Aired 2007-08. Camping opportunities for disadvantaged and chronically ill children have grown over the decades. These special programs often bring needed spiritual, and even physical gains so often needed by both the children and their families.
Exploring Religions
Aired 2013-14. There are many religions, and varied denominations within one religion in our world. This program will explore three of them; Buddhism, Christian Science and Jainism. As always we will hear directly from the followers of these faith communities and learn of their beliefs, their traditions and their rituals.
Religions Fight to Expose Human Trafficking
Aired 2013-14. The virtual enslavement of some vulnerable people such as farm workers, domestic slaves, and other forms of human abuse is a shocking problem. Various faith communities are working to expose this horror and to rescue those suffering from such abuses. We will hear from various groups who are on the front lines, and giving both a voice to the problems and working to help victims to overcome such abuses.
Spiritual But Not Religious
Aired 2013-14. Today many people refer to themselves as being more Spiritual than Religious and this program will explore the various meanings of this phrase. People spanning a range of ages and traditions will be telling us about their understanding of what Spiritual, but not Religious means for them. Scholars and others will add to our understanding of the variety of religious and spiritual beliefs present in modern life.
A Gathering of the Faithful
Key religious leaders at this second World Parliament (including NCC President Syngman Rhee) are interviewed about the work of the Parliament as it seeks to meet social needs and enhance interfaith cooperation.
Celebrating Age: A Road to Renewal
Filmed at intergenerational centers in Philadelphia and Camden, NJ, this program looks at creative ways recently retired people become involved in significant, life-affirming activities -- especially in terms of intergenerational contacts. Contact Phone: 800-494-6007 Purchasing Notes: The cost is $19.98 plus $3.95 shipping and handling per half-hour video.
Children Are Hurting
Divorce, death, and violence can take away the world of childhood overnight. This show looks at two programs for grieving children: Rainbows for God's Children (Milwaukee) and the Loss and Bereavement Program for Children (New York City). Contact Phone: 800-494-6007 Purchasing Notes: The cost is $19.98 plus $3.95 shipping and handling per half-hour video.
Confronting AIDS: Conflict and Compassion
Focusing primarily on the Atlanta Interfaith AIDS Network, this program demonstrates the commitment of the ecumenical community and the courage of the AIDS community to those who are short on life but long on love. Contact Phone: 800-494-6007 Purchasing Notes: The cost is $19.98 plus $3.95 shipping and handling per half-hour video.
Faces of Hate
Filmed at the University of Wisconsin, this program unmasks the prejudice and violence of hatred as it is unraveling on American college campuses.
For Our Children's Sake
Healthy Children
Faith communities in Memphis, TN, and Dallas, TX, are shown acting on their commitment to provide quality health care to children and families who are least able to obtain it. Religious organizations are providing solutions for health care needs and health care delivery systems across the country. Contact Phone: 800-494-6007 Purchasing Notes: The cost is $19.98 plus $3.95 shipping and handling per half-hour video.
In Faith and Hope: New Immigrants
A look at how various faith communities reach out to new immigrants, especially from Asia (featuring the work of Church World Service). Contact Phone: 800-494-6007 Purchasing Notes: The cost is $19.98 plus $3.95 shipping and handling per half-hour video.
Learning Right From Wrong
Students, educators, religious leaders, and families look at how values can be taught in public schools without overt religious proselytizing. A number of programs in values education in schools in Baltimore County are examined. Contact Phone: 800-494-6007 Purchasing Notes: The cost is $19.98 plus $3.95 shipping and handling per half-hour video.
Literacy: A Path to Personhood
A documentary on the churches' literacy work in this country and abroad (featuring the NCC's Margaret Shafer and Dorothy Ortner). Contact Phone: 800-494-6007 The cost is $19.98 plus $3.95 shipping and handling per half-hour video.
Old Faith - New Freedoms
This program looks at the influence of religion on the changes in Eastern Europe. Contact Phone: 800-494-6007 The cost is $19.98 plus $3.95 shipping and handling per half-hour video.
Partners In Hope
Following the destruction caused by Hurricane Andrew, especially in southern Florida, many religious groups responded offering significant aid to those devastated by the storm. This program documents that aid and in particular the ecumenical partnership among those religious groups involved. Contact Phone: 800-494-6007 The cost is $19.98 plus $3.95 shipping and handling per half-hour video.
She Shall Overcome: Religion and the Struggle for Women's Rights
This shows explores the historic gamut of abuses heaped upon women that filter into the quality of family life, and then at activities of faith communities which advocate for better treatment for women through legislation, public forums, and providing shelter and guidance. Contact Phone: 800-494-6007 The cost is $19.98 plus $3.95 shipping and handling per half-hour video.
Speaking In Good Faith: Christians, Muslims, Jews
Focusing on the work of the Greater Detroit Interfaith Round Table, this program depicts how members of the three great monotheistic faiths in America are building new forms of understanding and correcting past mis-conceptions. Contact Phone: 800-494-6007 The cost is $19.98 plus $3.95 shipping and handling per half-hour video.
Strangers In Town: The New Refugees
The Fourth 'R': Religion In Public Schools
This program looks at how aspects of religion and faith can be taught in public education today. Purchasing Contact Phone: 800-494-6007 The cost is $19.98 plus $3.95 shipping and handling per half-hour video.