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The wisdom of faith [videorecording] / with Huston Smith ; a production of Public Affairs Television, Inc. ; produced and directed by Pamela Mason Wagner.

Smith, Huston. (Added Author). Moyers, Bill D. (Added Author). Wagner, Pamela Mason. (Added Author). Public Affairs Television (Firm) (Added Author). Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary:

Huston Smith relates his experiences with the world's greatest religions and attempts to show how all of these "wisdom traditions" share fundamental truths.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 5 videodiscs (290 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Bill Moyers special."
DVD release of a television series originally broadcast on PBS in 1996.
Formatted Contents Note:
pt. 1. Hinduism and Buddhism (58 min.) -- pt. 2. Confucianism (58 min.) -- pt. 3. Christianity and Judaism (58 min.) -- pt. 4. Islam (58 min.) -- pt. 5. A personal philosophy (58 min.).
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Executive producers, Judith Davidson Moyers, Judy Doctoroff O'Neill ; edited by Juliana Parroni ; coordinating producer, Rebecca Jo Wharton ; composer, Thomas Wagner ; director of photography, Edward Marritz ... [et al.].
Participant or Performer Note:
Hosted by Bill Moyers.
System Details Note:
DVD.
Subject: Smith, Huston > Interviews.
Religions.
Genre: Documentary television porgrams.


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