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For Additions to This Section Please See the Media Resources Desk. for Availability Check the Library Catalog UNLV LIBRARY Amazing Grace: The Story of a Song That MEDIA RESOURCES CATALOG Makes a Difference . RELIGION, MYSTICISM, SPIRITUALISM Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Summer 2011 2004 Documentary explores the moving Acts of Faith: Autos da Fe. history of the timeless, inspirational hymn Films for the Humanities (1993) "Amazing grace", and traces the lyrics back A look at remnants of what was once to its author, John Newton, and English the great Jewish civilization in Spain -- both slave ship captain turned country preacher. the artifacts and the people. Includes archival film footage, and variations Video Cassette (52 min.) sung by different performers. DS 135 S7 A27 1 videodisc (90 min.) BV317.A49 A43 2004 The Age of Terror. Films for the Humanities and Sciences American Indian: A Sioux Shaman. (2003) Big Sur (1970) "Who are the men and women who Joseph Henderson speaks about bring bloody death to innocent civilians? Black Elk, a Sioux Shaman, and his "Seven Why do they do it? What are their methods? Secret Rites of the Soul." Relates this to the And how do they justify it? This emotionally case history of one of his patients in Jungian charged four-part series provides analysis. unprecedented interviews with dozens of Cassette (1 hr. 30 min.) bombers, gunmen, hijackers, kidnappers, E 99 S5 H4 and radical leaders as it scrutinizes key terror campaigns that changed the course of The American Indian and the modern history, right up to the destruction of Jungian Orientation. the World Trade Center"—Container Big Sur (1970) [pt. 1] In the name of liberation (49:00) American Indian Imagery can be [pt. 2] In the name of revolution (48:00) understood through Jung's "Archetypal [pt. 3] In the name of God (49:00) Images." [pt. 4] In the name of the state (48:00) Cassette 4 videodiscs (194 min.) E 77 H45 HV6431 .A34 2003 pts.1 – 4 American Indian Medicine. Al Qaeda's New Front. Big Sur (1972) PBS Video (2005) The lecturer, Rolling Thunder, is a As Al Qaeda terrorist cells are Western Shoshone Medicine Man. uncovered in the U.K., Germany, Italy and Cassette (l hr.) Spain, Frontline investigates the new front in E 98 M4 R6 the war on terror: Europe. It discusses the challenges of intelligence services on both The Amish: Not to be Modern. sides of the Atlantic, which has been MPI Home Video (1988) exacerbated by political division over the A portrait of a rarely-filmed religious Iraq war. community that separates itself from the 1 videodisc (56 min.) world. Examines the religious reasons for HV6433.M52 Q32 2005 their lifestyle. Video Cassette (57 min.) BX 8129 A5 A45 For additions to this section please see the Media Resources Desk. For availability check the Library catalog http://webpac.library.unlv.edu. RELIGION, MYSTICISM, SPIRITUALISM 2 Ancient Drugs. Anne Provoost & David Grossman. New Video Group (1998) Films for the Humanities & Sciences Since mankind's beginning, in every (2006) civilization, human beings have found ways "Provoost talks with Bill Moyers about to alter their consciousness in search of using ancient narratives to find new insight something "greater" than everyday reality. into the human experience. Bill Moyers This film delves into mankind's psyche in converses with Grossman about his most search of the key to our pervasive drive to recent work, The lion's honey- a re-telling of experience something "beyond." Historians the Biblical story of Samson with parallels to and spiritualists explore the ancient rituals of today's turbulent Middle East conflict"— cultures worldwide that have sought visions Container. and truth through altered consciousness 1 videodisc (57 min.) 1 Video Cassette (50 min.) PT6466.26.R68 A56 2006 BL65.D7 A53 1998 Anti-semitism in the 21st Century: The Ancient Greek Civilization. Resurgence. The Teaching Company, c2001 Films for the Humanites & Sciences, Introduction to the world of classical c2007 Athens, described in the histories of Through extraordinary and disturbing Heroditus and Thucydides and the dialogues archival footage, interviews with leading of Plato. Explores the similarities and experts, and bold man-on-the street differences between Greek culture and our interviews, The Resurgence weaves own. together the past and the present to explore Part 1 the evolution and rebirth of an age-old Tape 1: Greece and the Western world prejudice. Minoan Crete 1 videodisc (58 min.) Schliemann and Mycenae DS145 .A643 2007 The long twilight Tape 2. The age of heroes Apocalypse! From Sicily to Syria: the growth PBS Home Video, (1999) of trade and colonization Discusses the Book of Revelation, Delphi and Olympia why it lends itself to many interpretations, The Spartans and what it reveals. Tape 3. Revolution 1 Video Cassette (117 min.) Tyranny BS2825.3 A66 1999 The origins of democracy Beyond Greece: the Persian Arising From Flames: Transforming Empire Anger through Patience. Part. 2 Mystic