EDUCATIONAL DOCUMENTARIES

Ancient Faith, Modern World, 1997, part of series “Religion and Culture,” 29 min.

Backbone of the World (Native Americans), 1998, 60 min.

The Calling, 2010, 240 min.

Destination: Tourism, 2007, 20 min.

The Great Ceremony to Straighten the World, 1994, 55 min.

Introduction to Critical Thinking, 2008, 25 min.

Introduction to the Study of Religion, 2007, 30 min. each.

Jesus Camp, 2006, 84 min.

The Long Search, 2001, five DVDs, 156 min. each.

Meet the Mormons, 2014, 78 min.

No God but God, 2005, 60 min.

Primal Religions, 1999, 60 min. each.

Psychology of Religion, 2007, 30 min.

Religious Diversity in America, 2002, 24 min.

Searching for Peace: A Youth Look at Religion, 2009, 20 min.

Skeptics and Believers: Religious Debate in the Western Intellectual Tradition, 2010, 30 min. each.

The Unbelievers, 2013, 77 min.

World Religions, 2004.

PODCASTS and RADIO

The Church and Religious Pluralism
Podcast with Dr. Michael Goheen

Faith Matters
Bi-weekly radio with Seth Schapiro (listen online)

Interfaith Voices
Independent, public interfaith radio show

On Being
Radio conversations and podcasts about the spiritual and intellectual content of faith

The Symbolic World
Podcast with Jonathan Pageau; examines symbolism from sacred stories to contemporary culture

TELEVISION

Religion and Ethics Newsweekly

Weekly 30 mins. PBS production

POPULAR FILMS and DOCUMENTARIES

An American Mosque, 2012 (globalization, diversity)

Arranged, 2007 (globalization, religious customs, unity in difference)

At Play in the Fields of the Lord, 1993 (modernity/primal religion)

Black Robe, 1991 (clash of cultures, European missionary, primal mores)

Dances with Wolves, 1990 (Native American myth and ritual)

The Emerald Forest, 1985 (colonialism, modernity/primal religion)

The Mosque in Morgantown, 2009 (gender equality and cultural religious tradition)

Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football, 2011 (documents an Arab-American high school football team during Ramadan)

LITERATURE

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, 2007

At Play in the Fields of the Lord by Peter Matthiessen, 1991

In the Beauty of the Lilies by John Updike, 1996

The Infinite Plan by Isabel Allende, 1994

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, 2003

Return to Nisa by Marjorie Shostak, 2002

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