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World Religions Contents
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World Religions................................... 3/4 Philosophy and Religion................ 4/5
Animated World Faiths
Philosophical Problems.......................5 SPECIAL OFFER: The Examined Life..................................6 Attitudes and Lifestyles.......................7 Medical Ethics...........................................7
The Kendal Project This bestselling video resource introduces students to the Kendal Project, which surveyed regular church attendance, and non-organised spirituality, in the Cumbrian town of Kendal. Students will hear from academics, a member of the clergy, and a practising witch, who all offer valuable perspectives on the changing face of religion in the UK. The comprehensive teachers' notes include an active viewing guide, and a copy of the questionnaire used in the survey.
This best selling series encourages children to explore religions other than their own, through a variety of animation techniques. Each film focuses on a particular religion, the origins of which are explained through a simple and appealing story. The series includes films on Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Confucianism, Christianity, and Judaism.
1992 • 10 x 15 mins • KS 3 DVD £49 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • PAR92001
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The Sacraments This video resource defines the term ‘sacrament’ exploring baptism, confirmation, The Eucharist, marriage, ordination, reconciliation, anointing, and funerals from the perspective of several Christian denominations. 2012 • 23 mins • KS 4 – 5 • Additional resources DVD £49 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • VEA12016
2011 • 22 mins • KS 3 – 4 • Additional resources Subtitles • DVD £49 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • CUK11008
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No God but God What does God want? How should we live? And what happens if we can’t agree? Professor Robert Winston explores these questions as he discovers the ideas shared across Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and the issues that divide these religions. 2006 • 60 mins • KS 4 – 5 DVD £59 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • BBC96
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The God of the Gaps
The Story of God In this engaging three-part series, Professor Robert Winston examines the human relationship with God: journeying across continents, cultures, and eras to explore religious belief from its prehistoric origins, to faith in the modern world. Distributed under licence from Educational Publishers LLP.
In this episode, Professor Robert Winston considers how, as science expanded, God retreated, becoming the ‘God of the Gaps’, occupying those parts of the universe that were unexplored and unexplained, that science hadn't covered. 2006 • 60 mins • KS 4 – 5 DVD £59 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • BBC97
Life, The Universe, and Everything This episode looks at the divergence between polytheistic and monotheistic religions. Students will learn about Zoroastrianism, perhaps the first monotheistic religion, and the Hindu concept of Brahman: the Supreme Being in many forms. 2006 • 60 mins • KS 4 – 5 DVD £59 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • BBC29
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Great Religions of the World This comprehensive video resource provides an introduction to Animism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. 2001 • 16 mins • KS 3 – 5 • Additional resources DVD £49 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • GREAT43
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Essentials of Faith: Christianity
Essentials of Faith: Judaism
Essentials of Faith: Buddhism
Narrated by Tom Baker, this engaging video resource introduces students to the core values, and different traditions, of the Christian Faith.
This video resource explores orthodox Judaism, and the religion's reformed wing, explaining how Jews share an identity forged by the horrors of the Holocaust.
This video resource reveals how Buddhism follows two main traditions, from India and Tibet, each focused on emptying the mind of extraneous influences to reach enlightenment.
2006 • 30 mins • KS 3 – 5 • Additional resources DVD £49 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • ESSEN01
2006 • 30 mins • KS 3 – 5 • Additional resources DVD £49 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • ESSEN04
2006 • 30 mins • KS 3 – 5 • Additional resources DVD £49 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • ESSEN07
Essentials of Faith: Humanism This thought-provoking resource explains that Humanism is a philosophy without a God, highlighting the Humanist opposition to religion’s influence on the state.
Essentials of Faith: Islam
Essentials of Faith: Hinduism
Help your students understand Islam, with this engaging video resource. We see how the Five Pillars of Islam bridge the differences between Shi'ia and Sunni Muslims.
This video resource shows students how Hinduism is a family of religions, made up of devotees who share the same colourful festivals, and honour the sacred cow.
