UNLV LIBRARY Amazing Grace: The Story of a Song That MEDIA RESOURCES CATALOG Makes a Difference . , 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, 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

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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

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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 . Assesses the life in his homeland, ."—Container. influence on the development of 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 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

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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 and Now, Man and Nature, and The Art of Meditation. Buddha in the Land of the Kami. Video Cassette (1 hr.) Films for the Humanities (1989) BL 627 B47 Begins with the creation myth of and explains the origin and scope of Between Two Worlds : A Japanese the Kami concept (supernatural spirits who Pilgrimage. created the Japanese Islands); explains the U of CA Extension Center for Media and arrival of Buddhism and how Buddhism and Independent Learning (1992) the Kami were assimilated; discusses the In the 17th century the followers of role of Chinese culture, style, and writing in Kobo Daishi began to trace the footsteps of Japanese culture; and demonstrates how their beloved saint. Along the way, they the Japanese garden epitomizes the dedicated temples to him, eighty eight of Japanese view of the relationship between them in all. This holy journey became known man and nature, space, time, and reality. as the pilgrimage of the eighty eight sacred Video Cassette (54 min.) places of Shidodu. This documentary is DS 851 B82 about this pilgrimage. Video Cassette (30 min.) Buddhism Comes to America. BQ 6450 J32 S4862 Hartley Film Foundation (1990) Shows why Zen and Tibetan The Bhagavadi-Gita. Buddhism are widespread in America. Audio Literature (1987) Introduces some of the major concepts and Read by Jacob Needleman. shows major sequences of zazen and 2 Cassettes (2 hr. 29 min.) sacred chant as methods for going within. BL 1138.62 E52 Video Cassette (30 min.) BQ 732 B83 [Bhagavadgītā.] Selected Readings From the Bhagavadgītā. MondayMedia, 2005 Translated by Swami Prabhavananda & Christopher Isherwood. 1 sound disc PK3633.B5 I84 2005

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The Burning Times. Confucianism. Winstar TV & Video (1999) Films for the Humanities (1996) Discusses legends and Explains how the intertwining of misconceptions regarding the term "witch". opposites is key to understanding Examines women's roles in goddess-based Confucianism, , and Buddhism. and how the Christian church Shows that Eastern religions provide “an attacked them as witches during the Middle emphasis on direct experience and a Ages. Supports the belief that anti-witch method for attaining that”. hysteria persists today in modern society's Video Cassette (58 min.) cultural acceptance of violence against BL 1852 C65 women. Video Cassette (56 min.) Confucianism. BF1566 .B87 1999 Films for the Humanities & Sciences, (2003) Children of Jehovah. Huston Smith explains how the Films for the Humanities (1996) intertwining of opposites is key to Focuses on the pressures understanding the great religions of China-- adolescents and adults come under as they Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. He decide to stay in the church or leave, and on shows that Eastern religions provide "an the impact of the terrible penalty faced by emphasis on direct experience and a those who leave. method for attaining that. Video Cassette (1 hr.) 1 videodisc (58 min.) BX 8526 C45 BL1852 .C65 2003

Christianity and Judaism. Confucianism & Taoism Films for the Humanities (1996) Schlessinger Media (1999) Explains that wouldn’t Discusses the two Chinese spiritual have existed if its “spirit had not been real movements of Confucianism and Taoism, and dense and palpable and evident to which focus inward on human behavior and everyone”. Discusses the intimate thought. Traces the lives of Confucius and relationship between the Jews and their Lao-Tzu. God. 1 videocassette (50 min.) Video Cassette (58 min.) BL1852 .C66 1999 BR 124 C47 The Cosmic Dance of Shiva. Christianity & Judaism. Audio Forum (1992) Films for the Humanities (2003) Celebrates the various images of Bill Moyers interviews Huston Smith shiva, the Hindu Lord of dance, as who believes that we find it difficult to expressed in ritual dance. understand the true meaning of Christianity Video Cassette (55 min.) today because we are removed from BL 1218 C67 spirituality. Smith admires the Jewish religion and finds the intimate relationship Credo: Muslims in . between the Jews and their God "a living Films for the Humanities (1993) conversation between the human and the Looks at the problems faced by divine that goes on generation after Lyon’s young Muslim population as they try generation.". to gain acceptance into French society while 1 videodisc (58 min.) adapting their religion to break ties with BR124 .C47 2003 North Africa and the Arabic world. A new kind of Islam is emerging, to which France appears to be reacting to with racism and religious intolerance. Video Cassette (30 min.) DC 34.5 M87 M87

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Crystal Meditation and Exercises in Birth Death: The Trip of a Lifetime. and Rebirth. Ambrose Video (1993) Big Sur (1969) 1. The Chasm Second of 2 tapes entitled 2. The Good Death "Experiments in Psychosynthesis." The 3. Letting Go exercises are designed to be used as 4. Going for Glory "autogenic methods for inner symbolization." Summaries in Anthropology section. Cassette 4 Video Cassettes (1 hr. each) RC 480.5 G4 no. 2 BF 789 D4 D443 episodes 1-4

The Dalai Lama of Tibet: Overcoming Defamation : Anti-Semitism, The Movie. Differences. First Run Features, [2010] Trueheart Prod. (1991) Israeli director Yoav Shamir embarks The Dalai Lama's address at Cornell on a provocative and at times irreverent University. quest to answer the question: What is anti- Video Cassette Semitism today? Does it remain a BQ 7935 B774 O84 dangerous and immediate threat? Or is it a scare tactic used by right-wing Zionists to Day of the Dead. discredit their critics? Speaking with an array Gessler Publishing Co. (1989) of people from across the political spectrum Explores through popular art and and traveling to places like Auschwitz and traditions the Mexican feelings towards Brooklyn, Shamir discovers the realities of death and the "Day of the Dead" rituals. anti-Semitism today. Video Cassette (28 min.) 1 videodisc (Not rated)(91 min.) F 1210 M84 DS145 .D45 2010

The Day of the Dead. The Dervishes of Kurdistan. Cinema Guild (2003) Filmakers Library This documentary discusses one of Captures the strange tale of the the most important Mexican holidays, the Qadiri Dervishes, and gives insight into the Day of the dead, and the traditions and intertwining of religious and political power in customs surrounding it . Islamic culture. 1 Video Cassette (25 min.) Video Cassette (52 min.) GT4995.A4 D38 2003 BP 189.7 Q3 D47

Dead Man Walking. The Dhamma Brothers MGM Home Entertainment, (1999) Bullfrog Films, c2007 Tells the story of convicted killer Inmates serving long sentences at Matthew Poncelet and Sister Helen Prejean, Donaldson Correctional Facility in his spiritual advisor, and the journey they Bessemer, Alabama, participate in a undertake in search of the truth. Vipassana meditation program. 1 videodisc (122 min.) 1 videodisc (76 min.) + 1 insert PN1995.9.R4 D42 1999 HV9305.A2 D43 2007

Death: Leaving the Stream. Dialogue. Krishnamurti Foundation (2002) Big Sur (1969) The philosopher Krishnamurti Recorded for Krishnamurti discusses what death is and what it means. Foundation of America. 1 Video Cassette (30 min.) Cassette (1 hr. 30 min.) BF789.D4 D342 2002 B 133 K7

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Die Grosse Stille = Into Great Silence. Dream Tales. Zeitgeist Films, [2007] Atlas Video (1993) The Grande Chartreuse, considered Watunna. Depicts 5 creation myths one of the world's most ascetic monasteries of the Yekuana Indians of the Venezuelan is based in the French Alps. In 1984, rainforest. These tales explore the genesis German filmmaker Philip Gröning wrote to of evil, the night, sexuality, fire, and flood. the Carthusian order for permission to make Starlore. Tells six stories including a documentary about them. They said they an Inuit tale of a race between Sun and would get back with him. Sixteen years later, Moon that leads to the creation of night and they were ready. Gröning, sans crew or day, a Pawnee tale of measuring time artificial lighting, lived in the monks' quarters against the changing position of the stars, for six months - filming their daily prayers, and a Maya tale of a cosmic ball game tasks, rituals, and rare outdoor excursions. between Death and the Hero Twins. 2 videodiscs (162 min.) + 1 leaflet Video Cassette (35 min.) BX2615.G7 I57 2007 F 2319.2 Y4 D74

The Disputation: A Theological Debate East of Krakatoa. Between Christians and Jews. Mystic Fire Video (1988) Films for the Humanities (1993) The Blairs encounter a world of Public theological debates between medieval courts, mystical shadow puppet Christians and Jews were a frequent feature plays, forgers of magical swords, healers of the Middle Ages. Recreates The with supernatural powers, and whole Barcelona Disputation of 1263. Shows the communities ruled by the spirit of the South consequences of the debate. Seas. Among the of the Video Cassette (1 hr. 5 min.) Celebes highlands, they share in the BM 535 D57 massive funeral rites of the last king of the tribe. Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Video Cassette (58 min.) Haiti. DS 646.23 R55 Mystic Fire Video (1985) A journey into the world of the Voudoun religion of Haiti, filmed from 1947 to 1951. Video Cassette (52 min.) BL 2530 H3 D58

Doors of Perception. PBS (1990) Summary in Psychology section. Video Cassette (1 hr.) Teacher's Guide (5 p.) BF 1045 A48 S65

The Dreaming Universe. Thinking Allowed Prod. (1994) Fred Alan Wolf discusses issues related to dreams, dreams as an extension of consciousness, dreamtime of the Australian aborigines, and UFO sightings as part of collective dreaming. Video Cassette (1 hr.) BF 1078 D727

