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"The authors represented in these pages have shaped the way we perceive our world and have simultaneoulsy challenged the boundaries of faith in our own era and in centuries past. In this truly international collection, these thinkers explore issues central to Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and atheism, and look at a broad spectrum of different approaches to faith itself. With care and conviction they examine the nature and very existence...
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The enticement of religion is an informative introduction to the basic facts of religion and to the ways scholars and other people have dealt with religion over the centuries. Bolle's central purpose is to provide a serious, in-depth study that will introduce students and other general readers in a way that makes sense of religion and religious events in the world. Part one of the book focuses on the facts of religion and covers such topics as the...
11) Creation
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In this episode of The Story of God, Morgan Freeman traverses the globe to ask: Where did we come from, and what happened "in the beginning?" Humanity's first question remains one of its most intensely debated. For many believers, it is impossible to understand who and what we are without first understanding how we got here ... and who (or what) is behind it. Were we created in the image of God, or are we the result of a 13.8 million year old singularity?...
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With contributions from leading experts on the study of religion, this film gives students a new take on secularisation theory. While secularisation theory assumes that in pre-modernity religion was everywhere whereas in modernity it's almost nowhere, more recent research suggests that rather than disappearing, religion is undergoing a process of diversification, with the emergence of new and different forms of spirituality. The film introduces students...
15) Apocalypse
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Violent cataclysms and fiery judgement fixate the popular imagination and fill numerous holy books. Morgan Freeman looks into this supposed future as well as past millennia of strife to determine how the world will end. His journey takes him to the desert that three faiths call home to pour over the Dead Sea Scrolls and learn about the origins of the Jewish messiah. In Rome he decodes the enigmatic Mark of the Beast- 666 - and sits down with a reformed...
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In this video, Morgan Freeman explores the existence of evil. In a maximum-security prison, he comes face-to-face with a serial killer and looks for the physical root of evil in his brain. In an ancient tomb, Egyptologist Salima Ikram shows him a depiction of the weighing of the heart and the belief that what you do in this life matters in the next. In India, Freeman discovers that Hindus believe evil stems from the tormented souls of one's ancestors....
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In this comprehensive look at the falsities of the world's religions, various theologians present the mind-blowing discrepancies upheld by organized religions. The authors also delve into the strange idiosyncrasies and often bizarre practices, while maintaining an accurate and impartial account.
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What are miracles, and what might they mean? In the final episode of the series, Morgan Freeman goes to Manhattan to meet a man who fell 47 stories and lived, and to Jerusalem, where he learns at Passover that miracles are the foundation of the Jewish faith. In Rome, he discovers how the Vatican makes saints through their miracles and how ancient Romans believed the gods controlled every aspect of their lives. He explores the Chinese tradition of...
20) Who is God
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Is there some sense of God that all religions share? How has the identity of God changed over the millennia? In an epic quest to understand humanity's millions of gods, Morgan Freeman embarks on a deeply personal investigation that will take him around the world. He'll go from a modern American megachurch bursting with tens of thousands of people to Hindu temples bursting with millions of gods. He travels from the Navajo Nation in New Mexico where...
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