2006 • 30 mins • KS 3 – 5 • Additional resources DVD £49 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • ESSEN02
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Philosophy & Religion BEST SELLING RESOURCE
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The Argument from Design In this engaging resource, philosopher, Derek Matravers, encourages students to consider whether religion and science are compatible, and whether faith can be a form of evidence.
Evil & Suffering – A Religious Perspective Designed for students who are tackling the subject of evil and suffering in relation to the existence of God, this film provides examples of what could be perceived as ‘suffering’ in the world today, and explores the meaning of ‘suffering’ from a religious point of view. Erudite comment from leading ethicists, and professional journalists, makes this resource the perfect starting point for informed and stimulating class debate.
Did Darwin Kill God? In this thought-provoking video resource, Anglican Christian, philosopher, and theologian, Conor Cunningham, explains why evolution and religion do not have to be in conflict. He uncovers traditional Christian thinking about the creation of life, reveals how early Christians did not read the creation account in Genesis literally, and discovers that Creationism is a modern invention. Distributed under licence from Educational Publishers LLP.
1997 • 30 mins • KS 5 DVD £49 • 1 yr streaming £40 3 yrs streaming £60 • ARGUM
Can We Know God Through Experience? A great starting point for stimulating class debate, this resource asks what evidence is necessary for religious belief.
2011 • 20 mins • KS 4 – 5 • Additional resources Subtitles • DVD £49 • 1 yr streaming £40 3 yrs streaming £60 • CUK1107
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2009 • 50 mins • KS 4 – 5 DVD £59 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • BBC0911
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1998 • 30 mins • KS 4 – 5 • Additional resources DVD £49 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • EXPER
Philosophy & Religion BEST SELLING SERIES
Sex, Death, and the Meaning of Life In this thought-provoking series, Professor Richard Dawkins asks what happens if we leave religion behind, and asks whether reason and science can guide our lives in religion’s place. Distributed under licence from Educational Publishers LLP.
Sin Richard Dawkins investigates what religion and science can tell us about morality, exploring whether the roots of moral behaviour stem from our evolutionary past.
Faith and Reason
2012 • 52 mins • KS 4 – 5 • DVD £59 1 yr streaming £20 • 3 yrs streaming £49 • BBC12007
In this interesting video resource, science writer Margaret Wertheim examines a growing movement of scientists, theologians, and philosophers, who are working together to find common ground in their seemingly divergent fields.
Life After Death Can science bring understanding in the face of death, help us tell right from wrong, or reveal the point of life in the first place? In this engaging video resource, Richard Dawkins builds a powerful argument for facing up to the scientific truth about life and death – however hard that might be. 2012 • 52 mins • KS 4 – 5 DVD £59 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • BBC12006
The Meaning of Life In a journey that takes him from Las Vegas casinos to Buddhist monasteries, Richard Dawkins examines how both religious, and non-religious people struggle to find meaning in their lives. 2012 • 52 mins • KS 4 – 5 DVD £59 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • BBC12008
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2012 • 60 mins • KS 4 – 5 • Additional resources DVD £49 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • FAITH
Philosophical Problems BEST SELLING RESOURCE
The Sophists This thought-provoking video resource explores the Sophist understanding of moral relativism, confronting the view that we have no right to question the moral truths of other religions.
Animal Rights This powerful video resource is a fantastic tool to stimulate class debate. Containing undercover footage of animal experiments, intensive farming, bull fighting, and circuses, the resource introduces students to the social and moral issues surrounding the treatment of animals, and why people defend them. Includes a 20 minute interview with Dr Richard Ryder on the history of animal rights, and Speciesism vs Utilitarianism.
The Kirilov Solution – Free Will and Determination This video resource critically explores the concepts of determinism and free will, and the implications of the problem of free will for moral responsibility.
2006 • 28 mins • KS 4 – 5 DVD £49 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • KRA06001
Squares – Ideas from Plato's Republic This video resource uses a contemporary story to explain Plato’s key ideas, introducing the ‘two worlds’ aspect of the theory of forms.
