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Religions Of Man 🥅 Educational Films from the 1950's - The 1st Telecourse! (1955)

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Religions Of Man ★ 🥅 Educational Films from the 1950's - The 1st Telecourse! Here are 17 episodes, Produced in 1955 by Washington State University (WSU) at the studios of KETC (St. Louis), for broadcast over the N.E.T. network. " The first college accredited course given on TV in St. Louis, this series features Dr. Huston Smith, associate professor of philosophy at Washington University. A survey of the great living religions of the world and how they influenced human history, the course covers Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity (Protestant and Catholic) and Islam. Lectures trace the start of these religions, their founders and what each teaches as life’s meaning and the way to its fulfillment. " Wow. That is a heavy subject - fraught with meaning. There was so much about the history of religions that I did not know - but that I eagerly learned from this series! ( I can't be 100% Sure, because I was awfully young back then, and my memories are a bit fuzzy .... ) Despite it being 'damaged, old, educational films: from 1955' ... The subject matter has not changed since 1955 so this series is still a valuable resource. NET 🥅 - National Educational Television - was the direct predecessor to the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) ... and to this very day: PBS is still known for producing the highest quality educational and news programming. NET was launched on May 16 1954 by some forward thinking people - who hoped television had a more noble purpose,…

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