`R 204:Western Religions, Fall 1998`

WESTERN RELIGIONS VIDEOS AVAILABLE IN MEDIA LAB FOR PROFESSOR DALE CANNON

(For meaning of letters, see code at end.)

ON WESTERN RELIGIONS

"Abraham and His Children: An Interfaith Dialogue" (30 min) (Humanities) (RI) (dialogue between Jewish, Christian, & Muslim scholars)
"Christians, Jews and Moslems in Medieval Spain" (33 min) (RI, MQ?, RA?, SR?) (history of Spain from 711 to 1492; considering the roles, contributions, and interactions of the three traditions to Spanish and indirectly European culture).
"The Disputation: A Theological Debate Between Christians and Jews" (65 min) (RI) (reenactment of the Barcelona Disputation of 1263)
"Jerusalem: Within These Walls" (1 hr) (private copy) (SR) (overview of Judaism, Christianity, & Islam within Jerusalem)
"War and Peace" from Religions of the Book series (29 min) (RA) (Examines the issue of war and peace within Judaism, Christianity, and Islam)
"Women Serving Religion" from Religions of the Book series (29 min) (RA? and others?) (Examines the changing role of women within Judaism, Christianity, and Islam)

ON JUDAISM

"Christians, Jews and Moslems in Medieval Spain" (33 min) (RI, MQ?, RA?, SR?) (history of Spain from 711 to 1492; considering the roles, contributions, and interactions of the three traditions to Spanish and indirectly European culture).
"The Disputation: A Theological Debate Between Christians and Jews" (65 min) (RI) (reenactment of the Barcelona Disputation of 1263)
"The Glory and the Power: Fundamentalisms Observed II: The Land" (60 min) (SR, RA, RI) (private copy) (documentary of Jewish fundamentalism in Israel)
"Hanukah: Let There Be Lights" (30 min) (private copy) (SR, RA) (overview of festival of Hanukah)
"The Hasidim:" (29 min) (Humanities) (SR, RA, D, MQ, SM?) (documentary on Lubavitch-Chabad Hasidism)
"Judaism: The Chosen People" The Long Search Series #7 (Humanities) (50 min) (SR, RA, RI) (overview of Judaism)
"Jewish Customs" (30 min) (EMC) (SR, RA) (detailed look at several Jewish religious practices)
"Passover" (30 min) (Humanities) (SR) (history, practice, and significance of Passover celebration)
"The Talmud and the Scholar" (Humanities) (90 min) (RI) (an account of traditional Torah study and an interview with Talmud scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz)