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Egypt: Beyond the Pyramids. (An) Empire Rises from the Sands. 1, The New Video (2001) Arabs Make Their Entrance = Un Empire Mansions of the spirits visits some of surgi des Sables. 1, Les Arabes Entrent the most important surviving Egyptian en Scène. sanctuaries, including the Great Temple of Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Karnak and the Deir El Bahari of Queen (2001) Hatshepsut. It also features footage of the "As the shadow of the Dark Ages fell ongoing efforts to restore and preserve across Europe, the scene for the these monuments. The Great pharaoh and advancement of Western civilization shifted his lost children examines the largest tomb to the Near East. This program charts the in the Valley of the Kings. Kent Weeks, rise of the Arab empire from its roots in the whose team has been excavating the site for long-standing rivalry between the five years, explains the importance of the Byzantines and the Sassanids. Nodes along discovery. Daily life of the Egyptians details that timeline include the dual role of Mecca the many discoveries made in the port city of as a place of worship and as a center for Mendes and in the village of Deir El Medina. trade, the life of Muhammad and the birth of These discoveries provide a glimpse into the Islam, the rapid expansion of Arabia at the lives of the workers who toiled in the Valley expense of Byzantium and the Sassanid of the Kings. Death and the journey to kingdom, and the internecine struggle immortality examines the latest findings between Arab factions that led to the about Egyptian funerary and burial founding of the Umayyad dynasty"-- practices. Sacred hieroglyphs provide a map Container. for the soul's journey through the afterlife, 1 videocassette (26 min.) while doctors offer a detailed look at how DS36.85 .E46 2001 priests prepared the body for its final journey. (An) Empire Rises from the Sands. 2, v. 1. Mansions of the spirit; Great Once Upon a Time, Baghdad = Un Empire pharaoh and his lost children Surgi des Sables. 2, Il Etait une Fois v. 2. The daily life of the Egyptians; Bagdad. Death and the journey to immortality Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2 videodiscs (100 min. each) (2001) DT83 .E36 2001 Vol 1-2 "The victory of the Abbisids over the Umayyads signified much more than the 8 (Eight): The Mormon Proposition. replacement of one dynasty with another. Distributed by Wolfe Video, c2010 With it, Islam saw the birth of a multiethnic A searing indictment of the Mormon concept of power, in which both Arab and Church's historic involvement in the non-Arab Muslims could share authority. promotion and passage of 's This program presents the Abbasid Proposition 8, and the Mormon religion's Caliphate at its peak, enthroned in its secretive, decades-long campaign against prestigious capital city: Baghdad. The gay rights. defining project of Caliph al-Ma'amun, the 1 videodisc (80 min.) translation by an army of clerks of all the BX8615.C2 E34 2010 ancient writings his emissaries could procure is spotlighted--an achievement that set the stage for an eventual showdown between religious and secular scholars."-- Container. 1 videocassette (26 min.) DS76.4 .E46 2001

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Encountering Others. 1, The Andalousian During Life. Epic = A la Rencontre de L'autre. 1, "This segment explores how we can L'épopée Andalouse. cultivate soul-receptivity all throughout life, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, and offers a universal method of directly (2001) experiencing the soul."—Container "This program addresses the 1 Video Cassette (17 min.) expansion of the Arab empire into Spain, BD421 .D87 2000 where Muslims ruled with tolerance for more than seven centuries. The introduction and The Face of . consolidation of Islamic power in Spain, the Home Vision Select (1998) creation of the Umayyad emirate by the sole Explores the art and culture of Russia survivor of the Umayyad dynasty, the rise of in a journey across history, encompassing Cordoba as a cultural rival of Abbasid Russia's architecture, paintings, music, Baghdad, and the gradual ebb of Arab rule literature and cinema. Part 1 examines icon on the Iberian Peninsula are all discussed. painting, the first Russian art form, and Special attention is given to the prosperous reveals the spiritual ideas that have reign of Abdel Rahman III and the flowering animated Russia for 1000 years, and of a Muslim culture that respectfully witnesses recent restorations of churches welcomed the contributions of Christians and monasteries from Kiev to the Kremlin. and Jews alike."--Container. Part 2 examines Russian architecture from 1 videodisc (27 min.) Eastern-inspired onion domes to Western- DP103 .A2 2001 type palaces. Also looks at the writings of Gogol who revealed the human suffering The Ethics of Cloning. behind Russia's facade. His Dead souls Films for the Humanities (1997) inspired 19th-century radicals and Soviet Examines the moral, ethical, and dissidents, and continues to influence religious questions raised by the technology Russian artists today. Part 3 explores of cloning. Russian music and cinema and looks at how Video Cassette (29 min.) new media forms are shaping Russia today. QH 442.2 E74 Musorgsky's opera Boris Godunov dramatized the conflict between power and Experiencing the Soul (series). the people. Sergei Eisentsein retold history Aquarius Health Care Videos (2000) with silent films of such power that they After Death. became more real than actual events. "The field of after-death pt. 1. The face on the firewood communications explores communication pt. 2. The facade of power from the souls of deceased loved ones who pt. 3. Facing the future make themselves known to us in any 3 videocassettes (180 min.) number of ways."—Container NX556.A1 F32 1998 pt.1 - 3 1 Video Cassette (10 min.) BF1261.2 .A37 2000 Faith & doubt at Ground Zero. At the Moment of Death. PBS Home Video (2002) "Death is more than a medical event. Discusses the myriad spiritual At the moment of death, the veil between questions that have come out of the terror, dimensions often appears to lift for both the pain, and destruction of the terrorist attacks dying person and those at the bedside. ... on the World Trade Center in New York, and This segment includes two hospice patients explores how the spiritual lives of both transformed by soul-experiences, plus a believers and non-believers have been hospice chaplain and nurse, medical challenged in the aftermath of September 11 researcher Dr. Joan Borysenko, by questions of good and evil, God's psychologist Dr. Jean Houston, quantum culpability, and the potential for darkness physicist Dr. Fred Alan Wolf, and within religion itself. philosopher Dr. Michael Grosso."— 1 Video Cassette (120 min.) Container HV6432.7 .F35 2002 1 Video Cassette (15 min.) BF789.D4 A7 2000

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Family Fundamentals. The First Days of Christianity. DeepFocus (2003) A&E Television Networks 2007 Arthur Dong interviews families where In the footsteps of the Holy Family religiously conservative parents oppose examines the Holy Family's flight from homosexuality despite having homosexual Herod, visiting various stops along the route children. at which miracles are believed to have 1 videodisc (155 min.) occurred. The Apostles collection examines BR115.H6 F34 2003 the New Testament and apocryphal gospels in search the truth about the Apostles. The Far East Religions. second part of the program focuses on the Governors State University, Center for Apostle Paul. Extended Learning and Communications disc 1. In the footsteps of the Holy Services ; New York, NY (1992) Family. pt. 1 Discusses the underlying ideas of Far disc 2. In the footsteps of the Holy East religions such as Confucianism and Family. pt. 2 Taoism, stressing their common emphasis disc 3. The Apostles collection. pt. 1 on balance, harmony, and unity and how disc 4. The Apostles collection. pt. 2 this view of the world affects a believer's 4 videodiscs (ca. 320 min.) ethical behavior. BT313 .F57 2007 1 videocassette (60 min.) BL1032 .F37 1992 The Five Pillars of Islam. Films for the Humanities The Feast of Dream Village. Discusses the essential principles on University of California Media (1989) which Islam rests. Introduces the huge Summary in Anthropology section. international mosaic of Moslem believers Video Cassette (27 min.) and the conflict between traditional Teaching Notes teachings and the effects of industrialization. DS 647 S6 F43 Video Cassette (30 min.) BP 176 F58 Fighting Intolerance and Slavery. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, The Five Suns: A Sacred History of [2005] Mexico. This program, in two parts, traces the University of California (1996) spread of Christianity via the Puritans to Animated depiction of the creation North America, and outlines the Scientific myth of 16th century native Mexicans. and Industrial Revolutions, the Methodism of Video Cassette John Wesley, and the concept of human F 1219.3 R38 F58 rights. 1 videodisc (47 min.) Flight From Death: The Quest for BR145 .F54 2005 Immortality. Koch Entertainment (2005) Through stunning visuals and insightful interviews, this multiple award- winning film explores human beings' innate and subconscious fear of death and portrays the impacts of that fear on our behavior, specifically in regard to violence. 1 videodisc (85 min.) RC552.F42 F55 2005

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Flock of Dodos: The Evolution-Intelligent Free to Believe. Design Circus. Films for the Humanities (1987) Docurama Films (2007) Filmed in Mobile, AL, where Tweaks egos and pokes fun at both fundamentalists want to bring religion into sides in the evolution vs. intelligent design the classroom or eradicate what they debate. From the shadowy, well-funded conceive to be the "established" religion of headquarters of the pro-intelligent design "secular humanism". Discovery Institute in Seattle to the rarefied Video Cassette (1 hr.) talk of scientists around a late-night poker KF 4558 1st F74 table. 1 videodisc (ca. 85 min.) Fremont, U.S.A. BL263 .F56 2007 Pluralism Project, c2008 Fremont, California, has been Food for the Ancestors. transformed by new immigration and is a city PBS Home Video, c1999 of many religions. After 9/11, a Muslim Presents Mexican customs relating to woman was murdered on a Fremont street. the care and remembrance of the dead as Discusses the community's response to this celebrated during the weeklong holiday event and Fremont's future. called Days of the Dead. Shows how this 1 videodisc (57 min., 11 min.) festival is celebrated in the culturally rich F869.F74 F74 2008 state of Puebla. Focuses on folk arts related to the celebration, such as weaving, pottery, From Jesus to Christ: The First dance, and preparation of special foods. Christians. Video Cassette (57 min.) PBS (1998) GT4995.A4 .F65 1999 Frontline explores the life of Jesus and the movement he started, challenging Frederick II: The Last Emperor. familiar assumptions and conventional Films for the Humanities & Sciences notions. (2003) Video Cassettes (4 hr.) "Frederick II ruled an empire BR 129 F76 pt. 1-4 from Denmark to Sicily, and as far east as . He is admired to this day by military Full Circle. specialists who consider him one of the Winstar TV & Video (1999) greatest conquerors of all time. This Examines the many manifestations of program traces his life and times, and his women's spirituality in the Western world in attempts to consolidate imperial power in the last decade of the twentieth century. Italy at the expense of the papacy in the Shows women meeting together around 13th century. In an attempt to organize his kitchen tables and in circles on hilltops, Italian territories, Frederick was frustrated by discussing spirituality and performing rituals the Lombard cities and by the popes. that give them the strength to transform their Embarking on the Sixth Crusade in 1223, personal beliefs into political and social Frederick took possession of Jerusalem and action. crowned himself king. The popes, however, Video Cassette (56 min.) rejected Frederick's claim to the crown, and HQ1233. F84 1999 continued to thwart the solidification of his power until his death in 1250."--Container. 1 videodisc (50 min.) DD151 .F74 2003

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Fundamentalist Fervor. God in America Films for the Humanities & Sciences, PBS Distribution, 2010 c2009 Tells the sweeping and dramatic story "Religious fundamentalism underpins of religious life in America, examining more some of the world's most intractable political than 500 years of American religious history, problems as members of fundamentalist from the voyage of Christopher Columbus to groups seek to influence both domestic and the 2008 presidential election. Examine this international policy. After identifying general history as it has played out in public life, hallmarks of fundamentalist belief, this exploring the complex interaction between program places fundamentalist movements religion and democracy in the ; within the Christian, Jewish, Islamic, and the origins of the American concept of Hindu religions into their cultural and religious liberty; the dynamics of the ever- historical contexts. Movements that are evolving American religious marketplace; examined include the dispensationalist and more. organization Christians United for Israel, the 3 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) Jewish haredim, the Jewish settler group BL2525 .G623 2010 Gush Emunim, Hamas, and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a key component of Goddess Remembered. the Hindu "Saffron Brigade"—Container. Direct Cinema (1990) 1 videodisc (26 min.) Describes and discusses early BL238 .F84 2010 goddess-worshiping cultures and the current women's spirituality movement. Galileo's "Dialogue". 1 Video Cassette (54 min.) Films for the Humanities & Sciences, BL473.5 .G62 1990 (2003) "It is said that the apple fell on Gospel Truth. Newton's head, but it was Galileo who Films for the Humanities (1993) planted the tree. This program examines, Investigates the historical evidence The Dialogue--arguably the most for the existence of Jesus. Traces the origin controversial book of its time--and the of the Christian Gospels and shows the tumultuous events revolving around earliest fragments of Gospel texts ever Galileo's visionary scientific achievements. found. The insights of Harvard University's Owen Video Cassette (52 min.) Gingerich, emeritus professor of the history BR 131 G67 of science; George Coyne, director of the Vatican Observatory; and others, plus dramatizations of scenes from the book and Galileo's trial, capture the intellectual fervor of the Scientific Revolution and the Church's struggle to discourage acceptance of Copernican cosmology."--Container. 1 videodisc (ca. 53 min.) QB41.G178 G34 2003

