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No culture has existed without religion, however, religious practices and beliefs vary widely. This programme defines religion from the viewpoint of anthropology and describes psychological and social...
Religion and Film: An Introduction by Melanie J. Wright (I.B. Taurus, 2006), 256 pages, ISBN: 1850438862 (hardback), £47.50; ISBN: 9781850438861 (paperback), £14.99 About the reviewer: Dr Miles Booy was...
Members from a range of religious communities in Liverpool discuss different aspects of their faith. The programme explores problems in identifying and defining religion, by exploring adherents’ beliefs...
Shot on location in Venice and Antwerp, the programme compares the social impact of religion in the 16th century. Religion dominated many aspects of life now cared for by social services. Despite Catholic...
Lecture by Dr Denis Alexander. The title is based on Richard Dawkins comparing religion to a virus or meme which spreads like a disease and is "one of the world’s great evils". In his lecture Alexander...
Looks at a rage of Hindu activities in a North India village: rituals performed by different castes, an exorcism sequence, a wedding ritual, a Sattya Narain puja, a pilgrimage to the Ganges, and a variety of...
20 minutes of footage of the riot that ensued on 29 December 1990 when the fire marshalls decided to cancel a gig by Bad Religion (supported by Pennywise and NOFX) at the El Portal Theater in North...
A study of the Asmat, a society in western New Guinea, showing their use of religion and magic as tools of survival in a world they perceive as hostile and threatening.
Professor Steve Bruce, of the University of Aberdeen, delivers the First Annual Lecture for the Centre for Religion and Contemporary Society at Birkbeck College, University of London. [48 minutes]
Ideas about the soul and the afterlife, of sin and God’s purpose have shaped human thinking for thousands of years. Religious rituals remain embedded in the major events of our lives. In this...
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