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Heal the Whole Man (1974 Film)

Director

Paul Robinson

Subject

Anthropology; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £50.00

Shows healing and religion amongst the Barolong, a Bantu tribe of South Africa. Christianity has combined with ancestor worship, and churchgoers secretly use witch doctors when in trouble. In black South...

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English Church, The (2003)

Subject

Architecture; History; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 166 minutes), £9.99

Series looking at English churches and how historically these buildings have been important to the communities that surround them. These fine, overlooked buildings often contain untold treasures and a wealth...

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Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities (2013)

Producer

Anna Cox; Jack MacInnes

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £585.00

This series sees historian Simon Sebag-Montefiore exploring the history of the city which has been the capital of three empires: Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman. He examines the faiths and traditions which have...

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Naked Pilgrim, The: Road to Santiago (2004)

Subject

Architecture; Art; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £19.99

Art critic Brian Sewell undertakes a personal pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain for one of the world’s largest religious festivals, in pursuit of a greater understanding of the relationship...

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Imam and the Pastor, The (2009)

Director

Alan Channer

Subject

Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (39 minutes), £10.00

A moving documentary that depicts the reconciliation between Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye, two formerly bitter enemies on opposite sides of Nigeria’s Christian-Muslim divide. Narrated by...

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God Loves Uganda (2013)

Director

David Ross Williams

Subject

Religious studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 83 minutes), $24.95

Int his film filmmaker Roger Ross Williams explores the role of the American Evangelical movement in fuelling Uganda’s turn towards Biblical law and the proposed death penalty for homosexuality. Thanks to...

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Witchcraft Among the Azande (1982 Video)

aka: Azande, The

Director

André Singer

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale Hire, VHS (PAL, 52 minutes), £8.00 (hire), £50.00 (sale)

A study of the Azande of the Sudan who today live a life of obscurity, dominated by magic, oracles and spells. Discusses how their beliefs influence their reactions to such events as an illness, a spoiled...

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Gods and Satans (2005)

aka: Dieux et Satans

Director

Martine Jounet; Gerard Nougarol

Subject

Anthropology; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 87 minutes), £50.00

Among the Wana people, semi-nomads from the Indonesian forest of Sulawesi, Indo Pino is a shaman recognized by everybody. Her nephew, who is also a shaman’s son, converted to Christianity and is now...

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Day of Rest (1970 Video)

Director

Peter Fry

Producer

Michael Clarke

Subject

Religious studies

Distribution

Sale (video - BUFVC), Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 25 min., 1996 sale: £24.00 (+VAT +p&p)

A description of three of the Christian sects of the Shona and Ndebele immigrants from Southern Rhodesia, who came to live in Zambia between 1957 and 1964. It examines their position in 1969, the effects of...

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Baird Lectures 1975, The (6 Parts) (1975 Video)

Director

John Macpherson

Subject

Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 50 min.

The Baird Lectures were founded in 1873. They are delivered every four years by a Church of Scotland minister nominated by the Baird Trustees. The lecturer, the Reverend Ronald Falconer, was a former head of...

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