Fathers of Faith

Religions can be investigated in many ways—through their doctrines, their rites, the testimonies and lives of their adherents, and through the extent and pattern of their advance.

Another way is to look at the lives and accomplishments of their founders. This five-part series, Fathers of Faith, does just that, examining five of the world's major religions by focusing on the lives of Moses, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, and Muhammad.

Each lived in an era and place of social and spiritual turmoil, ...