1. Christianity: The First 1000 Years
The incredible story of the people who, despite persecution, grew Christianity from an obscure movement to one of the world's largest religions.
2. Christianity: The Second Millennium
The story of Christianity's second thousand years of existence, including its strength in the 1500s and the overwhelming challenges it has faced since then.
3. Religion of the World
(Religion of the World)
4. Spurensuche – Die Weltreligionen auf dem Weg (Spurensuche – Die Weltreligionen auf dem Weg)
Theologian Hans Küng explains and explores religions around the world, where they originated, and what defines them.
5. Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries
Janina Ramirez discovers how monasteries shaped all aspects of medieval Britain and created a dazzling array of art, architecture and literature, a story of faith, sacrifice, violence and corruption.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
6. Who Was Jesus?
(Who Was Jesus?)
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
7. Secret Files of the Inquisition
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.
It has an average vote of 2 on TMDB.
8. Extraordinary Rituals
Explores the spectacular and emotional world of rituals.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
9. Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief
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.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
10. Religious biographies (Biographies religieuses)
A series of about twenty movies about religious matters. They all last 52 minutes. By Armand Isnard.
11. Bible's Buried Secrets
Dr Francesca Stavrakopoulou examines how archaeological discoveries are changing the way people interpret stories from the Bible.
It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.
12. Raël: The Alien Prophet (Raël : Le prophète des extraterrestres)
Featuring interviews with his followers, critics and Raël himself, this docuseries traces how a UFO-inspired religion spiraled into a controversial cult.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
13. Inside Scientology
Scientology is the only major religion to emerge in the 20th century. This series takes an unprecedented look behind the scenes into the many fascinating operations of the global Scientology movement. From its stunning 21st-century cathedral in Florida, state-of-the-art publishing houses, one-of-a-kind film and media facilities, see what happens on a typical day at a Church of Scientology, to a race against time to find the technology that will preserve Scientology’s scripture for thousands of years.
14. Animated World Faiths
Animated World Faiths tells the stories of the world's major faiths and their founders. Gloriously animated in studios in India, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and the UK, these programmes have been produced by a team of the worlds best childrens television producers.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
15. Heaven on Earth
Explores how six major world religions have expressed the spiritual yearnings of the faithful in art and architecture through the ages.
16. In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal (나는 신이다: 신이 배신한 사람들)
This docuseries examining the chilling true stories of four Korean leaders claiming to be prophets exposes the dark side of unquestioning belief.
It has an average vote of 7.826 on TMDB.
17. The Western Tradition
Covering the ancient world through the age of technology, this illustrated lecture by Eugen Weber presents a tapestry of political and social events woven with many strands — religion, industry, agriculture, demography, government, economics, and art. A visual feast of over 2,700 images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art portrays key events that shaped the development of Western thought, culture, and tradition.
18. The Monastery
Five men searching for meaning in their lives accept a challenge from the Benedictine monks of Worth Abbey to live according to the monks' rules for 40 days and nights.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
19. God in America
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.</p><p>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.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
20. New Testament History and Literature with Dale B. Martin
Yale Courses - This course approaches the New Testament not as scripture, or a piece of authoritative holy writing, but as a collection of historical documents. Therefore, students are urged to leave behind their pre-conceived notions of the New Testament and read it as if they had never heard of it before. This involves understanding the historical context of the New Testament and imagining how it might appear to an ancient person.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
