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Lynn Neary Lynn Neary is an NPR arts correspondent and a frequent guest host often heard on Morning Edition and Weekend Edition.

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Youth and Religion

March 1, 1999 • In the first of an occasional series on Young People and Religion, Lynn Neary reports on members of Generation X who are filling two very different churches in Seattle. One is a borrowed space in which traditional doctrine is celebrated to a rock music beat. The other uses ancient ritual but adheres to less traditional teachings.

Youth and Religion

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Spirituality and Young People

December 15, 1998 • GenX-ers, true to their restless MTV mentality, are searching for spirituality, and finding it in unorthodox places. Some find enlightenment in pop culture -- in music and art. Others dabble in Jewish mysticism, or patch together a combination of Christian and Buddhist teachings. Join guest host Lynn Neary for a look at the spiritual quest of Generation.

Spirituality and Young People

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Pilgrims Retrace Path of Slave Trade

June 12, 1998 • A small band of people travel down the East Coast from Massachusetts to Louisiana. Identifying the trek as "The Interfaith Pilgrimage of America", the pilgrims say it retraces the path of the slave trade and is both an act of repentance and a prayer for the dead.

Pilgrims Retrace Path of Slave Trade

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Sing Sing Studies

May 26, 1998 • While Academic programs are being discontinued in prisons across the country, a ministerial program run by the New York Theological Seminary in Sing Sing prison is thriving. Over the past 16 years, 225 men have received their master's degree through the program. About half are now out of prison...some have gone on to become ministers, but most work in human service jobs. Preliminary studies show that the group's recidivism rate is low.

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