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Exploring the roots of religion [sound recording] / Professor John R. Hale.

Summary:

Professor Hale, a practicing archaeologist, explores the world's early spiritual experiences by looking at cultural artifacts and sites and using these resources as a guide to understanding why early peoples believed what they did and how they constructed their religious belief systems.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1598035762
  • ISBN: 9781598035766
  • ISBN: 1598035789 (bk. 1)
  • ISBN: 9781598035780 (bk. 1)
  • Physical Description: 18 sound discs (1080 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 3 books (181, 182,182 p. ; 22 cm.)
  • Edition: Library ed.
  • Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Compact discs.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part 1. Lecture 1. The roots of religious experience -- Lecture 2. Neanderthal burials at Shanidar -- Lecture 3. Hunting magic in sacred caves -- Lecture 4. Myths of the shaman -- Lecture 5. Realm of the Mother Goddess -- Lecture 6. Mysteries of the megaliths -- Lecture 7. Towers and tombs of Sumeria -- Lecture 8. Tomb of the first emperor of China -- Lecture 9. Feasting with the dead at Petra -- Lecture 10. Druid sacrifice at Lindow Moss? -- Lecture 11. Honoring ancestors in ancient Ohio -- Lecture 12. A Viking queen sails to eternity.
Part 2. Lecture 13. Dancing with bulls at Knossos -- Lecture 14. Oracle bones in ancient China -- Lecture 15. Sun and sexuality in early Scandinavia -- Lecture 16. Apollo speaks at Klaros -- Lecture 17. Chalice of blood in ancient Peru -- Lecture 18. Decoding rituals at Palenque -- Lecture 19. Temple of the Goddess on Malta -- Lecture 20. The Aten-- monotheism in Egypt -- Lecture 21. Deities of the Acropolis -- Lecture 22. Gods and pyramids at Teotihuacan -- Lecture 23. Sacred city on the Mississippi -- Lecture 24. Sun and shadow at Machu PIcchu.
Part 3. Lecture 25. Celestial gateway at Giza -- Lecture 26. Cosmic hub at Stonehenge -- Lecture 27. Desert lines at Nazca -- Lecture 28. Skywatchers at Chaco Canyon -- Lecture 29. Mountain of the Gods at Angkor -- Lecture 30. The stone heads of Easter Island -- Lecture 31. Tending Zoroaster's sacred fire in Iran -- Lecture 32. Writing the Dead Sea scrolls at Qumran -- Lecture 33. Taking religious underground at Rome -- Lecture 34. Forging iron at Jenne-jeno on the Niger -- Lecture 35. Carving monasteries at Ajanta in India -- Lecture 36. Faiths lost and found.
Participant or Performer Note:
Professor John R. Hale, speaker.
Subject:
Religion > History.
Religion.
Faith.

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  • 3 of 3 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

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