BBC – The Story of God [Complete Set] (2005)

February 14, 2008

BBC – The Story of God [Complete Set] (2005)
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The Story of God is an epic journey across continents, cultures and eras exploring religious beliefs from their earliest incarnations, through the development of today’s major world faiths and the status of religious faith in a scientific age.
The series examines the roots of religious beliefs in prehistoric societies and the different ways in which humanity’s sense of the divine developed.

Part 1: Life, the Universe and Everything. Professor Robert Winston examines the roots of religious beliefs in prehistoric societies and how humanity’s sense of the divine developed in different ways in different societies. We will describe particularly the divergence between religions that appear to tolerate a range of deities and those that present strict monotheism. In this light we look at the emergence of the Hindu concept of Brahman as the supreme being with the many different forms that this can take, and also the ideas of karma and reincarnation central to both the Hindu and Buddhist traditions. We further explore Zoroastrianism, perhaps the first explicitly monotheistic religion.

http://rapidshare.com/files/84317229/The_Story_of_God_part_1_of_3.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/84317263/The_Story_of_God_part_1_of_3.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/84317372/The_Story_of_God_part_1_of_3.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/84317308/The_Story_of_God_part_1_of_3.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/84317322/The_Story_of_God_part_1_of_3.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/84317254/The_Story_of_God_part_1_of_3.part6.rar

Part 2: No God, But God. This programme looks at religions in the Abrahamic tradition. Judaism, Christianity and Islam are examined in order to understand the ideas about God they share and the issues that divide them. We focus on the relations between men and God and the numerous issues that arise from these considerations. These may include: how does God want us to live? Does God have a plan for the world and humanity? What about free will? If God created humanity why does God allow humanity to suffer?

http://rapidshare.com/files/84317264/The_Story_of_God_part_2_of_3.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/84317305/The_Story_of_God_part_2_of_3.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/84317346/The_Story_of_God_part_2_of_3.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/84317448/The_Story_of_God_part_2_of_3.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/84317367/The_Story_of_God_part_2_of_3.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/84317299/The_Story_of_God_part_2_of_3.part6.rar

Part 3: The God of the Gaps. We examine how belief in God had been challenged in the modern world by secular ideas, in particular science – how people of all religious beliefs have over the centuries accommodated their faith with the pursuit of knowledge. We explore how advances in astronomy, physics and biology challenged religious beliefs, particularly in the Christian West, and the historic and current debates over Darwin’s theory of evolution. Finally, we look at those scientific disciplines where a convergence between faith and science seems possible.

http://rapidshare.com/files/84317311/The_Story_of_God_part_3_of_3.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/84317288/The_Story_of_God_part_3_of_3.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/84317481/The_Story_of_God_part_3_of_3.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/84317438/The_Story_of_God_part_3_of_3.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/84317314/The_Story_of_God_part_3_of_3.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/84317265/The_Story_of_God_part_3_of_3.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/84317062/The_Story_of_God_part_3_of_3.part7.rar