The Long Search

DVD, Approx.50 min. each volume, 1977 Study guide available

A series of thirteen programs on world religions produced by BBC/Time-Life. Premiered in 1978 on PBS stations, the series is narrated by Ronald Eyre, who takes the viewer on a personal odyssey in search of religion all over the world. Eyre travels to Taiwan, India, Romania, Israel, America, and other places to learn first-hand how and why other cultures have practiced their religions for thousands of years, some changing in ritual and dogma and others hardly changing at all. We witness Hindus bathing in the sacred Ganges River, festive funeral processions in Indonesia, High Mass in St. Peter's in Rome, and countless others. Titles include:

Disc 1

Volume 1. Protestant Spirit U.S.A.

Volume 2. Hinduism: 330 Million Gods

Disc 2

Volume 3. Footprint of the Buddha (Theravada Buddhism)

Volume 4. Catholicism: Rome, Leeds, and the Desert

Disc 3

Volume 5. Islam: There is No God but God

Volume 6. Orthodox Christianity: The Romanian Solution

Volume 7. Judaism: The Chosen People

Disc 4

Volume 8. Indochina: The Way of the Ancestors (primitive religion)

Volume 9. Land of the Disappearing Buddha (Japanese religions)

Volume 10. Zulu Zion (African Christianity)

Disc 5

Volume 11. Taoism: A Question of Balance

Volume 12. California: West Meets East (new religions)

Volume 13. Loose Ends: Reflections on the Long Search