The Gates of Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City. Questar Home Video (1996) Traces the history of Jerusalem through the eight gates that surround the Old City 2 videocassettes (ca. 125 min.) DS109.9 .G37 1996 pt.1 DS109.9 .G37 1996 pt.2

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Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition. Tradition. (continued) Teaching Co (2000) pt. 4. Presents lectures by Darren Staloff. The Enlightenment and its critics. Disc 7. These lectures are based on the seminar Lectures 37-42. Introduction ; Locke, politics course at Columbia University on Western ; Locke, the revolution of knowledge ; Vico intellectual history augmented by additional and the new science of history ; lectures by selected "guest" lecturers. Gives Montesquieu and political thought ; The a guided tour through 3,000 years of worldly philosophy of Bernard Mandeville -- Western thought. Disc 8. Lectures 43-48. Bishop Berkeley, pt. 1. Classical origins. Disc 1. Idealism and critique of the Englightenment ; Lectures 1-6. Introduction ; The Pre- Hume's Epistemology ; Hume's theory of Socratics, physics and metaphysics ; The morality ; Hume's natural Sophists and social science ; Plato, religion ; Adam Smith and the origins of metaphysics ; Plato, politics ; Plato, political economy ; Rousseau's dissent. psychology -- Disc 2. Lectures 7-12. pt. 5. The Age of Ideology. Disc 9. Aristotle, metaphysics ; Aristotle, politics ; Lectures 49-54. Introduction ; Kant's Aristotle, ethics ; Stoicism and Epicureanism "Copernican Revolution" ; Kant's moral ; Roman eclecticism, Cicero and Polybius ; theory ; Burke, the origins of conservatism ; Roman skepticism, Sextus Empiricus. Hegel, history and historicism ; x Marx, pt. 2. The Christian age. Disc. 3. historical materialism -- Disc 10. Lectures Lectures 13-18. Introduction ; Job and the 55-60. Marx, on alienation ; Mill's problem of suffering ; The Hebrew Bible and Utilitarianism ; Kierkegaard and the leap of covenantal history ; The Synoptic Gospels, faith ; Schopenhauer, the world as will and the historical Jesus and the Kingdom of God idea ; Nietzsche, perspectivism and the will ; Paul, justification by faith ; Plotinus and to power ; Nietzsche, the death of God, Neo-Platonism -- Disc 4. Lectures 19-24. morality, and self-creation Augustine, grace and free will ; Aquinas and pt. 6. Modernism and the age of Christian Aristotelianism ; Universals in analysis. Disc 11. Lectures 61-66. medieval thought ; Mysticism and Meister ; Introduction ; Jame's Pragmatism ; Freud's Luther, law and gospel ; Calvin and psychology of human nature ; Freud's . discontents ; A.J. Ayer and Logical pt. 3. From the Renaissance to the Positivism ; Max Weber and legitimate age of reason. Disc 5. Lectures 25-30. authority -- Disc 12. Lectures 67-72. Husserl Introduction ; Machiavelli and the origins of and Phenomenology ; Dewey's critique of political science ; More's Utopianism ; traditional philosophy ; Heidegger, Dasein Erasmus against enthusiasm ; Galileo and and existenz ; Wittgenstein and language the new astronomy ; Bacon's new organon analysis ; The Frankfurt school ; and the new science -- Disc 6. Lectures 31- Structuralism, Saussure and Lévi-Strauss 36. Descartes, the method of modern pt. 7. The crisis of modernity. Disc philosophy ; Hobbes, politics and the state 13. Lectures 73-78. Introduction ; Hayek and of nature ; Spinoza, Rationalism and the the critique of central planning ; Popper, the reverence of being ; Pascal, Skepticism and open society and the philosophy of science ; Jansenism ; Bayle, Skepticism and Kuhn's paradigm paradigm ; Quine, Calvinism ; Newton and enlightened ontological relativism ; Habermas, critical science. theory and communicative action -- Disc 14. Lectures 79-84. Rawls's theory of justice ; Derrida and deconstruction ; Rorty's neo- pragmatism ; Gouldner, ideology and the "new" class ; MacIntyre, the rationality of traditions ; Nozick's defense of libertarianism. 14 videodiscs (42 hr.) + 7 guidebooks B29 .G73 2000 pt.1-7

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The Great Religions and the Poor. Healers of Ghana. Films for the Humanities (1995) Films for the Humanities (1996) The issue of the world’s poor Explores the traditional medical occupies an important place in today’s practices of the Bono People of Central religious thought. Explores the beliefs of Ghana and how their healers accommodate Judaism, Christianity, and Islam regarding the conflict between the arrival of Western the poor. Takes a comparative look at the medicine and their religious beliefs. traditional concept of the poor. Explains the Video Cassette (58 min.) theological basis for identifying the poor. DT 545.45 A27 H42 Video Cassette (29 min.) HN 32 S47 and Buddhism. Films for the Humanities (1996) The Great Spirit and Peyote. Explores the two great religions to Pacifica Tape Library come from . Uncovers the mysteries of An interview with Truman Daily of the multiphonic chanting among Tibetan lamas. Native American Church. Insights help the viewer understand the way Cassette of Zen Buddhism. E 98 R3 D35 Video Cassette (58 min.) BL 1101.3 H55 Greek Legacy: Classical Origins of the Modern World. Hinduism & Buddhism. The Teaching Company (1998) Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Introduces the continuing influence of (2003) the classical Greek achievement on This program explores the two great contemporary life. See online catalog for religions to come from India. Huston Smith detailed table of contents. uncovers the mysteries of multiphonic 6 Cassettes chanting among Tibetan lamas and Guide meditates 8 hours a day with a Zen master. DF77 .G777 1998 1 videodisc (55 min.) BL1852 .C65 2003 Greek Legacy: Classical Origins of the Modern World. The History of Western Art. Teaching Company (1998) Ambrose Video (2001) Discusses the continuing influence of This series presents a the classical Greek achievement on survey of the greatest achievements in the contemporary life. history of art from the medieval era to the Tape 1: post-impressionist world. The programs 1. “Depth Psychology” From the focus on various artists highlighting the Dance to the Drama works of Giotto, Van Eyck, Michaelangelo, 2. The Aesthetics of Harmony Raphael, Da Vinci and Holbein. Great works 3. The Invention of Scholarship from Rembrandt, Rubens, Caravaggio and 4. Science and the Nature of Things Bernini are also featured. The emphasis on Tape 2: pastoral themes emerges in the work of 5. The Hippocratics Hogarth, Gainsborough, Chardin and David. 6. The Rule of Law The Romantic movement features the works 7. Statecraft of Constable, Turner and Goya. Also 8. Ancient Greek Religion featured is the revolutionary work of Tape 3: Cezanne, Seurat, Manet and Van Gogh. 9. Character and Personality [disc 1.]. v. 1. Light in the 10. The Moral Point of View darkness. v. 2. A new dream 11. The City and the Civic Life [disc 2.]. v. 3. The age of 12. Perfectionism and the Greek Ideal splendor. v. 4. Reason and Enlightenment 3 Videocassettes (6 hrs. 19 min.) [disc 3.]: v. 5. Passion Guide (47 p.) and revolution. v. 6. A new vision. DF77 G7772 1998 3 videodiscs (ca. 180 min.) ND50 .H57 2001

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History's Ancient Legacies II. In the Beginning...The Creationist Ambrose Video Pub.(2001) Controversy. Gives students a step PBS (1994) back in time to visit the lost cities and Presents both sides of the debate temples of the ancient world. between those who advocate creationist [disc 1.] v. 1. Carthage. v. theory and those who support evolution. 2. The Biblical lands. Shows how local school boards are handling [disc 2.] v. 3. The Seven the issue. Wonders of the Ancient World. v. 4. The 2 Video Cassettes (55 min. ea) Roman Empire in North Africa. BL 263 I52 pt. 1-2 [Disc 3.]: v. 5. The Roman Empire in Northern Europe ; v. 6. The In the Light of Reverence. Roman Empire in the Middle East. Bullfrog Films (2002) 3 videodiscs (ca. 150 min.) Across the USA, Native Americans CB311 .H572 2001 are struggling to protect their sacred places. Religious freedom, so valued in America, is Holy Ghost People. not guaranteed to those who practice land- McGraw Hill (198?) based religions. This film discusses the Examines a Caucasian Pentecostal struggles of three indigenous communities congregation in Scrabble Creek, West to protect their sacred sites from rock Virginia. climbers, tourists, strip-mining, development Video Cassette (52 min. B&W) and religious practitioners. BR 1644 H64 1 videodisc (73 min.) 1 guide (48 p.) E98.R3 I5 2002 Holy Terror. Cinema Guild (1991) In the Name of God. Examines the emerging political First Run/Icarus Films (1992) activism of the religious New Right, focusing Documents the attempt by Hindu on their anti-abortion efforts and the nature militants to forcibly construct the Ram of their impact on American political life. temple as a symbol of Hindu resurgence, as Makes clear that the growing coalition of the well as, the efforts of secular Indians to religious New Right and the political New prevent the spreading of religious Right has a long range political agenda that intolerance and hatred in the name of God. extends far beyond the abortion issue. As the temple-mosque controversy takes Video Cassette (58 min.) center stage, the religious riots claim HQ 767.15 H64 thousands of lives. Fundamentalism has become a short cut to political power and Human Cloning: An Ethical Dilemma. the middle class is fed on "pop" religion. Pyramid Media (2001) Video Cassette (1 hr. 35 min.) Research scientists, physicians, DS 430 R34 theologians and attorneys discuss the ethical and moral issues involved in the India. effort towards cloning human beings. New Dimension Media (2005) 1 Video Cassette (33 min.) Explores the ways the ethnic QH442.2 .H84 2001 backgrounds of India's peoples, religions and landscape have influenced modern India. 1 videodisc (30 min.) DS414.2 .I53 2005

