Pete heads home to Europe, where he discovers some surprising rituals and sects, including underground New Age temples in Italy and Shamans in Norway.

This program summarizes and distills what we have learned about the great religions in this series. Smith's lifetime of experience and study helps him to go beyond the differences between each tradition. He shows how the cultivation of virtues valued by all religions-intelligence, compassion, creativity, truth, beauty, and goodness-can lead to transcendence. In the many faces of God he has contemplated, Huston Smith sees no conflict. He believes them...

This program sheds light on the evolution and spread of Christianity across 13 centuries of architecture and art. Selected sites and masterpieces include the 8th-century monastic settlement on Inishmurray Island, off the coast of Ireland; frescoes in the catacombs of San Domitilla and Caravaggios at Santa Luigi di Franchesi, in Rome; the Hagia Sophia, once a Christian cathedral, in Istanbul; the astonishing underground churches of Lalibela, in Ethiopia;...

What happens to us after we die? Where do we go? Is there any part of us that lives on? In the premiere episode of "The Story of God," Morgan Freeman sets out to understand humanity's obsession with the afterlife. He speaks to David Bennett, a man who died and came back to talk about it; Sam Parnia, a physician who is convinced something survives our physical bodies after death; archaeologist Jodi Magness, who reveals how one man's death granted humanity...

Told by Danny Glover with music by The Sounds of Blackness. Viewers will be moved by the unforgettable story of how Moses was summoned by God to deliver his fellow Israelites from slavery. A joyous gospel score resonates with the songs of freedom, as this epic drama follows the life of Moses from his birth along the Nile through the stirring events leading up to the triumphant exodus of his people from Egypt. Illustrated by Phil Huling. Ages 6 and...

Since the dawn of recorded history, China has offered a fertile spiritual climate for a wide range of religions and belief systems, producing Confucianism and Taoism while nurturing ancestor worship, Mahayana Buddhism, and, in a smaller proportion, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. In this program, Hans Kung seeks to understand the religions of China-officially a religion-free zone during China's period of strict Communist rule-as well as the holistically...

This is the first story in the Rabbit Ears collection that is fully animated. Christopher Reeve and Amy Grant relate this wondrous fable of an escaped lion and a new-born lamb who teach a brother and a sister about the true spirit of Christmas. Based on European legends, this animated tale is directed by Bill Kroyer (FernGully: The Last Rainforest) with a score by composer-pianist Lyle Mays. "The Lion and the Lamb" is a heartfelt holiday story for...

From music charts to executive boards, feminism is certainly in fashion. Yet some argue that once radical feminist ideas for the future have been harnessed for commercial gain. Are Beyonce and Simone de Beauvoir feminists really on the same side? How much do the second, third and fourth wave feminists share? Do successful women who make it to the top like Margaret Thatcher or Sheryl Sandberg risk reinforcing a man's world while doing little about...

The documentary series about the growth of Christianity from a small sect to the world's largest religion begins in Bethlehem and travels throughout the Holy Land while chronicling the life of Jesus.

Epics embody the goals and ethics of a culture and Big History provides insight into the human connection with Earth. Tom Collins of the Religion and Philosophy Department at Lawrenceville School and teacher Bindu Mohanty describe how learning The Universe Story allows high school and college students to experience an expanded sense of self and become mindful of working toward a sustainable future.