History / People and Culture

Believe - The History of Religion

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A comprehensive picture of the faith of mankind – this series features the origins and mutual impact of 5 world religions, and gets behind their festivals, traditions and the challenges of today.

The 5-part documentary series tells the fascinating story of the most important spiritual revolutions in world history that have been of central influence to humanity ever since. Prejudice and false shame may not allow people to inform themselves outside their own religion, but this series offers a remedy.

Each episode focuses on the history of one of the five world religions. The show discovers how the respective religions came into being and how they shaped society, or what influence historical events had on the religion itself and its tradition. The series explains in detail what the followers of each religion believe and how they are practiced in the present.

Episodic Breakdown:
EP1: Christianity  
EP2: Islam  
EP3: Judaism  
EP4: Hinduism  
EP5: Buddhism

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Programme Details

DURATION
5 x 60'
ORIGINAL BROADCASTER
CuriosityStreamBlack NTV Germany
AVAILABLE IN
4K / HD
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE
English