Research Guides: Philosophy of Religion: Videos

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The Birth of World Religions: Civilizations and Ideas
On the origins, sacred texts and beliefs of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Christopher Hitchens' "God Is Not Great"
Ethics: What Is Right?
Moral philosophy lies at the heart of today’s most heated issues—abortion, human cloning, assisted suicide, financial conflicts of interest, and environmental stewardship. This program describes the three major categories of ethics: metaethics; applied ethics; and normative ethics.
Evil and Suffering: A Religious Perspective
God on Trial
This program traces the roots of modern religious skepticism back over 400 years to examine both the unraveling and the endurance of Christian belief.
Nietzsche : Genius of the Modern World / DCD Media (Firm).
No Rest for the Wicked: Protestantism and Economics
Philosophy of Religion
A Reformation of the Mind: Protestantism and Western Culture / RDF MediaGroup
This program shows how a religious upheaval that began a half-millennium ago led to the art, literature, and science of today’s Western society.
Religion and Culture
This two-part series addresses major challenges facing religion today in the areas of science, medicine, and society. Panels of experts debate all sides of each issue and present a balanced reference point for follow-up discussions.
Science Refutes God: A Debate

The Birth of the Modern Mind: An Intellectual History by Alan Charles Kors
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Focuses on the revolution of the intellect that seized Europe between 1600 and 1800. What we now know as the Enlightenment challenged previously accepted ways of understanding reality, bringing about modern science, representative democracy, and a wave of wars, sparking what Professor Kors calls, "perhaps the most profound transformation of European, if not human, life."
The Catholic Church: A History by William R. Cook
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Explores the vast and fascinating history of one of the most influential spiritual institutions in the world. Follow the development of this powerful religious force throughout the centuries and witness its ability to move armies, inspire saints, and shape the lives and spirits of its more than 1 billion members.
Examined Life
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Filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today's most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas. Reveals philosophy's power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place in it.
The Foundations of Western Civilization by Thomas F. X. Noble
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Forty-eight lectures explore the essential contours of the human experience in what has come to be called "Western civilization," from its humble beginnings in the ancient Near East to the dawn of the modern world, ranging from about 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600.
History of the Ancient World : A Global Perspective by Gregory S. Aldrete
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The 48 lectures in this video series take viewers on a multidisciplinary journey that ranges across the traditional domains of politics and war (normally the province of history courses), as well as those of religion, philosophy, architecture and the visual arts, literature, and science and technology.
Jesus Camp by Rachel Grady (Director); Heidi Ewing (Director)
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This 2006 American documentary film provides a first-ever look into an intense training ground that recruits born-again Christian children to become an active part of America's political future. Follow these children at summer camp in Devil's Lake, North Dakota as they hone their 'prophetic gifts'.