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Buildings designed by human beings for worshipping God differ greatly in size, style, and expense, but they all aim to stir feelings of reverence and awe.
In America's Houses of Worship, a one-hour documentary to be broadcast at 9 p.m. Monday on WGTE-TV (Channel 30), the buildings are the stars of the show as the camera lingers over some of the most majestic structures in the nation.
Explaining the significance of the buildings are clergy, historians, architects, and tour guides, each with specific knowledge of the particular house of worship, in videos intertwined with footage of the buildings' interiors and exteriors.
The diversity of the worship spaces in the program is stunning, from the brick-and-wood, colonial-era churches like St. Luke's in Smithfield, Va., and the Old Ship Meeting House in Hingham, Mass., to the futuristic glass-and-steel Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove,...