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An Inner Fantasy Experience. Islam. Big Sur (1969) Films for the Humanities & Sciences Demonstration of guided daydream (2003) method. Huston Smith discovered Islam as an Cassette adult, and became enamored with Islamic RC 489 F35 S3 conceptions of order, justice, mercy, and compassion. Misconceptions about Islam Integral Way of Prevention and Self- held in the West today are discussed. Healing. 1 videodisc (58 min.) Big Sur (1972) BP165 .I75 2003 Cassette (l hr.) RZ 401 S3 Islam. PBS (1991) Integrating Spirituality Into the Offers perspectives on Islam as it Counseling Process. confronts modern society and its changing Microtraining Associates, (2007) Muslim people. Explores what it means to Illustrates how spirituality can be be Muslim, highlighting the achievements effectively integrated into the assessment, that have characterized Islam from the client conceptualization and treatment beginning. planning aspects of the therapeutic process. Video Cassette (1 hr.) 1 videodisc (65 min.) BP 161.2 S65 BF637.C6 I527 2007 Islam: Empire of Faith. Involvement With Life. PBS Video (2000) Big Sur (1974) Documents the rise and growth of Discusses problem of becoming Islam throughout the world, from the birth of attached to one's method of changing Prophet Muhammad in the 6th century consciousness. through the peak of the Cassette (1 hr. 30 min.) 1000 years later. Discusses the impact of BP 610 R35 Islamic civilization on world history and culture. Is Anybody Out There: The Search for 2 Video Cassettes (1 hr ea) Extraterrestrial Life. BP50 .I84 2000 Harper & Row Media Program Filmstrip Islam: Faith and Nations. Guide MPI Home Video (1990) QB 54 I82 A journey from the beginnings of Islam 1300 years ago, to its place in the Is God Green? world today. Introduces the culture and Films for the Humanities & Sciences philosophy of the religion. (2006) Video Cassette (2 hr.) Discusses the debate between BP 50 I85 evangelical Christians who believe that it is their duty to do something about Islam vs. Islam. environmental problems such as global Films for the Humanities & Sciences warming and those who believe that (2003) because the end of the world is near, Bill Moyers interviews journalists and stewardship is unnecessary. scholars about the history and motives of 1 videodisc (60 min.) the states grouped under the heading "Islamic nations". Panelists examine the BL65.E36 I7 2006 fulcrum of the conflict in the Middle East: the tension between the growth of religious expression in the region and the pressures of modernity from the West. 1 Video Cassette (58 min.) BP163 .I775 2003

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Israel. Jesus Camp. Films for the Humanities & Sciences Magnolia Home Entertainment (2006) (2004) A first-ever look into an intense "This jarring program chiefly uses the training ground that recruits born-again ideological battle between ultra-orthodox Christian children to become an active part Jews and Zionists to examine the division of America's political future. Follow these between religion and politics in Israel. children at summer camp in Devil's Lake, Leaders of religious parties attack the North Dakota as they hone their 'prophetic thinking of Tommy Lapid, minister of justice gifts' and leader of Shinui, the main party 1 videodisc (ca. 84 min.) advocating secularism. In addition, candid BR1641.A1 J47 2007 firsthand accounts illustrate the identity crises faced by many Israeli Arabs. Also The Jesus Factor. featured are perspectives of neutral Jews WGBH Educational Foundation (2004) from Poland to Morocco, Ethiopia to Russia, "As an evangelical Christian, who have emigrated to the progressive city President Bush has something in common of Ashdod to escape the otherwise dominant with 46 percent of Americans who describe religious and secular debate"—Container. themselves as being 'born again' or having 1 videodisc (37 min.) personal relationships with Jesus Christ. To BM390 .I77 2004 what extent do the President's spiritual beliefs impact or influence his political Jeanette Winterson & Will Power decision-making? And how closely do Films for the Humanities & Sciences Bush's religious views mirror those of the (2006) country's burgeoning, and politically Jeanette Winterson talks about influential, evangelical movement?"— Weight, her new version of the story of Atlas Container and Hercules as well as the power of art to 1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) build a fulfilling inner life. Writer, actor, BR115.P7 .J47 2004 rapper Will Power talks about the challenges of "flipping" an ancient Greek drama, Seven John Hus. Against Thebes, into a hip hop performance Vision Video (1980) in the adaptation, The Seven. Discusses the life of John Hus, 15th 1 videodisc (57 min.) century Bohemian priest, who was tried by PR6073.I558 J43 2006 the church and burned at the stake as a heretic. Jerusalem: Within These Walls Video Cassette (55 min.) National Geographic Society and WQED BR 350 H77 J63 Pittsburgh Fountainhead of three religions, the John Osborne's Luther. ancient heart of Jerusalem is a tiny world Kino on Video, 2003 inside the modern city. Meet some of the The story of Martin Luther and his people who choose to coexist within its eventual condemnation of the Catholic bounds while preserving their cultural Church and incitement of the Protestant differences. reformation. 1 videocassette (VHS) (59 min.) + 1 1 videodisc (111 min.) + 1 leaflet resource guide PR6065.S18 L87 2003 G3.N37 C43x Videocassette + guide John Wesley The Preacher. Gateway Films (1990) A recreated Wesley sermon confronts the ills of the day with a message that deeply moves the audience. Video Cassette (30 min.) Guide (4 p.) BX 8495 W5 J64

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Jonestown: The Life and Death of The Journey. Peoples Temple. Ergo Media Inc. (1989) PBS Home Video (2007) A young Russian boy and an A startling look at preacher Jim American Jewish engineer meet in Jones, his life prior to the mass-suicides in Leningrad during WW II and form a Guyana, and the event that took place friendship that changes their lives. leading up to that fateful day in 1978. Video Cassette (34 min.) 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) BM 707 J68 BP605.P46 J66 2007 Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth. Trial. Mystic Fire Video (2001) WGBH Educational Foundation, 2008 Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell "Captures the turmoil that tore apart discuss the themes and roots of human the myth which is seen as man's attempt to community of Dover, Pennsylvania, in a relate himself to the universe. Starting with landmark battle over the teaching of various topics Campbell shows both how evolution in public schools. In 2004, the man creates his universe and is controlled Dover school board ordered science by the myth he has created. teachers to read a statement to their high 2 videodiscs (6 hr.) school biology students about an alternative BL304 .J673 2001 to Darwin's theory of evolution called intelligent design. This idea states that life is Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth. too complex to have evolved naturally and Mystic Fire Video (1988) so must have been designed by an The Hero's Adventure intelligent agent. The teachers refused to The Message of the Myth comply, and both parents and teachers filed The First Storytellers a lawsuit in federal court accusing the Sacrifice and Bliss school board of violating the constitutional Love and the Goddess separation of church and state"—Container Masks of Eternity 1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) See summaries in Literature section. QH366.2 .J83 2008 6 Video Cassettes (1 hr. each) BL 311 J6 pt.1-6 Justice and Jihad. Films for the Humanities & Sciences A Journalists Personal Investigation of (2003) the Evidence of Jesus: The Case for Bill Moyers interviews journalists and Christ. scholars about the conflicts between Israelis Lionsgate, c2007 and Palestinians. Their dialogue explores Retracing his own spiritual journey the religious and political roots of these from atheism to faith, Lee Strobel, former chronic troubles and presents an outline of a legal editor of the Chicago Tribune, cross- viable future accord. examines recognized experts in their own 1 Video Cassette (58 min.) fields and challenges them with questions BP182 .J87 2003 like: How reliable is the New Testament? Does evidence for Jesus exist outside the Kansas vs Darwin. Bible? Is there any reason to believe the New Day Films, c2008 resurrection was an actual event? Explores the controversy over the 1 videodisc (ca. 71 min.) teaching of evolution and intelligent design BT202 .J68 2007 in Kansas public schools, using footage from the hearings before the Board of Education and interviews with people on both sides of the issue. 1 videodisc (82 min.) KF4208.5.S34 K36 2008

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The King Does Not Lie. The Land & the Sacred. Filmakers Library Films for the Humanities & Sciences Shows the ancient religion, Santeria, (2006) whose New World practitioners have been "Spiritual traditions, treasured maligned out of ignorance and prejudice. narratives, and sacred works of art all Shows a contemporary Puerto Rican emerge from a culture's effort to understand community of “santeros” gathered for the and draw sustenance from its environment. initiation of a priest of Shango, the This ... series illustrates the mythical “Thundergod” of the traditional Yoruba relevance of humanity's natural religion. surroundings and the creatures with whom Video Cassette (50 min.) we have struggled to coexist since our BL 2532 S3 K55 species first appeared"—Container. [pt.1.] Mysteries of the landscape Knocking : A Documentary. [pt. 2.] Water and its New Day Films, (2006) powers Discusses the beliefs and practices of [pt. 3.] Animals as Jehovah's Witnesses, including their views Divinities on medical practices, civil liberties, and the 3 videodiscs (53 min. each) afterlife. BL65.N53 T4713 2006 1 videodisc (ca. 55 min.) BX8526 .K56 2006 Last Rites: Death Ceremonies. History Channel (1997) Krishna in Spring. Last rites is a look at the ways Audio-Forum (1992) different societies around the world and A recording in image and sound of the throughout history have dealt with death. age-old Festival of Spring, which retells the Shows the range of humanity's attempts to story, part religious, part pagan, of the life of come to terms with death, and interviews the Lord Krishna. with leading historians shed light on ancient Video Cassette (27 min.) practices such as mummification. BL 1284.55 K75 1 Video Cassette (50 min) GT3150 .L37 1997 Lake of Fire. Thinkfilm 2006 Latinos: the Life of the Spirit. A look at the subject of abortion Films for the Humanities and Sciences, where there can be no absolutes, no "right" c1992 or "wrong." Equal time is given to both sides, Explores the recent trend among covering arguments from either extremes of Latinos to leave the for the spectrum, as well as those at the center, evangelical or protestant religions; the who acknowledge that, in the end, everyone rediscovery by Chicanos in California of is "right" or "wrong." native spiritual and religious rituals that 1 videodisc (152 min.) predate the arrival of Columbus; and the HQ767 .L35 2006 traditional Good Friday pilgrimage to the sanctuary at Chimayo, New Mexico, which shows that traditional spirituality is alive and well in modern times. 1 videodisc (49 min.) E445.N56 .S56 2004

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A Life Apart: Hasidism in America. Living Islam. First Run Features, [2001?] Ambrose Video (1993) A life apart relates the story of the Vol. 1: Foundations. Introduction to creation of the Hasidic post-Holocaust the essentials of Islam. communities in the United States. Seven Vol. 2: The Challenge of the Past. years in the making, this documentary The three major empires' greatness and explores Hasidic homes, schools, and decline explain many differences in Muslim ceremonies. thinking today. 1 videodisc (95 min.) Vol. 3: Struggling with Modernity. BM198.4.U6 L54 2001 Looks at the tensions within Islamic states as they attempt to make their laws and Life of Buddha. practices compatible with the 21st Century. Facets Video, c2004 Vol 4: Paradise Lies at the Feet of the Chronicles the story of Prince Mother. Explores the position of women Siddhartha and his spiritual transformation under a shari'a law in Egypt and Iran. How into the Buddha. much is laid down by the faith and how 1 videodisc (90 min.) much is added by the confines of local BQ882 .L542 2004 custom. Vol. 5: Among the Non-Believers. The Life of the Buddha. Asks whether Muslims suffer discrimination Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities of difficulties compared to other minorities. & Sciences (2003) Does life in a secular society compromise Scholars, researchers, and monastics their faith? discuss "Siddhartha/Buddha's experiences, Vol. 6: The Last Crusade. Looks at his teachings, and the rapid spread of the revolutionary spirit of Muslims. What Buddhism after his death"—Container. kind of change do the radicals want and how 1 videodisc (51 min.) will they achieve it? Visits Jerusalem, Cairo, BQ882 .L54 2004 Kadvna and Teheran. 6 Video Cassettes (50 min. ea) BP 50 L58 vol. 1-6

