The film documents parts of a five-year worldwide study of religious fundamentalism conducted by a team of international scholars in Israel, Egypt, and South Carolina. Watch, and draw your own conclusions.
“We show fundamentalists as they are, clearly, and I believe, honestly.” –Bill Jersey, Producer.
The Glory and the Power: Fundamentalism Observed is a documentary series focusing on the strategic and growing force of religious fundamentalisms worldwide. Broadcast as three one-hour television specials on PBS and five NPR radio programs. Produced by the William Benton Broadcast Project of The University of Chicago in Association with the BBC and with WETA-TV and WETA-FM, Washington D.C.