World faiths in video
May 10th 2010 00:58
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DVD Release
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/80faiths/
Around the world in 80 Faiths
Australian DVD release coming soon
Pete Owen Jones presents the definitive guide to faith on earth, with eighty rituals across six continents in the space of a year. The big six world religions are only part of the story.
Faith is belief in the sacred, and it is expressed in a rich diversity of rituals, in denominations, sects,cults, tribal faiths and new religious movements.
Petes mission is to witness and take part in rites rarely filmed before, to take the religious pulse of the planet and to understand the depth of humanitys fascination with the divine.
As an Anglican priest, Pete will be confronting cultures that will challenge his values and prejudices he will be surprised, even offended, but also enlightened.
Peter Owen Jones embarks on a journey across his home continent, Europe. He finds a series of unexpected and surprising rituals and sects huge underground New Age temples in Italy, shamans in Norway, and Europe s only Buddhist republic.
Pete also discovers a darker side to faith in the tumultuous history of religion in Europe and finds that his own church was responsible for intolerance, persecution and death. This turns out to be a troubling and deeply personal journey for Pete.
Featured ritual: Shingon Buddhism
In a Buddhist monastery Pete finds young monks performing rituals to Shinto spirits, and statues of Shinto spirits in the grounds.
These monks polish floors obsessively and practice ceremonies such as the lighting of a fire. They're all part of the process of meditation necessary to dissolve the self, leading to inner tranquility and ultimately Nirvana.
Pete finds young monks perform a Buddhist ritual to Fudo, the Shinto fire spirit and statues of Shinto spirits in the temple grounds.
Pete was curious to find out how animist Shinto co-exists with non-animist Buddhism.
This sequence pictured was filmed in Daigo-Ji Temple, Kyoto, Japan but wasn't used in the broadcast version of the series.
Australian DVD release coming soon
Pete Owen Jones presents the definitive guide to faith on earth, with eighty rituals across six continents in the space of a year. The big six world religions are only part of the story.
Faith is belief in the sacred, and it is expressed in a rich diversity of rituals, in denominations, sects,cults, tribal faiths and new religious movements.
Petes mission is to witness and take part in rites rarely filmed before, to take the religious pulse of the planet and to understand the depth of humanitys fascination with the divine.
As an Anglican priest, Pete will be confronting cultures that will challenge his values and prejudices he will be surprised, even offended, but also enlightened.
Peter Owen Jones embarks on a journey across his home continent, Europe. He finds a series of unexpected and surprising rituals and sects huge underground New Age temples in Italy, shamans in Norway, and Europe s only Buddhist republic.
Pete also discovers a darker side to faith in the tumultuous history of religion in Europe and finds that his own church was responsible for intolerance, persecution and death. This turns out to be a troubling and deeply personal journey for Pete.
These monks polish floors obsessively and practice ceremonies such as the lighting of a fire. They're all part of the process of meditation necessary to dissolve the self, leading to inner tranquility and ultimately Nirvana.
Pete finds young monks perform a Buddhist ritual to Fudo, the Shinto fire spirit and statues of Shinto spirits in the temple grounds.
Pete was curious to find out how animist Shinto co-exists with non-animist Buddhism.
This sequence pictured was filmed in Daigo-Ji Temple, Kyoto, Japan but wasn't used in the broadcast version of the series.
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