Eight Interviews Show the Diversity of Beliefs Held by Americans

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Hugh Hewitt, host of the four-part series Searching for God in

America , admits he came close to getting the theological bends

while preparing for the eight interviews in the new PBS series

that premiers tonight.

"We were moving pretty quickly between traditions," he said.

Working with a research staff, Hewitt and producer Martin Burns

compiled a list of 50 well-known personalities in American

religion. The list was whittled down to eight.

The people chosen for the 30-minute interviews are not

necessarily household names. Charles Colson, speaking for

evangelical Christianity, and the Dalai Lama, who addressed

Buddhism, are the best known.

"We had the general goal of making sure that we had the full

range of the diversity of American belief. …