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The long search with Ronald Eyre: Rome, Leeds and the desert
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The long search with Ronald Eyre: Rome, Leeds and the desert

Catholicism, especially since Vatican II, has undergone many changes. In this episode filmed in Rome, Spain and England, we discover the diversity and the unity of the religious experience labeled the Holy Catholic Church. Join Ronald Eyre as he di...

The long search with Ronald Eyre: there is no God but God
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The long search with Ronald Eyre: there is no God but God

It is said in Islam that every child is born Muslim by nature: he has the belief in his heart of one God. Over 400 million people profess Islam, and its numbers are said to be growing. In this program we travel to Egypt to explore the Islamic experi...

The long search with Ronald Eyre: the land of the disappearing Buddha
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The long search with Ronald Eyre: the land of the disappearing Buddha

If the Buddha of India met the Buddha of Japan, would they recognize each other? To find out, this program talks to the staff in a Tokyo restaurant who keep regular Zen meditation schedules as part of their job, then on to the classical Zen calligra...

Childhood: Program 5. Life's lessons
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Childhood: Program 5. Life's lessons

Between the ages of five and seven, children enter a new and distinctive stage of development called middle childhood, marked by the phenomenon known as "the 5 -7 shift." This change is demonstrated by new abilities and behaviors as children move aw...

The long search with Ronald Eyre: the way of the ancestors
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The long search with Ronald Eyre: the way of the ancestors

There are almost 200 million people scattered across the world who belong to tribal religions that are local, exclusive and frequently animist - i.e., they believe that inanimate objects and natural phenomena possess a soul. Though no single group c...

The long search with Ronald Eyre: the Romanian solution
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The long search with Ronald Eyre: the Romanian solution

The Orthodox churches in Eastern Europe seem to be bound to the Communist states in essentially loveless marriages, except in Rumania. The Rumanian Orthodox Church is still seen as an important aspect of Rumania's cultural heritage and ethnic identi...

Childhood: Program 3. Love's labors
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Childhood: Program 3. Love's labors

This program provides an exploration of the fascinating period between six months and three years, when almost every day brings startling evidence of rapid maturation in brain and body - improved coordination, increased mobility, the acquisition of ...

Childhood: Program 7. The house of tomorrow
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Childhood: Program 7. The house of tomorrow

The CHILDHOOD journey concludes with a look at the many emotional and physical transformations that characterize puberty and adolescence. This program shows how that biological metamorphosis - when boys and girls become men and women - is marked in ...

The long search with Ronald Eyre: West meets East
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The long search with Ronald Eyre: West meets East

The spiritual impulse of the time steps beyond the boundaries of religious tradition - so wrote Theodore Roszak, spokesman for the counter-culture, who is Ronald Eyre's guide to the new religious concerns of people living in the San Francisco Bay ar...

The long search with Ronald Eyre: a question of balance
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The long search with Ronald Eyre: a question of balance

In our search for Chinese religious experience, we go to Taiwan. A whole pantheon of gods both local and imported from the mainland are worshipped in thousands of Buddhist and Taoist temples. Several strands make up the religious life of the village...