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  1. Hard to Believe: A Film About Mental Health and Spirituality (2006)

    Director
    Ben Hole
    Subject
    Mental Health and Counselling; Religious studies; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 32 minutes), £35.00

    An insight into the influence a person’s spirituality has on their role within society and the significance of this when treating someone with mental health issues. Many health professionals at best ignore...

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  2. Building by Numbers (1995)

    Producer
    Anne-Marie Gallen
    Subject
    Architecture; Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Looks at the use of mathematics by architects Palladio, Le Corbusier and Bernard Tschumi. Palladio’s 16th-century Italian buildings reflect his belief in the perfection of nature as epitomised by geometry...

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  3. Steve Jones: Why Creationism is Wrong and Evolution is Right (2006)

    Subject
    Biology; Religious studies

    A streamed video recording of a public lecture given by Steve Jones at the Royal Society. Science is about disbelief. It accepts that all knowledge is provisional and that any theory might in principle be...

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  4. Science Friction (3 Parts) (1996 Video)

    Subject
    Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min., 1999 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1999 sale: £150.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    Series looking into the struggle between the belief systems of religion and science. 1: Explores the passions and fears surrounding the evolutionary debate. Follows the story of the Anti-Evolution Bill...

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  5. Spirit Hunters, The (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 1995 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

    A study of the Machiguenga Indians of Peru who believe all rainforest plants and animals evolve from their ancestors and therefore possess human souls and spirits.

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  6. Silk and Strings: Taiwan (1994 Video)

    Director
    Deben Bhattacharya
    Producer
    Deben Bhattacharya
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1995 sale: £29.95 (+VAT +p&p)

    Chinese silk-stringed zithers and folk dances, including a performance of a Peking Opera. Also shows village life, the Chinese type of Buddhist prayers, and temple architecture, painting and calligraphy.

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  7. What is Buddhism? (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 1999 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    An introduction to Buddhism, showing the diversity of its eastern forms and its expression in the modern West. Relates key stories from the life of the Buddha, considers central Buddhist ideas and practices...

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  8. Science. . .fiction? (1986 Video)

    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the crisis in science which calls into question many of mankind’s most basic assumptions and challenges believes whech were once thought to be unchangeable.

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  9. Ambivalent Atheism: Neoliberalism and Old Age (2015)

    Producer
    Jayne Egerton
    Subject
    Religious studies; Social Studies

    Podcast. THINKING ALOUD is a BBC 4 radio discussion series first broadcast in 1998 and hosted by Laurie Taylor focusing on the latest social science research. In this edition Laurie Taylor talks to Lois Lee,...

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  10. Religion and Magic (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Out OF Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    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...

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