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NEW! PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION Streaming Video Collection

15,000 VIDEO CLIPS / 985 FULL-LENGTH VIDEOS / AND GROWING!

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call: 1-800-322-8755 [email protected] fax: 1-646-349-9687 www.InfobaseLearning.com 15,000 video clips, 985 full-length videos— and growing. Ask your librarian for a FREE TRIAL! NEW! PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION Streaming Video Collection Here’s a sampling of new and most-viewed programs from these respected producers:

Great Ideas of Philosophy The Wisdom of Faith with Huston Smith: This seven-part series investigates core questions in A Bill Moyers Special philosophy, such as: Why is there something rather than In this five-part series, Huston Smith talks with Bill Moyers nothing? What is right action? And what do we mean when about his experiences with the world’s great religions and we talk about the “mind”? Some of the world’s foremost discusses his philosophy of religion, born of both his scholar- contemporary philosophers—Richard Sorabji, Colin McGinn, ship and his faith, and shows how all “wisdom traditions” Hilary Putnam, Frances Kamm, Alexander Nehamas, and share fundamental truths. Highly recommended by The New York Times and Arthur Danto, among others—enlighten and enliven with Video Librarian. their knowledge on these and other topics. Recommended by Counterpoise Magazine. World Religions New! Catholics in Britain Filmed over six months with extraordinary access, this three-part series offers an intimate behind-the-scenes Philosophy Religion and Spirituality portrait of British Catholicism. Essentials of Faith New! Heroes of the Enlightenment: Beyond Theology What insights can be learned from schisms within faiths? How Power Came to the People This 10-part series addresses the emergence of worldviews This seven-part series exposes the internal arguments and From search engines and social media to philosophies of that integrate scientific inquiry and spiritual insights while core beliefs of the world’s major religions. government, finance, and law, many aspects of modern life exploring the convergence of a wide range of religious owe their existence to the 18th century’s Age of Enlighten- traditions. His Holiness the Dalai Lama: ment. Filmed in locations across Britain, France, Germany, Essence of Mahayana Buddhism Bill Moyers on Faith & Reason Portugal, and the United States, this two-part series shines This film brings the work of the Dalai Lama to a wider a light on some of the key ideas and personalities of that era. When religion and secularism meet, the result is often a laby- audience, and is illuminating for all those interested in A BBC Production. rinth of misunderstanding. In this 12-part series, Bill Moyers Buddhism, inner peace, and the path to enlightenment. explores the jagged region between rationality and belief, Islam: Empire of Faith New! Just Trial and Error: joined by some of the world’s most provocative writers. From the birth of the prophet Muhammad to the zenith of Conversations on Consciousness Highly recommended by Educational Media Reviews Online. power wielded by the Ottoman Turks, this three-part series In this program, two neuroscientists, a sculptor, and an tells the spectacular story of the rise of Islam during its first Internet entrepreneur explore the meaning of consciousness New! Divine Women 1,000 years. as it is understood in their respective fields. Directed by The status of women in religion is a contentious subject, Alex Gabbay. from the furor in the Anglican Church over female bishops New! Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City to heated debate about the role of women in Islam. But New! Love, Hate, and Everything in Between: Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore explores the rise and fall it hasn’t always been this way. In this three-part series, and rise again of Jerusalem in this three-part series, and A Film on Empathy award-winning historian Bettany Hughes explores the status explains how it became so important to the Jewish, Christian, This documentary analyzes empathy and explores its extraor- of women in religion, from 10,000 BC to the contemporary and Islamic faiths. A BBC Production. dinary relevance in today’s increasingly interconnected world. era. A BBC Production. Immensely thought-provoking. Directed by Alex Gabbay. The Jewish Americans: Recommended by Educational Media Reviews Online, New! Evil and Suffering: A Series by David Grubin Science Books & Films, and Video Librarian. A Religious Perspective Covering 350 years of history, this three-part series explores In this program scholars and clerics discuss the concepts New! Sex, Death, and the Meaning of Life the tragedies and triumphs of the Jewish people in America. of evil and suffering, and why both exist, from the viewpoint Distributed by PBS Distribution. In this three-part series, evolutionary biologist and renowned of theists, atheists, agnostics, and skeptics. atheism spokesperson Richard Dawkins asks what reason and New! Let’s Look at World Religions science might offer to guide our lives in religion’s place. Can We’d Be Better Off Without Religion: A Debate Drawing from the sacred texts of each, this eight-part series secular knowledge bring comfort in the face of death, help us Religion: would society be better off without it? That is the provides an introduction to the seven largest religions tell right from wrong, or give life purpose? A BBC Production. question in this Oxford Union-style debate as panelists make practiced today, covering historical origins, main tenets, Recommended by Anthropology Review Database. their case. The final vote? Marginally for. holidays, and important worship locales around the world.

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