60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPod/iPhone
By The Open University
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Description
Ever wondered why Karl Marx thought religion was like Opium - or whether religion is possible without a god? Voiced by David Mitchell, this series of four 60 second animations examines different ways that religion has been viewed by non-religious thinkers. As well as Marx and Dawkins, religion is put under the microscope by thinkers Auguste Comte and JJ Bachoffen.
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| 1 | VideoReligion as social control | Had Marx got his way, society would be so happy being revolutionaries, there’d be no need for religion. He’d obviously never been to a Gulag. | 9/14/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Religion as social control | Transcript -- Had Marx got his way, society would be so happy being revolutionaries, there’d be no need for religion. He’d obviously never been to a Gulag. | 9/14/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 3 | VideoReligion as ritual | Explore how ancient beliefs developed from “Eggism” into modern day religion. French philosopher, Comte explains how. | 9/14/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Religion as ritual | Transcript -- Explore how ancient beliefs developed from “Eggism” into modern day religion. French philosopher, Comte explains how. | 9/14/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 5 | VideoReligion as a mother | Why do so many people picture God as a man? JJ Bachofen suggested there was once a time when it was the Goddess, not God that people turned to for religious guidance. | 9/14/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Religion as a mother | Transcript -- Why do so many people picture God as a man? JJ Bachofen suggested there was once a time when it was the Goddess, not God that people turned to for religious guidance. | 9/14/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 7 | VideoReligion as a virus | Can science and religion ever sit side by side? Not according to Richard Dawkins. And he has rock-star mice to prove it. | 9/14/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Religion as a virus | Transcript -- Can science and religion ever sit side by side? Not according to Richard Dawkins. And he has rock-star mice to prove it. | 9/14/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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