Season 1 · Episode 1
Why is defining what is a religion and what is not, so difficult?
Learn why “world religions” is a category constructed by human choice.
What is a cult? How are cults different from religions?
Is there really a difference between magic and religion?
What does it mean to be Hindu?
Let's explore the ways Buddhists try to leave that suffering behind and reach enlightenment.
What does it mean for a river to be a person? An ancestor, even?
What does it mean to be Jewish?
Christianity isn’t just about Jesus.
In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we dig into the beliefs, pillars, and spread of Islam.
African religions include Islam and Christianity, but also hundreds of diverse and complex indigenou
In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we’ll learn about Confucianism and Daoism!
We break down the different flavors of atheism and non-belief and ask if atheism is a religion?
Sacred texts mean vary amongst religions—sometimes they’re essential to belief and other times not.
Rituals can mark time and space, create new identities, and connect people to something bigger.
Religious leaders play a big role in shaping religions today. But who speaks for a religion?
Everybody dies—and then what?
What does it mean to be "spiritual but not religious"?
Do religion and science always have to be in conflict?
What do sex, gender, and sexuality have to do with religion?
In this episode, we'll unpack racism’s roots in religious colonialism, and what that means for us.
How will the world end? In this episode, we explore end-of-the-world predictions.
We might agree religious freedom is a good thing—but can we agree on what it really means?
We’ll explore how religion shapes pop culture, and pop culture shapes religion right back.
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2024
For the first time, in breathtaking and high-definition cinematography, the truth, goodness, and beauty of Catholicism are illustrated in a multimedia experience. Journey with Fr. Robert Barron to more than 50 locations throughout 16 countries. Be illuminated by the spiritual and artistic treasures of this global culture that claims more than one billion of the earth's people. Learn what Catholics believe and why. Discover the full meaning of the faith.
2012
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief – known in the United States as A Brief History of Disbelief – is a 2004 television documentary series written and presented by Jonathan Miller for the BBC and tracing the history of atheism.
2004
Services from six of the UK's major faiths.
2025
Theologian Hans Küng explains and explores religions around the world, where they originated, and what defines them.
1999
2009
The Bible is both a religious and historical work, but how much is myth and how much is history?
2005
God in America explores the tumultuous 400-year history of the intersection of religion and public life in America, from the first European settlements to the 2008 presidential election. This series examines how religious dissidents helped shape the American concept of religious liberty and the controversial evolution of that ideal in the nation's courts and political arena; how religious freedom and waves of new immigrants and religious revivals fueled competition in the religious marketplace; how movements for social reform -- from abolition to civil rights -- galvanized men and women to put their faith into political action; and how religious faith influenced conflicts from the American Revolution to the Cold War.
2010
The story of Jesus from the locations recorded in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Dave travels to over 50 sites in Israel to deliver the Gospels in a fresh way, show the evidence for the truth of scripture, and encourage families to get excited about reading the Bible again.
2015
Dave Stotts explores the amazing lives of the very first Christians. Beginning in Jerusalem and using the Book of Acts as a roadmap, Dave travels the Mediterranean region to share the people, places, and events that launched the Christian faith.
2018
Join Dave Stotts on an adventure through early American history as he tells the stories of the people, places, and events that shaped the founding of the United States of America. Dave travels to five countries in Europe and most of the original 13 colonies, tell stories of faith and freedom, inspiring families with a renewed appreciation for the heritage of our country.
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Join Dave Stotts on an adventure through world history as he tells the stories of the people, places, and events that shaped the ancient world, and how those ancient civilizations and the Christian faith shaped Western Civilization and the world we live in today.
Jonathan Phillips attempts to find the answer to the question: How did Christianity grow and develop from just a small, Jewish sect to the largest, and majority, dominant religion of the West?
A four-part history of the Inquisition, a 500-year campaign against heretics by the Roman Catholic Church initiated by Pope Gregory IX. The series benefits from the 1998 release of secret Vatican files.
2006
It is said to be one of the oldest books in the world. Has it been altered? If yes why? A remarkable journey back in time to see what the Old Testament and the New Testament is hiding from us.
2013