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The Long Search. The Long Search. Ambrose Video Ambrose Video Pub (2001) 1. Protestant Spirit- USA Describes the basic beliefs and BR 560 I4 P76 practices of major world religions. 2. Hinduism: 330 Million Gods [pt. 1]: v. 1. Protestant spirit USA BL 1107.5 A22 v. 2. Hinduism : 330 million 4. Catholicism: , and the Gods Desert BX 1390 R64 [pt. 2]: v. 3. Buddhism : Footprint of 5. Islam: There is no God but God the Buddha : India BP 188 T44 v. 4. Catholicism : Rome, 6. Orthodox Christianity: The Leeds and the desert Rumanian Solution BX 500 R6 R84 [pt. 3]: v. 5. Islam : there is no God 7. Judaism: The Chosen People but God BM 613 C46 v. 6. Orthodox Christianity : the 8. Religion in : The Way of Romanian solution -- v. 7. the Ancestors BL 2123 T67 W38 Judaism : the chosen people 9. Buddhism: The Land of the [pt. 4]: v. 8. Religion in Indonesia : Disappearing Buddha -- Japan the way of the ancestors BQ 9262.9 J3 L35 v. 9. Buddhism : the land of 10. African Religions: Zulu Zion the disappearing Buddha : BX 9995 Z45 Z84 Japan 11. Taoism: A Question of Balance -- v. 10. African religions : Zulu China BL 1975 Q47 Zion 12. Alternative Lifestyles if California: [pt. 5]: v. 11. Taoism : a question of West Meets East BL 2527 S4 W47 balance 13. Reflections on the Long Search v. 12. Alternative lifestyles in PN 2598 E87 R43 California : West meets East 12 Video Cassettes (52 min. ea) v. 13. Reflections on the long search 5 videodiscs (11 hr., 16 min.) BL80.2 .L65 2001 pt.1 – pt.5

The Longest Hatred: The History of Anti-Semitism. Films for the Humanities (1993) Traces anti-Semitism from its earliest manifestations in antiquity to the recent outbreaks in Germany, Russia, and elsewhere. 2 Video Cassettes (2 hr. 30 min.) DS 145 L65

Looking for Answers. PBS Home Video (2001) Discusses the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, the roots of hatred of the United States found in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, radical Islam, and the failure of U.S. intelligence on September 11, 2001. 1 Video Cassette (60 min.) HV6432.7 .L65 2001

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The Mahabharata. Marketing the Message: Selling Jesus, or Parabola Video Library (1989) Selling Jesus Out? Cast: Urs Bihler, Ryszard Cieslak, Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Georges Corraface, Mamadou Dioume. c2006 The Game of Dice (97 min.) "This program takes a balanced look Exile in the Forest (111 min.) at marketing the message. Ministries built The War (110 min.) around NASCAR racing, pro wrestling, 3 Video Cassettes skateboarding, and motorcycles are Guide spotlighted along with Jesus-oriented products ranging from clothing and The Man Who Saw Tomorrow. housewares to rock music CDs and Bibles Warner Home Video (1986) styled like fashion magazines. A visit to The An examination of the life and Holy Land Experience, Orlando, is also prophecies of Michel de . featured"—Container. Takes you from events that occurred as 1 videodisc (27 min.) Nostradamus predicted centuries earlier, to BV652.23 .M37 2006 his prophecies for our time. Video Cassette (1 hr. 28 min.) Mary Gordon & Colin McGinn BF 1815 N8 M35 Films for the Humanities & Sciences (2006) Martin's Lament: Religion and Race in Bill Moyers talks with Mary America. Gordon about the concept of martyrdom and Films for the Humanities (1995) its connection to rage and despair. Gordon Examines the issue of religion and also explores the negative implications of race by speaking with experts and members what she sees as two converging influences of five congregations. of modern society: fundamentalism and Video Cassette (1 hr.) consumerism. Does science have a E 185.615 M36 monopoly on reason? Not at all, says philosopher and author Colin McGinn - Margaret Atwood & Martin reason is the foundation of morality as well. Films for the Humanities & Sciences 1 videodisc (57 min.) (2006 PS3557.O669 M37 2006 Can true spirituality survive in the face of oppression and religious Mayordomia: Ritual, Gender and Cultural fundamentalism? Canadian author Margaret Identity in a Zapotec Community. Atwood speaks to Bill Moyers about University of Texas Press (1991) agnosticism, the hunger for meaning, and Uses the Mayordomia, an annual the distinction between belief and religious festival, to study the lifestyles and knowledge. In the Martin Amis novel London culture in a southern Mexican Zapotec town. Fields, a cynical and disjointed society Video Cassette (20 min.) hurtles toward doomsday; in his follow-up F 1221 Z3 M38 book, Time's Arrow, the narrative follows the reverse course - backward from the Meditation. Holocaust to purity and innocence. Bill Krishnamurti Foundation (1999) Moyers talks with the author about The philosopher Krishnamurti humanity's present condition and the conflict discusses what meditation is in lectures in between fundamentalism and secular such places as Saanen, Switzerland, in values. 1983. He also discusses himself in an 1 videodisc (57 min.) interview with Allan W. Anderson in 1977 in PR9199.3.A8 M37 2006 San Diego, California. 1 Video Cassette (30 min.) BF637.T68 M43 2002

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The Mennonites of Manitoba. El Moulid. Prairie Public (1998) Arab Film Dist. (1990) Discusses how Manitoba has shaped Shows some of the events of the the Mennonites and how they have shaped Islamic religious festival of El Moulid. Manitoba. Video Cassette (40 min.) Video Cassette (58 min.) BP 186.34 E42 BX 8118.6 M3 M45 Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet. The Message. Unity Productions Foundation (2002) Trancas (1991) Tells the story of the seventh century Release of 1976 motion picture of the prophet Muhammad. Includes interviews story of Mohammed. with some of America's estimated seven 2 Video Cassettes (3 hr. 37 min.) million Muslims to discover the many ways PN 1997.85 M48 pt. 1-2 in which they follow Muhammad's example. 1 videodisc (ca. 116 min.) Miracles Are Not Enough. BP75 .M78 2002 Annenberg/CPB Project (1992) Examines the changing role of Muslims. religion and the Catholic Church in Brazil Mystic Fire Video (2002) and Nicaragua. The religious landscape has Looks at what it means to be a changed dramatically, with new religions Muslim in the 21st century. Explores the challenging Catholicism and old and new influence of culture and politics on religion. beliefs mingling. Emphasizes Islam's kinship with Christianity Video Cassette (1 hr.) and Judaism and looks at diverse BR 600 M57 interpretations of Islam among the Muslim people. Monks in the Laboratory. 1 Video Cassette (118 min.) Filmakers Library, c2006 DS35.62 .M87 2002 This film documents efforts by various researchers to study the brains of Muslmans d'Europe, Chrétiens d'Orient: Buddhist monks in meditative states. Miroirs Brisés = European Muslims and Through their research they hope to learn Eastern Christians : the Broken Mirrors. how meditation affects attention, Distributed by Facets Video, 2006 consciousness, emotions, and compassion. Jacques Debs helps us discover two 1 videodisc (52 min.) groups of people long forgotten or ignored-- BF637.M4 M66 2006 the Muslims in Europe and the Christians in the Middle East. Debs uses his personal The Mormons. story as a Christian from Lebanon as a CBS Video, c2000 starting point, making the film personal. This story was filmed in 1995 but 1 videodisc (133 min.) includes an update at the end. Dicusses the D1056.2.M87 M875 2006 Mormon Church, its history, the lifestyles of Mormons, and church activities. Includes Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom. interviews with prominent Mormons such as Discovery Video (1994) the prophet and president of the Church of Journeys to the last outpost of pure Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Gordon B. Tibetan Buddhist culture. The Dalai Lama's Hinckley; Bill Marriott, head of Marriott personal envoy completes a mission to the Hotels; senator Orrin Hatch; 49ers lost world of Mustang...where lamps burn to quaterback Steve Young, and an interview ward off evil spirits...where polygamy and with Steve Benson, a critic of the Mormon polyandry are practiced freely... where all Church. disputes are settled by a king. 1 videocassette (ca. 14 min.) Video Cassette (1 hr. 30 min.) BX8611 .M68 2000 DS 493.53 M87

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Mysteries of the Bible. New Basic Meditation. A & E (1993) Foundation of Human Understanding Revelations of the Dead Sea Scrolls (1977) (1 hr 40 min) BM 487 R48 Expanded version of the basic Moses at Mt. Sinai & Jesus in the meditation exercise found in the book and Galilee. record, How Your Mind Can Keep You Well . (1 hr 40 min) BS 580 M6 M67 Cassette (1 hr.) Joshua at the Walls of Jericho & BF 1999 M46 Cities of Evil: Sodom & Gomorrah. (1 hr 40 min) BS 621 J67 New Gods. Masada: The Last Fortress & Jesus: PBS (1987) Holy Child. Examines the factors that influence (1 hr 40 min) BS 621 M37 religion in Africa. Gives attention to how A Violent God. traditional African religions, Islam and (1 hr 40 min) BS 544 V56 Christianity coexist and influence each Scarlet Women of the Bible & other. Jerusalem: Holy Deadly City. Video Cassette (3/4", 1 hr.) (2 hrs 30 min) BS 575 S27 DT 14 A57 pt. 3 6 Video Cassettes Newton's Dark Secrets. The Mystery of the Rebel Pharaoh. WGBH Boston Video (2005) Films for the Humanities & Sciences Newly discovered manuscripts reveal (2006) an Isaac Newton obsessed with religion, the "... Pharaoh Akhenaten's religious occult, and alchemy. revolution caused an upheaval in Egyptian 1 videodisc (56 min.) society. This program sheds light on the QC16.N7 N478 2005 royal renegade's motives for abruptly switching to monotheistic sun worship and Nile: River of Gods. relocation 50,000 of his people to the hastily Discovery Video (1995) planned capital at Armana"—container. Explores the unique relationship 1 videodisc (25 min.) between God, man and nature spanning BL2450.R2 M87 2006 4,000 miles and 5,000 years. Video Cassette (1 hr. 40 min.) Native Americans. The Southwest: White DT 115 N44 Myth, Native Mythology. Ambrose (1994) No Colors: Racism and Prejudice in The Southwest is most closely Modern Europe. connected to myths perpetuated about Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Native Americans. Tells the tragic story of c2007 their spiritual foundations, forced Program looks at racism and underground by Spanish and U.S. invaders. xenophobia brought to the surface by the Years before the Salem Witch Trials four massive influx of foreign workers and job- Indians were hanged for practicing seekers into Western Europe. Describes the witchcraft. Discusses their belief in the search for equitable solutions by moderate world of fire, second world of breath, third European Union leaders and citizens. world of water, and fourth world light. Examines Islamophobia, religious Video Cassette fundamentalism, the radicalization of young E 77 N35 vol. 4 Muslim men, and racism in football or soccer. Navajo Healing in Life Crisis. 1 videodisc (26 min.) Big Sur 7304 (1973) D1056.2.M87 N6 2007 Cassette (1 hr. 30 min.) E 99 N3 S34

