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What is Religion? (1997 Video)

Subject

Religious studies

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

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...

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Ways of the Middle Kingdom (1971 Film)

Director

Hugh Gibb; Marjorie Topley

Subject

Religious studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A study of traditional Chinese religion and custom, presented in the form of rather short sequences from a wide range of domestic, monastic and communal rituals. Made in Hong Kong.

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In the Shadow of the Sun (2013)

Director

Harry Freeland

Subject

Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 84 minutes), £9.99

In Tanzania, witch doctors are spreading a belief that the body parts of albino people will bring wealth and good fortune. Referred to as ‘White Ghosts’ and ‘Devils’ within their communities, the...

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Why we Need a Social Science of Religion (2009)

Subject

Religious studies; Social sciences

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]

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Discover Acupuncture (2003)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 50 minutes), £14.99

An introduction to the origins and philsophy of the ancient Chinese practice of acupuncture which involves inserting needles into specific parts of the body and stimulating them to release and redirect...

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Two Religions: Two Communities (1998 Video)

Subject

Religious studies

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

The nuns of All Hallows, an Anglican community in the UK, and devotees from the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, explain the nature and purpose of the religious lives they lead, providing an...

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From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (1998)

Subject

Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 240 minutes), $19.99

How did Jesus of Nazareth become the Christ of the Christian tradition? And why did the early Christian communities develop different theological images of Jesus? FRONTLINE discusses Jesus’ ministry, the...

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Galatians

Director

Brady Haran

Subject

Religious studies

This short film looks at Paul’s letter to the Galatians, which is seen as one of Paul’s most radical statements on religious freedom. Theologians Karen Kilby, John Milbank and Richard Bell offer their...

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Professor a Hultkrantz: A Point of View (1976 Video)

Director

Michael Steele

Producer

Harold Turner

Subject

Anthropology; Religious studies

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 21 min.

Professor Hultkrantz outlines some of the religious observances practised by certain tribes of North American Indians.

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Islam: Turkish Style (1990 Video)

aka: Thanks Be to God we Are Secular

Producer

Tariq Ali

Subject

Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

Examines the Turkish experience of Islam. Turkey as a secular society is able to tolerate a broad range of opinion and belief. Explores the cosmopolitan nature of the early Ottoman Empire and its influence...

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