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Publisher
GT Media
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Follows Elizabeth Grace Leroi, who was born at the turn of century, through a lifetime of tribulations, including a husband with early Alzheimer's, a son with a criminal record, a daughter with severe asthma, and other troubles, after she commits her life to Jesus and promises to do God's will in all things.
Series
Publisher
FMG Home Video/Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
Can true spirituality survive in the face of oppression and religious fundamentalism? Canadian author Margaret Atwood speaks to Bill Moyers about agnosticism, the hunger for meaning, and the distinction between belief and knowledge. In the Martin Amis novel London Fields, a cynical and disjointed society hurtles toward doomsday; in his follow-up book, Time's Arrow, the narrative follows the reverse course from the Holocaust to purity and innocence....
3) Pema Chödrön
Series
Publisher
FMG Home Video/Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
Bill Moyers explores the mysterious region between rationality and belief. In this program he talks with Pema Chödrön, one of North America's most prominent practitioners of Buddhist monasticism.
4) The prisoner
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
The film is based on the real-life travails of Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty, who after suffering under Nazi persecution, was imprisoned by the new Communist regime for remaining loyal to his religious convictions.
Publisher
Covenant Communications
Pub. Date
p2004.
Language
English
Description
The Book of Mormon comes to life through the imagination of a child. Max, a fun-loving, seven-year-old and Birdie, his fine, feathered friend love nothing more than making people laugh. Together this duo explores stories of faith from the Book of Mormon and teaches how we too can have faith.
6) Fireproof
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
On the verge of divorce, a fireman takes his born-again father's suggestion and attempts a forty-day "love dare" to save his marriage.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
With one voice illuminates the unity of humanity through the single message and mystical tradition that binds all faiths together. The film features mystics from many great traditions around the world who discuss spiritual awakening, world peace and love.
Pub. Date
uuuu
Language
English
Description
A funny and touching story of Elder Rogers, a Mormon missionary struggling with his faith after a series of blows to his personal life. When he is called to train Elder Calhoun, an overzealous new missionary, Rogers must reconcile his beliefs and sense of purpose.
11) Saint Maud
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Maud, a newly devout hospice nurse, becomes obsessed with saving her dying patient's soul, but sinister forces, and her own sinful past, threaten to put an end to her holy calling.
Series
Publisher
FMG Home Video/Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
Richard Rodriguez has expressed provocative views on diversity and its relationship to identity. Bill Moyers speaks with Rodriguez about spirituality, mortality, and growing up in a Catholic family and community that were often at odds with Protestant-dominated America. An atmospheric physicist and a leading expert on global warming, Sir John Houghton speaks as a scientist and evangelical Christian. He explains his belief that science and religion...
Publisher
Mo Mo Bay
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
A small-town war hero is heartbroken when his own son Tom loses his life defending America. Tom left behind a son of his own named Christian, and 14 years later, the young boy and his mother move back to the small town to be with their family for the holidays. When powerful Washington interests seek to stamp out religious expression, Christian inspires his grandfather to take a stand for the ideals Tom died defending.
14) Kumare
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A provocative social experiment-turned-documentary, Kumare follows American filmmaker Vikram Gandhi as he transforms himself into a wise Indian guru, hoping to prove the absurdity of blind faith. Instead, he finds himself forging profound connections with people from all walks of life -- and wondering if and when to reveal his true self. Will his followers accept his final teaching? Can this illusion reveal a greater spiritual truth? Winner of South...
Publisher
Excel Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Missionary John H. Groberg returns to Tonga in the '60s with his wife and their five young daughters. The Grobergs face their ultimate test of faith but are surrounded by the love and prayers of thousands of Tongans. Barriers of inter-religious strife are soon broken down as all unite in hopes of a miracle.
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
Bess, a pious, young Scottish woman, prays to God to send her husband, Jan, home from his job on an offshore oil rig. When an accident sends him home paralyzed, she's filled with guilt and submits to his wish that she take on other lovers, convinced that this will aid in his recovery.
Publisher
Candlelight Media Group
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
Two best friends reconnect after years apart, only to discover each faces a devastating series of hardships. They reminisce about their favorite summer, when as girls they joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Looking to their past to face the present, the two friends must find the strength to overcome the challenges in their lives with the faith that inspired them as children.
18) The visitation
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Miracles are happening in the sleepy town of Antioch, and everyone is talking about the mysterious drifter with incredible powers. Who is this mysterious stranger-- the true messiah, a false prophet, or something far more sinister?
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Disguised as everyday citizens and blessed with spiritual powers, Jonathan Smith and his trusted sidekick Mark Gordon travel from small towns to bustling cities touching troubled lives from all corners of America. From mending the emotional wounds of a Vietnam nurse to helping a minister who is facing a crisis of conscience, this farewell season celebrates faith and family.
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