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Oceans of Air: The Olympic Peninsula. Osama Bin Laden: In the Name of Allah. Discovery Enterprises (1992) A&E Home Video 2001 Probes the age-old mystery of The personal journey of the world's creation, and explores the contemporary most wanted terrorist, Osama Bin Laden. question of whether man and nature can live 1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) together in peace. HV6430.B55 O83 2001 Video Cassette (1 hr.) F 897 O5 O24 Pema Chödrön. Films for the Humanities & Sciences Onward Christian Soldiers. (2006) Icarus Films ( 1989) Bill Moyers explores the Surveys and analyzes the power of mysterious region between rationality and the media and the power of evangelical belief. In this program he talks with Pema preaching. New forces---Jimmy Swaggart, Chödrön, one of North America's most Voice of the Andes, Christian TV in Brazil, prominent practitioners of Buddhist The National Assn. of Christian monasticism. Broadcasters---are shown at work. 1 videodisc (57 min.) Video Cassette (52 min.) BQ5410 .P46 2006 BV 3777 L37 058 A Personal Philosophy. Origin of Christianity = L'origine du Films for the Humanities (1996) Christianisme. Summarizes the great religions. Facets Multimedia (2004) Shows how the cultivation of virtues valued Prieur and Mordillat, authors of Jesus by all religions can lead to transcendence. after Jesus, spent over three years Video Cassette (58 min.) assembling and interviewing 23 of the BL 80.2 P47 world's most astute historians, archeologists, and writers on religion to A Personal Philosophy. probe the emergence of Christianity. In their Films for the Humanities & Sciences, investigation, they demonstrate how the (2003) death and crucifixion of Jesus by the This program summarizes and distills Romans set into motion an irreversible what has been learned about the great division of Jews and Christians. They bring religions in this series. Huston Smith shows to their discussions research into the most how the cultivations of virtues valued by all controversial issues in the Christian world, religions--intelligence, compassion, including: Did Jesus found the Church? Is creativity, truth, beauty, and goodness--can Jesus God? Did Jesus have siblings? What lead to transcendence. In the many faces of is the relationship between Judaism and God he has contemplated he sees no Christianity? And who was the Apostle Paul, conflict. and was he the true founder of the Church? 1 videodisc (58 min.) 4 videodiscs (520 min.) + 1 booklet BL80.2 .P47 2003 30 p BR129 .O75 2004 Peter and Paul: And the Christian Revolution. Origins of India's Hindu Civilization. PBS Home Video, c2002 EVN (1991) Story of the growth of Christianity. Provides a basic understanding of Includes the words of Paul and other ancient Hindu beliefs and explains how Hinduism writers, interviews with contemporary has developed through the centuries. Gives scholars, and dramatic reenactments. an overview of the history of the Indian 1 videodisc (120 min.) subcontinent and the people involved in its BS2510 .P47 2002 development. Video Cassette (22 min.) BL 1212.72 O75

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The Peyote Road. Preparing for a Healing Passage. Kifaru Prod. (19??) "The actual moment of irreversible Addresses the US Supreme Court biological death takes less than one second. "Smith" decision. Documents the old Preparing ourselves for this universal human sacramental use of Peyote, a cactus with experience takes a lifetime."—Container psychedelic properties. A trip into Peyote 1 Video Cassette (10 min.) fields of Southern Texas is mixed with BF789.D4 P74 2000 interviews of Native Americans who have grown up within The Native American Principles and Practices of Zen. Church. Films for the Humanities (1992) Video Cassette (1 hr.) Seeks to explain the process leading to E 98 R3 P38 satori (enlightenment), demonstrating the rigors and esthetic delicacy and the devotion The Peyote Road. to principles inexpressible in words. Follows Kifaru Productions (1992) a student priest, showing the physical and Describes the struggle of American mental disciplines demanded. Indians, especially those who belong to the Video Cassette (1 hr. 40 min.) Native American Church, to continue to use BQ 9265.6 P75 the drug peyote as an integral part of their religious rites and ceremonies. Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind. 1 videocassette (60 min.) Cinema Guild, 2008 E98.R3 P38x Filmed across the United States over three summers, between 2004-2006, this The Polygamists. film is visual meditation on the progressive Films for the Humanities (1998) history of the country as seen through its Follows several of the 450 families in cemeteries, historical markers and Mant, Utah, who practice plural marriage. landscape. Gianvito captures this history in Video Cassette (52 min.) the hope that it will help us as a society to BT 707.5 P64 understand where we are today, and, hopefully be a moral guide toward our Popol Vuh: The Creation Myth of the future. Maya. 1 videodisc (57 min.) University of California Extension Media E178 .P76 2008 Center (1989) Depicts the main episodes of the Pyramid. entire Quiche Maya creation myth. This PBS (1988) animated film tells of the creation of the Explores the geography, archaeology, Maya World, the birth and death of the first history, mythology and religions of ancient fathers in the underworld, the defeat of the Egyptians through a combination of live evil ones by the Sacred Mother, and the footage and animation. birth of the Hero Twins. Video Cassette (1 hr.) Video Cassette (1 hr.) DT 63 P87 F 1465 P8386 Qeros: The Shape of Survival. The Power of Dreams: Sacred Sleep. Mystic Fire Discovery Comm. (1994) Life and hardships of the Andean Explores how dreams have shaped nomads called the Q'eros. Film describes the cultures we live in. A spiritual dream their means of subsistence, their rituals and journey to the soul of Native American, beliefs, and the pattern of discrimination Australian Aboriginal, Tibetan, Islamic, they have undergone. Jewish and Christian religious cultures. Video Cassette (53 min.) Video Cassette (1 hr.) F2230.2.K4 Q47 1993 BF 1078 S15

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Qeros: The Shape of Survival. Religion and Magic. Mystic Fire Video (1993) Coast Telecourses (1984). Life and hardships of the Andean Presented are religion and magic nomads called the Q'eros. Film describes defined: a variety of religious practices, the their means of subsistence, their rituals and roles of gods and goddesses in various beliefs, and the pattern of discrimination societies, worship of animals and objects, they have undergone. various rituals and ceremonies. 1 videocassette (53 min.) Video Cassette (3/4", 30 min.) F2230.2.K4 Q47 1993 BL 65 C8 R44

The Radicals. Religion in the South Seas. Vision Video Films for the Humanities (1995) The story of the beginnings of the Begins with the story of the young Anabaptist movement in 16th century Samoan who became the first native Europe. Neither Catholic nor Protestant, cardinal in the South Pacific. Moves to the radical reformers refused ties to the state story of two young native people who defied and offered the world a new vision. the Laws. Finally, looks at the most Video Cassette (1 hr. 39 min.) famous and feared Kleva Man. PN 1995.9 R4 R33 Video Cassette (28 min.) BR 1490 P32 Ramayana. Audio Literature (1992) Religion, War, and Violence: The Ethics 3 Cassettes of War and Peace. Leaflet Films for the Humanities & Sciences, BL 1139.25 B82 (2003) "This selection of stand-alone Religion. segments brings together experts, scholars, Insight Media (1991) and religious leaders from a variety of Explores the functions of religion and communities and faiths to discuss a wide shows how religion reflects a society's range of related issues: war and peace, values. Analyzes religion as a social terrorism and its roots, fundamentalism, just structure and the ways it changes to meet war, holy war, pacifism, the use of force, and the needs of society. Religiosity in the U.S. violence in the name of God."--Container and contemporary trends are examined. 1 videodisc (90 min.) Video Cassette (30 min.) BL65.V55 R44 2003 BL 60 R35 Religious Fundamentalism. Religion. Films for the Humanities (1995) Films for the Humanities (1996) Examines the religious Examines the major changes that fundamentalism phenomenon, explaining have affected religion in this century. what it is, where it came from, and how it Explores the rise of evangelism, women's influences the American notion of the ordination, the effect of militant atheism on separation of church and state. Explores churches, and religious worship in the Soviet the impact on American society and on our Union. organized religions. Video Cassette (48 min.) Video Cassette (29 min.) Bl 98 R42 BL 238 R44

Religion and Euthanasia. Films for the Humanities (1997) Looks at the roles religion and morality play in the euthanasia debate. Video Cassette (28 min.) R 726 R45

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Richard Rodriguez & Sir John Houghton. The Roots of Consciousness: Campbell, Films for the Humanities & Sciences Smith, Young, Grof. (2006) Thinking Allowed Prod. (1988) Richard Rodriguez speaks about Understanding Mythology: Joseph spirituality, mortality, and growing up in a Campbell. He argues against literal Catholic family and community that were interpretation of ancient myth, claiming often at odds with Protestant-dominated modern science provides the raw material America. Sir John Houghton speaks as a for future myths which can unite all scientist and evangelical Christian. He humankind as one biological and spiritual explains his belief that science and religion unit. can both work towards improving the human Psychology of Religious condition. Experience: Huston Smith. Discusses the 1 videodisc (57 min.) relation between psychedelic experience F870.M5 R53 2006 and religious practice, the god within and the cultivation of psychic experiences within The Riddle of the Dead Sea Scrolls. religious and shamanic traditions. Discovery (1990) Determinism, Free Will, and Fate: This documentary motion picture Arthur Young. Discusses the difference probes the mystical and supernatural between determinism and predestination. elements of the Bible and explains them in Toward a New Paradigm of the rational terms. Unconscious: Stanislav Grof. In Video Cassette (1 hr. 20 min.) extraordinary circumstances your mind is BM 487 R53 capable of accessing information from anywhere in time or space. Road To 9/11. Video Cassette (30 min. each) PBS Home Video (2006) BF 311 R63 "This dramatic documentary chronicles the deep historical The Sacred. roots of Al-Qáida, examining the years of Krishnamurti Foundation (1997) political oppression, economic stagnation, The philosopher Krishnamurti religious fanaticism, and violence that gave discusses the idea of something sacred and rise to the attacks of September 11. 2002. It profound that is greater than the individual in features rare footage, and insightful lectures and in an interview with Allan W. commentary by leading scholars and Anderson in San Diego, California, in 1974 journalists including Bernard Lewis, Fareed 1 Video Cassette (30 min.) Zakaria, Thomas Friedman, Irshad Manji, BL51 .S34 1997 Azar Nafisis, Kanan Makiya, Fawaz Gerges, and David Fromkin"—Container. 1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) HV6432.7 .R63 2006