Fire Video (1994) Tape 1. The Persian wars The Dalai Lama speaks of positive The Athenian Empire and negative desire and how we can reduce The art of democracy anger and hatred and increase love and Sacrifice and Greek religion forgiveness. Speaks of the possibility of Tape. 2. Theater and the competition of change and transformation for the individual art and society. Talks of the many methods for Sex and gender sustaining a calm mind. The Peloponnesian War. pt. I Video Cassette (1 hr.) The Peloponnesian War. pt. II. BQ 4570 P76 A75 Tape 3. Socrates on trial Slavery and freedom Athens in decline? Philip, Alexander, and Greece in transition 6 Videocassettes 2 Guides DF77 .A65 2001 For additions to this section please see the Media Resources Desk. For availability check the Library catalog http://webpac.library.unlv.edu. RELIGION, MYSTICISM, SPIRITUALISM 3 As It Was in the Beginning. An Ayatollah Speaks. Films for the Humanities (1991) Films for the Humanities & Traces the development of ideas Sciences (2003) about gods and holiness from the most "Ayatollah Mahdi Hadavi Tehrani, on ancient East to the God of Moses and the pilgrimage at Mecca, seeks to dispel popular Exodus. Follows Abraham out of Ur through American misconceptions of his religion and Palestine down into Egypt. Assesses the life in his homeland, Iran."—Container. influence on the development of Judaism of 1 videodisc (23 min.) Mesopotamia. The revolutionary nature of BP63.I7 A83 2003 the Judaic perception of God is illustrated. Addresses the questions of historical fact in An Ayatollah Speaks: Insights Into Islam the early stories of the Old Testament. in Iran. Video Cassette (52 min.) Films for the Humanities & Sciences BS 1130 A72 (2003) "Ayatollah Mahdi Hadavi Tehrani, on The Ashanti Kingdom (Ghana). pilgrimage at Mecca, seeks to dispel popular Films for the Humanities (1991) American misconceptions of his religion and Shows the Ashanti kingdom. life in his homeland, Iran."—Container. Explains the strict hierarchical organization 1 videodisc (23 min.) of the village, the importance of the BP63.I7 A83 2003 characteristic kente garment, the naming of children, the Ashanti religious beliefs, Bali, Masterpiece of the Gods. traditional values and festivals, and the National Geographic Society (1990) protocol surrounding the chief. See summary in Anthropology Video Cassette (14 min.) section. DT 507 A74 Video Cassette (1 hr.) DS 632 B25 B34 1991 At the Death House Door. Kartemquim Films, 2009 Baraka. An intimate look at the death penalty MPI Home Video (1995) in the state of Texas through the eyes of A transcendently poetic tour of the Pastor Carroll Pickett, who served 15 years globe. Set to the life affirming rhythms of as the death house chaplain to the infamous varied religious rituals and nature’s own 'Walls' prison unit in Huntsville. During beat, Baraka is a visualization of the Pickett's remarkable career he presided interconnectedness humans share with the over 95 executions, including the world's earth. Captures the harmony and calamity first lethal injection. After each execution, that humans and nature have visited upon Pickett recorded an audiotape account of his the earth. trip to the death chamber. Video Cassette (1 hr. 36 min.) 1 videodisc (98 min.) PN 1997.85 B37 HV8699.U5 A8 2009 The Battle For Islam. Atheism: The Case Against God. Films for the Humanities & Sciences J. Norton Publ. (1976) (2006) Cassette "The program exposes the tension BL 2747.3 S542 between pluralistic and hard-liner mentalities growing within the Muslim world, and Awakening Osiris. concludes that moderation and tolerance, Audio Literature (1991) rather than zealotry and terror, will ensure 2 Cassettes (3 hr.) the continued strength of the faith"— PJ 1555 E5 E45 Container. 1 videodisc (63 min.) BP161.3 .B38 2006 For additions to this section please see the Media Resources Desk. For availability check the Library catalog http://webpac.library.unlv.edu. RELIGION, MYSTICISM, SPIRITUALISM 4 Battle for the Minds. Bhakti Yoga, Karma Yoga. Battle for the Minds (1997) Big Sur (1969) This documentary explores the The third tape in a program entitled tensions within the Southern Baptist "One Man's Journey to the East." Convention, in regard to the role of women Cassette (1 hr. 15 min.) in the church and the ordination of women in BP 610 R34 no. 3 particular, by tracing changes in the leadership of the S.B.C. and also the A Biography of America. "conservative takeover" of the Southern WGBH Educational Foundation Baptist Theological Seminary Explores the human side of American 1 videocassette (75 min.) history using first-person narratives, photos, BX6462.8 .B37 1997 film footage, and documents. 8. The Reform Impulse: Religion and The Best of Alan Watts: A Memorial individualism Anthology. See list of videos in History section. Wellspring Media (1994) 13 Video Cassettes (1hr ea.) Distills the teacher's insights on: The E17 .B56 2000 Mood of Zen, Zen and Now, Buddhism Man and Nature, and The Art of Meditation.
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