Fall 2013
Psy 471, Psychology of Religion
Tues 5-8:40, Stevenson 3072
Text:
James Gollnick, Religion and Spirituality in the Life Cycle
Lawrence LeShan, How to Meditate
A Reader will be available for purchase at the Copy Shop on E. Cotati Ave. after the start of classes. The text will be available the first week of classes from North Light Books on E. Cotati in the shopping plaza across from campus; or ordered online from Amazon, half.com or other online sources.
Film Resources
Acting on Faith 2005 43” religious activism in 3 women Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism
American Mystic 2010 80” Native American sundance, pagan Wicca, mediumship
Art of Faith 2009 2 ½ hrs. sacred architecture Judaism, Christianity, Islam
Dhamma Brothers 76"
Brilliant Moon 2011 58” Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Dastaar 2005 13” Sikh discrimination
Eastern Mystics 2011 4-part series 2 hr each Theravada Buddhism, Zen, Tibetan Buddhism, Hinduism, Advaita, Tao
Fierce Light 2005 95” spirituality and social activism, Interviews with Thich Nat Hahn, Joanna Macy, Julia Butterfly Hill, Desmond Tutu, Noah Levine, others
God in America 6-part series 50-56” each, history of mostly Christianity in US; http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/
God on the Brain 2003 50” BBC YouTube
Griefwalker 2008 70” interview with Canadian Stephen Jenkinson, his work with dying
Native spirit and the Sun Dance Way
Into Great Silence 2005 111” Monastic practice
Le Quattro Volto 2011 90” cycles of spirituality
Pluralism in America 2005 59” Diana Eck
Raw Faith 2011 90” Unitarian female minister’s life changes
Renewal 2007 90” religion-environmental movement, Evangelical, GreenFaith, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhism Green Sangha, Catholic, Native American, Interfaith
Scared Sacred 2006 105” human spirit within destruction
Through the Eastern Gate 2008 52” Buddhism Yoga Tantra Sufi
What do You Believe? 2002 50” Teen interviews, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Paganism, Native American, Judaism
With One Voice 2010 78” mystics Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sufism, Shamanism, and Buddhism
Nature and Spirituality
Rivers and Tides 2003 90” Andy Goldsworthy’s artwork in nature
The Spirit of the Serpent 2008 60” earth energy and sacred sites in nature
Websites
www.pluralismproject.org Diana Eck’s website, Harvard project on religious pluralism in US
http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/outreach/tour.html Sacred spaces