Robert Bellah: In Search of the American Character. Films for the Humanities (1988) Discusses the nature of the American national character, and the relationships between religion, politics and society. Video Cassette (30 min.) E 169.12 R56

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Sacred Places. The Saint and the Scholar. A&E Television Networks (2006) Films for the Humanities & Sciences Throughout the course of history, human (2003) beings have built incredible monuments and Rapid change in 12th century mysterious buildings to mark the passing of Europe from rural to urban styles led to an time, to track the movements of the intellectual crisis of how best to come to heavens, and to honor and glorify their gods God: through mysticism or rational analysis. and kings. In this program, "Ancient At the center of this crisis stood Peter mysteries" takes a globe-spanning journey Abelard, radical philosopher-theologian and to some of the most extraordinary and developer of dialectical scholasticism, and moving of these famed sites. From the Bernard of Clairvaux, Cistercian monk and massive temples at Machu Picchu to the mystic. The conflict between them caused megalithic statues on Easter Island, this is Abelard to be accused of heresy by the an up-close look at some of humankind's Council of Sens in 1142. most impressive achievements. Learn how 1 videodisc (49 min.) and why these monuments were created, BX4705.A2 S23 2003 and discover the latest findings and theories with leading archaeologists and scholars. Salem Witch Trials. 1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) A&E Television Networks (1998) BL580 .S23 2006 Discusses the reasons for the witchcraft trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Sacred Rites and Rituals. Video Cassette (50 min.) A&E (1996) BF1576 .S24 1998 Video Cassette (50 min.) BL 600 S23 Salman Rushdie. Films for the Humanities & Sciences Sacred Space: Art, Architecture, and the (2006) Role of the State. Moyers talks with Rushdie "about the Films for the Humanities (1999) impact of 9/11, the differences between Roman, Gothic, Baroque, and Rococo moderate and radical Islam and about the religious art, along with Christian need to hold the line on fundamentalism iconography, are examined as reflections of even when it leads to personal risk"— the religious and political attitudes of the Container periods. 1 videodisc (57 min.) Video Cassette (58 min.) PR6068.U757 S25 2006 N 7830 S22 Satya: A Prayer for the Enemy. Sacred Trances in Bali and Java. Film Library, [200-?] Hartley Film "Since the Chinese invasion of Tibet Invisible spirits are brought down to in 1950, more than one million people have enter the bodies of trancers, who perform been tortured, executed or starved to death supernormal feats. for their role in demonstrations against the Video Cassette (30 min.) Chinese occupation. This film focuses on BL 2120 J3 S22 personal testimonies of Tibetan Buddhist nuns who have taken the lead in this resistance by fearlessly staging courageous demonstrations for religious freedom and independence"—Container. 1 videodisc (28 min.) DS786 .S33 2000z

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Saudi Time Bomb? Sermons & Meditations of John Donne. PBS Home Video, c2001 Caedmon Looks at the delicate alliance between Sermons & poetry. the United States and Saudi Arabia, Disc considering the vast difference in the culture BX 5133 D61 C3 of the two countries, and in light of the September 11th terrorist attack on the Sermons and Sacred Pictures. United States. University of California Extension Center 1 Video Cassette (60 min.) for Media (1991) E183.8.S25 S38 2001 Profiles the life and work of Reverend L.O. Taylor, a black Baptist minister from School prayer: A Community at War. Memphis. Combines his films and audio Log In Productions (1999) recordings with images of contemporary A Mississippi mother of six sues her Memphis neighborhoods and religious local school district to remove intercom gatherings. A record of black American life prayer and Bible classes from the public in the 1930s and 1940s. schools. Christian community members rally Video Cassette (29 min.) against her to protect their time-honored TR 140 T38 S47 tradition of religious practices in the schools. Both sides claim they are fighting for Shadow on the Cross. religious freedom. Landmark Films Inc. 1 videodisc (ca. 55 min.) Looks at the story of Christian-Jewish relations, as seen by Christians, across LC112.M7 S36 1999 2,000 years and reports a modern revolution

in Christian attitudes. Plots the story of The Scopes Monkey Trial. Christian anti-Semitism, the ambivalent role Courtroom Television Network of the Church during the Nazi period, and Examines the battle -- more than 70 the tentative path towards reconciliation years ago -- over the teaching of evolution in between Jews and Christians in the post war public schools. Criminal defense lawyer era. Clarence Darrow is pitted against Christian Video Cassette (52 min.) fundamentalist William Jennings Bryan. This BM 535 S46 historic trial focuses Americans' attention on freedom of speech, separation of church Siena: Chronicles of a Medieval and state and due process and brings to the Commune. surface issues that are still debated today. Home Vision (1988) Video Cassette (47 min.) Based largely on contemporary KF224.S3 S36 1998 sources, this film focuses on the civic and

religious institutions of the city and captures The Search for Jesus: Modern Sienese life and society during its golden Scholarship Looks at the Gospels. age Biblical Archaeology Society (1994) 1 Video Cassette (28 min.) Symposium at the Smithsonian DG975.S5 S53 1988 Institute, September 11, 1993.

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Secularism: The Turkish Experience. Omer Baristiran (2004) Explores the history of secularism in Turkey. 1 videodisc (110 min.) BL2747.8 S43 2004

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Sir Edward Evans-Pritchard: Strange Spirituality, Suffering, and Illness: Beliefs. Conversations for Healing. Films for the Humanities (1990) MDI Video (2007) His work on witchcraft found "Dr. Wright offers ideas of spiritual philosophers asking what could be care practices and conversations that soften considered rational thinking in any society. suffering and invite healing. She His study of tribal organization was intriguing demonstrates these skills with a family to political theorists. His attention to experiencing serious illness. Learn a new religious sentiments of so-called primitive model, namely the Trinity Model, for peoples has had a strong influence on understanding the connection between theologians. beliefs, suffering, and spirituality. Video Cassette (52 min.) Distinctions are also given between GN 21 E93 S77 spirituality and religion"--Publisher's website. 1 videodisc (33 min.) The Shores of Africa BT732.5 .S64 2007 Films Media Group (2007) "This two-part series provides an The Stakes of Islam. economic, political, and cultural portrait of Filmakers Library (2001) African life, focusing on the countries Documents how life, especially located along the eastern and western religious life for Muslims, has changed in shores of the continent. Each program Central Asia's Fergana Valley since the analyzes the dynamics of trade, language, breakup of the . Also discusses religion, geography and history that have the Islamic fundamentalist threat in this given Africa its present and evolving region. shape"—Containers. 1 Video Cassette (52 min.) [disc 1] Africa's east coast ( 53 min.) DK859.5 .S73 2001 [disc 2] Africa's west coast (ca. 53 min.) The Strange Disappearance of the 2 videodiscs (ca. 106 min.) Anasazi. DT14 .S55 2007 A&E Television Networks (1999) This documentary explores the The Smith Family. antiquities, dwellings, history, and origins of New Day Films, c2002 the Anasazi and their disappearance from In this poignant and intimate the American Southwest. documentary of the Smiths, a Mormon 1 videocassette (ca. 50 min.) family living in Salt Lake City, the family is E99.P9 S77 1999 initially shattered, then ultimately strengthened by their love for each other The Story of God . following Steve's admission of multiple Films for the Humanities & Sciences sexual encounters with other men, and his (2006) subsequent death from AIDS. [pt.1] Life, the universe and 1 videodisc (79 min.) everything RC606.54 .S64 2002 [pt. 2] No God but God [pt. 3] The God of the gaps The Spirit of the Mask. 3 videodiscs (180 min.) Gryphon Prod. (1992) BL200 .S67 2006 Unlocks the secret world of the Northwest Coast Indians, revealing the myths, rituals and ceremonies that gave rise to powerful art and an understanding of man's relationship to the natural and supernatural worlds. Explores the spiritual and psychological powers of the mask and rare ceremonies. Video Cassette E 78 N78 S65

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Suicide Bombers: Inside the Minds of Synergistic Consciousness. Failed Martyrs. Big Sur (1970) Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Observations of ritual of bushmen of (2006) Kalahari Desert (Botswana). Trance Dance "In a series of powerful and leads to state of trance in which healing revealing interviews from inside Israeli power is experienced and shared. Sound prisons, this Wide Angle documentary excerpts from the dance are included. examines the motives of Palestinian suicide Cassette (2 hr.) bombers. A recruiter, a bomb builder, and BF 1321 K3 three failed suicide bombers captured by Israeli security forces speak openly of their Tantric Chanting, Poetry and Hypnosis. training, motivation, operational Big Sur (1969) methodology, and profound belief in the idea 2 Cassettes (3 hrs.) of entering paradise as a shahid - a martyr BF 1128 A2 for Islam. They discuss their hatred of Jews and Israel, their determination to die, and Taoism: A Question of Balance—China. the personal motivations that have Time-Life Video (1981?) influenced them - including a failed love, a Film searches for religious experience sense of personal revenge, the frustration of in . A pantheon of gods both local living under the Israeli occupation, and envy and imported are worshipped in Buddhist for the prosperous Israeli lifestyle. In and Taoist temples. Several strands make addition, Sari Nusseibeh, president of Al- up the religious life of the village: a Quds University, speaks with anchor Mishal Confucian respect for the past, the cosmic Husain"—Container. pattern of the Tao that permeates all levels 1 videodisc (60 min.) of existence and manifests itself through the HV6433.I75 S84 2006 oracles, the local gods who dispense justice and favors, and the hungry ghosts of the The Supreme Court's Holy Battles. dead who have to be placated. PBS (1989) Video Cassette (1 hr.) Examines the controversy BL 1975 Q47 surrounding the separation of church and state. Traces the early days of religion in Telegrams From the Dead. the American colonies. PBS Video (1994) Video Cassette (1 hr.) From 1850 to 1890 spiritualism KF 4865 S86 affected the nation as no other religious movement ever had. Spiritual The Sword and the Cross. communication was revealed through mostly Films for the Humanities & Sciences female mediums, who advocated such (1991) causes as women's suffrage and abolition. The Americas evolved largely from Spiritualism, politics, and social reform had a the blend of peoples, diseases, motives, and complex relationship. attitudes brought to the New World by Video Cassette (, 1 hr.) Columbus and those who followed him. This BF 1242 U6 T44 program explores the interests of the conquistadors and the church, and their 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama. effect on the indigenous population. Monterey Video, c2006 Video Cassette (58 min.) Ten questions are posed to His E111 .S86 Holiness the Dalai Lama by filmmaker and explorer Rick Ray. Ray examines some of Symbolic Shamanism: A Study of Navajo the fundamental questions of our time by Medicine Men. weaving together observations from his own Big Sur (1970) journeys throughout India and the Middle 2 Cassettes (2 hr.) East, and the wisdom of an extraordinary E 99 N3 S35 spiritual leader. 1 videodisc (85 min.) BQ7935.B77 T46 2006

