Special Series on Faith and Spirituality Begins Sunday, March 29 on TODAY

NEW YORK – March 27, 2015 – Beginning Sunday, March 29, NBC’s TODAY will launch “Do You Believe?,” a new series that will take an in-depth look at faith and spirituality. During the week of Easter and Passover, the special series will tackle five probing, big-picture questions on faith: Does prayer work?; Who is God today?; Does religion unite or divide?; Can you be spiritual but not religious?; Is there an afterlife?

TODAY will examine the many ways spirituality can be communicated and displayed, and the series will feature real-life stories of survival and how faith played a role.  Special guests throughout the week include: Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York; Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl of Central Synagogue; Roma Downey and Mark Burnett, the producers of the miniseries, A.D. The Bible Continues; Dr. Lisa Miller, author of The Spiritual Child; Pastor Judah Smith of The City Church; Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR Jewish community; The Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis of Middle Collegiate Church; Michael Beckwith, of Agape International Spiritual Center; Carl Lenz and Joel Houston of Hillsong Church.

TODAY.com will feature original content throughout the week and viewers can join the conversation on social media using #BelieveTODAY.

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Megan Kopf Stackhouse
NBC News
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