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- This haunting film portrays the events in Hiroshima on 6th August 1945, and follows the thoughts of Father George Zabelka a Roman Catholic priest who gave the crew of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb a Christian blessing before they took off on that fateful day. Over the years Zabelka came to believe that he had made a terrible mistake in lending moral and religious support to what he called the greatest terrorist act in Christian history. The film ends with survivors of the bombing pleading for an end to nuclear weapons.
- This film explores a theory that has shaped international and military law for hundreds of years and examines whether the current war in Afghanistan, which has gone on for nearly as long as both world wars combined, is a 'just war'. A film described by General Lord Guthrie, Former Head of the British Army as "a skillful, timely and succinct exposition of the challenges faced by those who have the terrible responsibility of engaging in a war and how those who are engaged should behave".
- While European missionaries, mapmakers and mercenaries believed the Natural World existed entirely for human gain, the indigenous Indians of the Americas experienced nature as a sacred web of interdependent phenomena; Chief Seattle, of the Suquamish Tribe describing his world view thus: "Every bird, every humming insect, every sandy shore and very shining pine needle is sacred and holy to my people. All things are connected. Man did not weave the web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. This we know".
- 'When God created the world he saw that it was very good. What would he say now?' asked George Bernard Shaw. But who or what is responsible for the mess we're in today: the western scientific method, the Christian religion?
- The abortion debate is nowhere more hotly disputed than within the Christian religion and this film explores attitudes to abortion from Aristotle through to Augustine to the modern day 'Army of God'.
- Today over 40,000 species are threatened with extinction and half of the planet's existing species could be gone in 100 years time...staggering statistics as we sleepwalk towards biocide.
- Today's ethical traditions know how to deal with genocide but these traditions collapse entirely when confronted with geocide and ecocide. Christian fundamentalists however believe that the environmental cataclysms we currently face are of no concern and are merely signs that the "Rapture and the End Time" are close at hand.
- In ancient times the dangers of abortion for women were compared with the dangers of war for men... and little changed for thousands of years. This ground breaking film explores the legal and ethical attitudes through the ages that have shaped attitudes today highlighting key ideas such as Animation, Ensoulment, Quickening and The Born Alive Rule.
- Drawing a fascinating parallel between the lifespan of Earth and that of a 45-year-old woman reveals a captivating journey from our origins to the present-the last seconds of biological time, witnessing our atmospheric rise to supremacy. Yet, one must ponder: at what cost?
- From Epicurus to Auschwitz an exploration of key concepts including The Inconsistent Triad, Theodicy, Natural Evil and Moral Evil.
- A documentary series on the subject of Life After Death, including the thoughts of Plato, The Buddha, St Paul, Augustine, Pascal, Descartes, Ryle, Hick, Stevenson, Blackmore and Dawkins.
- From Griffin to Roth, Leibniz to Swinburne, an enthralling introduction to other influential Theodicies.
- A critical examination of Privatio Boni, The Principle of Plenitude, The Aesthetic Theme, The Doctrine of Original Sin and Soul-Deciding.
- The Racket, written to mark the centenary of the First World War, exposes the immense profits made during a war that claimed 20 million lives yet created 21,000 new millionaires and billionaires, in America alone. Adapted from the speeches and writings of Major General Smedley Butler, the most decorated soldier in US history, The Racket combines Butler's intense respect for the ordinary soldier with critical dissent against the growing corporatism he believed to be corrupting the ideals he'd willingly die to protect.