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The Three Worlds of Bali. Today-- Shiites, Followers of Ali. Odyssey Series (1980) Landmark Films (1985) The Three Worlds of Bali visits the Examines the Shiites, the first Indonesian island where art and religion play dissident group within Islam. Shows the a major part in daily life. The polytheistic custom of self-flagellation and explains the Balinese are seen preparing for a festival religious background of this group which held just once every 100 years. opposes all forms of authority. Video Cassette (3/4", 1 hr.) 1 Video Cassette (27 min.) DS 647 B2 T57 BP193.5 .T63 1985

This Far by Faith: African-American Today--Sunnis and the Prohibited Mecca. Spiritual Journeys. Landmark Films (1985) PBS Video (2003) Examines the Sunnis of Arabia, the Documents the African-American guardians of and of the Kaaba. religious experience during the last three Describes the rites of hadj where 2 million centuries from the early African slaves, pilgrims descend upon Mecca for several through the Civil War, Reconstruction, Jim days. Crow, the Great Depression, the Civil Rights 1 Video Cassette (27 min.) Era, and into the 21st century. Explores the BP166 .T632 1985 struggle of African-Americans in their faith and how it became a force for social, Understanding Hindu Traditions. political and cultural change in the United EVN (19??) States Provides an overview of the Hindu Episode 1. There is a river religion, its origin and various modern Episode 2. God is a Negro manifestations. Introduces the pantheon of Episode 3. Guide my feet Hindu deities and explains the many terms Episode 4. Freedom faith and concepts of Hinduism. Episode 5. Inheritors of the faith Video Cassette (25 min.) Episode 6. Rise up and call their BL 1212.72 U53 names 6 Videocassettes (360 min.) The Varieties of Religious Experience. BR563.N4 T46 2003 Audio Scholar (1990) Abridged. William James explains the Through Wesley's . psychological significance of religious Abingdon Press Video (1988) experience. Follows the preacher to the key 2 Cassettes (67 min. each) places he knew: Epworth, his birthplace; BL 53 J34 Oxford, his Alma Mater; London, scene of his conversion experience; Bristol, site of the Veils Uncovered. world's oldest Methodist preaching house; Filmwest Associates, (2002) Midlands, Yorkshire and St. Paul's "Documents the reality of sexual Cathedral. competition among women in Damascus as Video Cassette (30 min.) they vie for number one position, exclusivity BX 8495 W5 T47 with their husbands. Filmed in the marketplace of Souk Al-Hamidivyah, this is a A Time For Burning. personal account of the unexplored sexual Docurama (2005) world of women who live behind the veil. The pastor of an all-white Lutheran Islamic religious rules and their application church in Omaha, Nebraska tries to get his in marriage are explained, the wide ranging congregation to reach out to their fellow social dynamics are explored in marketplace black Lutherans, only to find a wall of and in the lives of the women of Damascus. resistance among his church. 1 Video Cassette (25 min.) 1 videodisc (ca. 58 min.) HQ1727.5.Z9 D347 2002 E185.61 .T56 2005

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The Vishnu-Sahasranama: Thousand Waco: The Rules of Engagement. Names of God. Distributed by Somford Entertainment American Sanskrit Institute (199?) (2003) Sung in Sanskrit. Chants. A documentary film about the tragic Cassette series of events that occurred outside Waco, BL 1226.72 V57 Texas in April 1993 in which four federal agents were killed along with eighty-six men, Visionary Experiences. women and children of the Branch Davidian Pacifica Tape Library compound. Cassette 1 videodisc (136 min.) BV 5091 V6 H89 BP605.B72 W34 2003

Voices of the Orishas. Walking with Buddha. Berkeley, CA : Berkeley Media, (2006) Films for the Humanities (1996) An ethnographic documentary on the Looks at the life of Buddha. Traces practice of Santeria in Havana, Cuba, and the development of Buddhism in various its roots in Yoruba cultural and religious countries. Describes the lives of Buddhist heritage. Records a religious ceremony that priests as they counsel, teach, beg and features dancing, singing, and drum beating meditate. invoking the Orishas, and also separate Video Cassette (29 min.) dances representing the interaction of the BQ 554 W34 Orishas. 1 videodisc (38 min.) What is a Marriage? BL2532.S3 V65 2006 Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2001 Voodoo and the Church in Haiti. "The institution of marriage is facing Transit Media, [200-?] strong challenges in the 21st century, as "Western and African diversity and inclusivity continue to reshape cultures collide in Haiti resulting in religious its underlying principles. Supported by some conflict between Christianity and Voodoo. and opposed by others, issues such as Despite centuries of vigilant opposition from same-sex marriages and the raising of the Christian Church, Voodoo has flourished families outside of marriage are ongoing in Haiti and continues to be one of the sources of debate. Can marriage evolve? strongest elements underlying Haitian This program focuses on the efforts of culture. This film dispels Hollywood religion and society to redefine and stereotypes and presents Voodoo as a belief strengthen the marriage relationship"— system that has been passed down from Container. African ancestor to slave to present day 1 videodisc (30 min.) Haitian"—Container. HQ536 .W45 2001 1 videocassette (43 min.) BL2490 .V663 2000z White Shamans, Plastic Medicine Men. Native Voices Public Television (1995) Waco: The Inside Story. Explores the popularization and PBS (199?) commercialization of Native American Chronicles the siege of the Branch spiritual traditions. Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. Video Cassette (26 min.) Video Cassette (1 hr.) E 98 R3 W45 Guide (4 p.) BP 605 B72 W32 Witchcraft Among the Azande. Filmakers Library Focuses on the human side of Azande life and the sincerity with which individuals meet their needs through the practice of magic. Video Cassette BF 1584 S73 W57

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With God on Our Side. The World of Byzantium. PBS (1996) The Teaching Company (2001) The Early Crusaders: 1950-1968. Explains the historic role and Postwar fundamentalism was marked by achievements of the Byzantine world. optimism. Current events prodded Tape 1 evangelical Christians into the political 1. Imperial crisis and reform arena. Conservative Christians launched a 2. Constantine nationwide revolt against sex education. 3. State and society under the The Zeal of Thy House: 1969-1974. dominate The Religious Right was born. Billy 4. Imperial Rome and the barbarians Graham's and Richard Nixon's symbiotic Tape 2 relationship foreshadowed the coming union 5. Rise of Christianity of religion and politics. 6. Imperial church and Christian dogma We Are Family: 1974-1980. Jimmy 7. Friends of God: Ascetics and monks Carter's election heralded a new era of 8. Fall of the western empire evangelical engagement in every area of Tape 3 modern life. 9. Age of Justinian Prophets and Advisors: 1979-1984. 10. Reconquest of the west New Christian political organizations 11. Search for religious unity experienced a heady overnight success, 12. Birth of Christian aesthetics and registering millions of evangelical voters and letters sweeping Reagan into office. 3 Videocassettes And Who Shall Lead Them?: 1985- Guide 1988. Anti-abortion activists cheered C. DF552 .W67 2001 pt.1 Everett Koop's appointment as Surgeon General. Pat Robertson mobilized an A World of Food : Tastes & Taboos in "invisible army" in his bid for the presidency. Different Cultures. God's Armies: 1989-1994. The University of California Extension Center Christian Coalition became one of the most for Media and Independent Learning, politically adept membership organizations. (2000) Explores the struggle for the future of the Examines some of the attitudes that religious right and of America. make food a fascinating focus of powerful 6 Video Cassettes (1 hr. each) cultural and individual differences. In this BR 526 W57 pt. 1-6 film food choices are divided into 7 primary categories and a variety of individuals from The World of Byzantium. various cultures and ethnic and religious The Teaching Company (2001) affiliations are interviewed concerning what Explains the historic role and they are willing to eat and why. achievements of the Byzantine world. See 1 Video Cassette (36 min.) online catalog for detailed table of contents. GT2860 .W67 2000 12 Cassettes 2 Guides DF552 .H37 2001

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The World of Islam. The World of Islam. (con’t) National Public Radio (1984) 7 Cassettes (1 hr. ea., #13 30 min.) Pt. 1. Islam-A Complete Way of BP 50 W67 pt. 1-7 Life. Debuts with a look at the basic elements of Islam, the world's fastest Yo Soy Hechicero: I Am a Sorcerer. growing religion. Ron Stanford & Ivan Drufovka (1996) The Five Pillars of Islam. Muslim Juan Eduardo Nunez, a Cuban students, housewives, and businessmen refugee, leads a religious congregation at offer personal accounts of the meaning of his home. Eduardo recounts how he was Islam in their daily lives. captured as a slave in 1490. A gunshot Pt. 2. Muhammad and His Heirs. victim seeks treatment, a woman seeks Looks at the life and character of romantic advice, a wife tells that her Muhammad and the origins of the factional husband is an instrument of Satan. split between Sunni and Shiite Muslims. Video Cassette (48 min.) The Rise and Fall of the Caliphate. BL 2525 Y62 Traces the Islamic Caliphate from Spain to China and the factors that made it at one Zen Buddhism: In Search of Self. time the greatest empire on earth. Turtle Press, c2007 Pt. 3 The Magnificent Heritage-The Following a tradition dating back over Golden Age of Islamic Civilization. Some 1,000 years, two dozen Buddhist nuns of the roots of Western culture that come gather for a ninety day period of meditation, from a previous Islamic civilization are fasting and contemplation deep in the revealed. (ca. 800 A.D.-1500 A.D.) mountains of South Korea. Decay or Rebirth? The Plight of Topics include: Enlightenment Day; Islamic Art Today. Muslim artists from Hwa Du (profound riddle); Yong Mang Jung several countries discuss pressures on them Jin (rigorous meditation without sleep); call to conform to Western styles and tastes. for hiking; call for meditation; Ool Lyuk (labor Pt. 4 Islam and the West. Leaders after meditation); Buddhist mass; New from Asian, African, and Arab countries Year's Eve; pilgrimage. comment on the tensions between 1 videodisc (ca. 62 min.) Christians and Muslims. BQ9262.9.K7 Z46 2007 Resurgent Islam Today. Muslim leaders and activists talk about Islam's political and cultural revival and the implication for the West. Pt 5. Voices of the Resurgence. Members of Muslim revivalist groups with widely differing styles discuss their common goal, an Islamic society relevant to the 21st century. Islam in America-The Immigrant Experience. Muslim immigrants to the U.S. share their experiences of making new lives in this country. Pt. 6 Black Islam. Looks at the ideology of Black Muslims and the subsequent schism in the Nation of Islam since the 1970s. Women and Family in Muslim Societies. A cross-section of women from Africa to Southeast Asia discuss the place of women in Islamic societies. Pt. 7 Whither Islam-The Future of Islam. Asks whether the current resurgence is a temporary phenomenon or a lasting trend in the Islamic world.

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