rites and ceremonies

Shows what Chrisitans, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs do when a child is born into their society. Topics discussed are: How each religion celebrates birth. How the baby's name is chosen. What kinds of prayers are said. What special ceremonies are held.

Describes rituals and sacrifices practiced by different cultures throughout history, such as mummification, Chinese foot binding, fire walking, and others.

Presents creative ways to connect with family and friends and celebrate beginnings, transitions, and endings, with examples of unique events from people across the country.

Examines the customs associated with death in six major religions of the world, describing ritual practices, attitudes, and beliefs.

Druids, using a meteorite that has crashed near a small village, try to destroy King Uthur's kingdom and the new Christian faith, and the only person who seems to be immune is a young, shy and half-blind son of a swordsmith named Merlin but when young Arthur, who will one day become the legendary king, is placed in danger, Merlin must face his fears and blindness to take control of the role God ordained for him, only armed with a sword he helped to forge.

Celebrates the rituals and customs of hunting and gathering societies around the world, discussing ways people find and grow food, live in groups, and settle disputes.

Celebrates the rituals and customs of the world looking at the extraordinary richness and variety of people's beliefs around the world.

Donald, Jason, Hootie, and Lee, all devoted to charismatic campus guru Spencer Mallon while at college in the 1960s, are haunted by their participation in one of Mallon's secret rituals that ended in a gruesome murder, and they are forced to confront questions about the nature of evil when Lee's husband starts trying to figure out what happened that so changed the lives of the four friends.

Addresses the meaning of birth, adolescence, marriage, aging, and death through the eyes of master photographers.