The Religion and Spirituality Collection

The Religion and Spirtuality Collection explores the many different ways that people around the world practice and express their spirituality. The collection includes the IN THE LIGHT OF REVERENCE series, about Native Americans struggling to protect their sacred places and WITH GOD ON OUR SIDE, the six-part history of evangelical Christianity in the United States. Other aspects of Christianity are explored in LEFT BEHIND IN LOUISIANA (evangelcialism on the Gulf Coast), SONS OF PERDITION (teenages escaping the secretive FLDS group. and THE VIRGIN, THE COPTS AND ME, about Egypt's Copt community. Several classic titles from Kartemquin Films explores grassroots Catholicism in Chicago in the 1960s. The collection has  especially rich content about Islam, including the ISLAM UNKNOWN series, films about Islam and women (including A VEILED REVOLUTION, CRIMES OF HONOR and DISHONORED), and the fascinating story of Leopold Weiss's conversion to Islam. ANGRY MONK tells the story of Tibetan monk Gendun Choephel; IN THE NAME OF GOD looks the Hindu fundamentalism; THE DHAMMA BROTHERS tells the story of the influence of an ancient meditation program on a maximum security prison.

This remarkable collection is a must have for any program teaching about religion and spirituality around the world today.

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A Road to Mecca

The story of Leopold Weiss, a Viennese Jew who converted to Islam in the 1920's and became the Muslim scholar Muhammad Asad.

Icarus Films ♦ 2009 ♦ 92 minutes ♦ 10-12, college, adult

A Veiled Revolution

Considers the possible reasons for modern Egyptian women's turn back to tradition.

Icarus Films ♦ 1982 ♦ 26 minutes ♦ 9-12, College, Adult

All Restrictions End

Reflections on Islam and clothing, Iranian cinema, Persian painting and more characterize this thought-provoking artistic documentary.

Icarus Films ♦ 2010 ♦ 35 minutes ♦ 8-12, college, adult

Angry Monk

Gendun Choephel, a legendary figure in Tibet, turned from the monastic life he was born to (as the reincarnation of a Buddhist lama), to become a fierce critic of his country's religious conservatism and isolationism.

Icarus Films ♦ 2006 ♦ 97 minutes ♦ 10-12, College, Adult

Community of Praise

Examines faith working in the lives of a fundamentalist family.

Icarus Films ♦ 1982 ♦ 60 minutes ♦ 10-12, College, Adult

Crimes of Honour

Filmed in Jordan and on the West Bank, investigates the terrible reality of femicide - the killing of sisters or daughters suspected of losing their virginity, for having refused an arranged marriage or having left a husband.

Icarus Films ♦ 1999 ♦ 44 minutes ♦ 10-12, College, Adult

Fire and Ice

From the Gamo Highlands of Ethiopia to the Andes of Peru, indigenous highland communities battle threats to their forests, farms, and faith.

Bullfrog Films ♦ 2014 ♦ 57 minutes ♦ 9-12, College, Adults

Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to Hate (Part 1)

Acclaimed filmmaker Helen Whitney addresses the act of forgiveness, which is a theological principle central to all major religions (part I of two parts).

Bullfrog Films ♦ 2011 ♦ 168 minutes ♦ 10 - 12, College, Adults

Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to Hate (Part 2)

Acclaimed filmmaker Helen Whitney addresses the act of forgiveness, which is a theological principle central to all major religions (part II of two parts).

Bullfrog Films ♦ 2011 ♦ 168 minutes ♦ 10 - 12, College, Adults

In the Light of Reverence

Bullfrog Films ♦ 2001 ♦ 73 minutes ♦ Grades 9-12, College, Adult

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