Huffpost Religion  Documentary Explores What It Means To Be
'Called'  Posted: Updated:  By Adelle M. Banks Religion News
Service  "The Calling," a four-hour documentary that airs Dec.
20-21 on PBS stations, looks at seven young Muslim, Catholic,
Protestant and Jewish seminarians as they train for the
ministry, grapple with their sense of calling and their new
responsibilities.  Director Danny Alpert talked about the $1.8
million project that followed some of its subjects for two
years. Some comments have been edited for length and clarity.
Q: Why did you decide to make training for ministry the subject
of a documentary?  A: There was a combination of two factors,
one very personal and the other more cultural or societal. On a
personal level, as a young man, I considered becoming a rabbi.
On a more societal level, living abroad in Israel for several
years, in a culture where faith and the day-to-day life are so
intertwined, when I moved back to the States I was struck by the
tension between modernity and fait