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Christianity Today, April 22, 2002

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"Television shows feature Christians in a race, on a trip, and in a prison"

Ted Olsen | posted 4/22/2002 12:00AM

Bible-toting Dirk Been gained fame as the Christian on the first Survivor show, but MTV's long-running The Real World has included Christians for a long time. Now, however, "reality" shows are upping the ante when it comes to including religion.

Related Elsewhere

The official site for The Amazing Race has a profile of all the participants including Russ and Cyndi. The site also has Q&A interviews with the team before the race started and after they were eliminated. RealityTVfans.com also has a post-race interview.

Kevin Lee's prison diary from his stay on Escape from Pentridge is online along with more information on the game.

Baptist Press has an archive of articles on TruthQuest. The official site for the show is up but now only has snappy music and pictures of the participants.

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