ON CHRISTIANITY

"Born Again" (90 min) (private copy) (D) (profiles of members of a Baptist Church in Massachusetts)
"Catholicism: Rome, Leeds, and the Desert" The Long Search Series #4 (Humanities) (52 min) (SR, RA, MQ, D) (overview of Roman Catholicism circa 1970)
"Christian Mysticism and the Monastic Life" Evolutionary Course to Higher Consciousness III (EMC) (20 min) (MQ) (generalized overview of Christian mysticism within monastic life)
"Christians, Jews and Moslems in Medieval Spain" (33 min) (RI, MQ?, RA?, SR?) (history of Spain from 711 to 1492; considering the roles, contributions, and interactions of the three traditions to Spanish and indirectly European culture).
"Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham" (90 min) (private copy) (D) (documentary on the life and evangelistic career of Billy Graham)
"The Disputation: A Theological Debate Between Christians and Jews" (65 min) (RI) (reenactment of the Barcelona Disputation of 1263)
"The Doors of Perception" (60 min) (private copy) (MQ) (Smithsonian World documentary on altered states of consciousness; coverage of contemplative meditation of Carmelite Nuns)
"The Glory and the Power: Fundamentalisms Observed I: Fighting Back" (RA, D) (60 min) (private copy) (documentary of fundamentalist Christianity mainly in the southern United States)
"The Great and Holy Week" (60 min) (Humanities) (SR) (documentary on Eastern Orthodox sacramental rituals of holy week)
"Hildegard of Bingen" (52 min) (MQ) (the life of Hildegard, a 12th century mystic, historically reenacted)
"The Hutterites: To Care and Not to Care" (Humanities) (60 min) (RA, D) (documentary on the radical reformation, separatist community known as the Hutterites)
"I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXII" (90 min) (private copy) (historical drama on the papacy of John XXII)
"Merton: A Film Biography of Thomas Merton" (?90 min) (private copy) (MQ) (documentary on the life of Trappist Monk Thomas Merton)
"Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory" #1:"America's Folk Religion" (Humanities) (55 min) (D) (documentary on Evangelical Protestantism) "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory" #2: "The Making of a Sub-Culture" (Humanities) (55 min) (D) (documentary on Evangelical Protestantism)
"Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory" #3: "Coming of Age" (Humanities) (55 min) (D) (documentary on Evangelical Protestantism)
"Miracles Are Not Enough" Americas series, part 6 (EMC) (60 min) (RA) (Focus on Brazil and Nicaragua and the emergence of liberation theology there)
"Mother Teresa" (90 min) (private copy) (RA) (life, teachings and work of Mother Teresa of Calcutta)
"Mormons: Missionaries to the World" (60 min) (private copy) (RA) (documentary on Mormon Missionaries)
"Orthodox Christianity: Rumanian Solution" The Long Search Series #6 (Humanities) (52 min) (SR, MQ, RA) (overview of Christianity in Rumania circa 1970)
"Protestant Spirit USA" The Long Search Series #1 (Humanities) (52 min) (D, RA, SM?) (overview of Protestantism in Indianapolis, IN, circa 1970)
"Thy Kingdom Come" (120 min) (private copy) (RA, D) (documentary on the Christian Right movement)
"Seeking God: The Way of a Monk" (58 min) (MQ) (overview of the life of a contemporary community of Benedictine Monks in New Mexico)
"The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God" (60 min) (private copy) (RA, D) (documentary on the Shakers)
"States of Mind: The Hurting Church" (60 min) (private copy) (D, SM) (documentary of a small pentecostal church in the mountains of West Virginia; makes clear how their faith sustains them in the face of pain and poverty)
"A Thousand Years Seem Like Just One Day: Monks from Mount Athos, the Holy Mountain" (60 min) (Humanities) (MQ, SR) (documentary on Eastern Orthodox Monasticism)
"Zulu Zion" The Long Search Series #10 (Humanities) (52 min) (D, SM, SR) (overview of varieties of African Christianity, circa 1970)

ON ISLAM

"Christians, Jews and Moslems in Medieval Spain" (33 min) (RI, MQ?, RA?, SR?) (history of Spain from 711 to 1492; considering the roles, contributions, and interactions of the three traditions to Spanish and indirectly European culture).
"The Doors of Perception" (60 min) (private copy) (MQ) (Smithsonian World documentary on altered state of consciousness; short segment on Sufi meditation)
"The Glory and the Power: Fundamentalisms Observed III: Remaking the World" (RA) (60 min) (private copy) (documentary of Islamic fundamentalism in Egypt)
"I Am a Sufi, I Am a Muslim" (52 min) (MQ) (overview of varieties of Sufism, mainly on the Indian subcontinent, including the vital role of music)
"Islam" (60 min) (private copy) (RA, SR, MQ, RI) (Smithsonian World; good sequences on Hajj, Sufis, and Law)
"Islam: There Is No God But God" The Long Search Series #5 (Humanities) (50 min) (RA, SR, MQ, D?) (overview of Islam in Egypt)
"The Islamic Republic of Mauritania" (EMC) (20 min) (RA, SR) (coverage of life, economy, and religion of Mauritania)
"The Story of Islam" (120 min) (EMC) (RA, SR, MQ, RI) (a detailed panorama of the history of Islam)
"The Sufi Way;" on videotape with "Requiem for a Faith" (EMC) (30 min) (MQ) (generalized overview of Islamic mysticism)
"Shiites, Followers of Ali" (27 min) (Humanities) (SR, RA, D?) (documentary on Shi'ite Islam)
"Sunnis and the Prohibited Mecca" (Humanities) (27 min) (SR, RA) (documentary on Sunni pilgrimage to Mecca)
"Sword of Islam" (90 min) (private copy) (RA) (documentary on the recent rise of Islamic fundamentalism and jihad)

CODE: way of being religious illustrated in this video

SR: Way of Sacred Rite
RA: Way of Right Action
D: Way of Devotion (Bhakti)
SM: Way of Shamanic Mediation
MQ: Way of Mystical Quest
RI: Way of Reasoned Inquiry

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