2008 • 40 mins • KS 4 – 5 • Additional resources DVD £49 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • VEGE01
2005 • 34 mins • KS 4 – 5 DVD £49 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • KRA05001
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The Examined Life Get all 26 titles for just £99 on a 1 year Streaming License
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What is Philosophy?
1998
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What is Human Nature?
1998
Is Mind Distinct from Body?
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HUMAN
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Is There an Enduring Self?
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Are We Social Beings?
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What is Real?
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How Do We Encounter the World?
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Do We Have Free Will?
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Is Time Real?
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Does God Exist?
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Can We Know God through Experience?
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Is Reason the Source of Knowledge?
1998
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Does Knowledge Depend on Experience?
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Does the Mind Shape the World?
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How Does Science Add to Knowledge?
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Does Science Give Us Truth?
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TRUTH
Are Interpretations True?
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Is Morality Relative?
1998
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Does the End Justify the Means?
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Can Rules Define Morality?
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Is Ethics Based on Virtue?
1998
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Moral Dilemmas: Can Ethics Help?
1998
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What Justifies the State?
1998
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What is Justice?
1998
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What is Art?
1998
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What is the Meaning of Life?
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Attitudes and Lifestyles BEST SELLING RESOURCE
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Death Rituals This video resource reveals how the death rituals of different cultures reflect their different attitudes towards death, and explores the role of burial rites in grief.
Fish out of Water
Jihad – Struggling with Islam
You might think you know where the Bible stands on homosexuality, but when was the last time you checked? This video resource encourages students to critically explore the Bible passages often used to condemn homosexuality. Through interviews with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals from a range of religions, cultures, and ages, this resource makes a polarizing subject accessible.
Until the terrorist attacks on September 11th, Hina Khan felt little connection with the Islamic faith she was born into. After this event, Khan questioned what being a Muslim meant to her, and whether she wanted to be part of the religion. This video resource sees Khan meet a variety of Muslims: from a liberal female comedian, to fundamentalists who celebrated September 11th. Contains some strong language.
1998 • 30 mins • KS 4 – 5 DVD £49 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • DRITUAL
Conversations to Remember This memorable video resource stimulates discussion about end of life issues, through moving interviews with terminally ill people, who talk freely about ‘living with dying’. 2010 • 53 mins • KS 5 • Additional resources DVD £49 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • YWING01
2004 • 52 mins • KS 4 – 5 • Additional resources DVD £49 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • JIHAD
2007 • 44 mins • KS 4 – 5 DVD £49 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • KOS07001
Medical Ethics BEST SELLING RESOURCE
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IVF This bestselling video resource looks at how different countries have navigated the new ethical territory of IVF, and investigates the different stances that various religions have towards the practice.
Euthanasia
Genetic Engineering
Do people have the right to die? Should the state condone the killing of a person? This outstanding video resource introduces students to the religious, moral, and philosophical arguments surrounding euthanasia, providing both ‘for’ and ‘against’ arguments. Students will hear from Lord Joel Joffe, who brought the Private Members Bill to legalise assisted dying to the UK Parliament, and Baroness Jane Campbell, a disabled peer violently opposed to Lord Joffe’s bill.
This video resource looks at the possible benefits of genetic engineering, such as the curing of hereditary diseases, and the potential moral pitfalls, such as the questionable morality of cloning. Students will hear both secular, and religious perspectives on the morality of intervening in nature at this most fundamental level. This resource comes with a bank of teaching notes, to help stimulate class debate on this controversial topic.
2011 • 25 mins • KS 4 – 5 • Additional resources DVD £49 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • CLASS36
2011 • 20 mins • KS 4 – 5 • Additional resources DVD £49 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • CLASS38
2011 • 20 mins • KS 4 – 5 • Additional resources DVD £49 • 1 yr streaming £20 3 yrs streaming £49 • CLASS37
Matter and Beyond: Transhumanism This video resource introduces students to the concept of Transhumanism: a discipline concerned with the social and moral implications of overcoming human limitations via bio-medical innovations 2011 • 26 mins • KS 4 – 5 • DVD £49 1 yr streaming £20 • 3 yrs streaming £49 • EDI1103
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