Georgetown University Professor John L. Esposito talks with UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler about the complex forces shaping Islam and its relationship with the West. Series: "Conversations with History" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 7682]

We live in a world in which medical researchers design double-blind trials of prayer, ministers talk about the brain and the immune system from the pulpit, monks meditate inside brain imaging machines, and studies of "the placebo effect" and "positive attitude" frame discussions about the "science" of "miracle" healings. Explore how this strange world came to be and what might develop when science and religion form constructive alliances in the service of human experience. Series: "Science, Religion and the Human Experience" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 7658]

In this Foerster Lecture presented by UC Berkeley, distinguished anthropologist Gananath Obeyesekere investigates and compares rebirth beliefs in an array of cultures and religions, including North American Indian, Ancient Greek and Buddhism. Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate Lectures" [Humanities] [Show ID: 7420]

Host Richard Madsen talks with anthropologist Suzanne Brenner and communication professor Vicente Rafael about how Islam is observed in Philippines and Indonesia, and how these countries view the U.S. War on Terrorism.

Series: "Viewpoint Asia" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 7540]

Conversations with History and Host Harry Kreisler welcomes Russian scholar and policy analyst, Vitaly Naumkin, who reflects on Islam, Russian perspectives on the Middle East and Central Asia, and the implications of U.S. policy. Series: "Conversations with History" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 7388]

Ira Lapidus, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Berkeley, and the founding Chair of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies on the Berkeley campus joins Harry Kreisler to discuss Islam, its relation to politics, the treatment of women in Islamic societies, and how an understanding of Islamic history might inform U.S. foreign policy. Series: "Conversations with History" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 7242]

Sir Martin Gilbert, C.B.E., is one of the 20th century’s foremost historians of World War II, the Holocaust and the founding of modern Israel. In “The Righteous—Non-Jews Who Helped Jews During the Second World War” Gilbert tells how, as the Third Reich carried out its program to exterminate European Jewry, many Gentiles risked their careers and lives to conceal and rescue Jewish refugees. His stories on the “Righteous” include such now-famous names as Raoul Wallenberg and Oskar Schindler, as well as ordinary people who exercised ordinary decency in extraordinary times. [Humanities] [Show ID: 6965]

Professor Thomas Levy welcomes David Goodblatt, UCSD Professor of History and Endowed Chair in Judaic Studies. Dr. Goodblatt specializes in ancient Jewish history, with an emphasis on the Dead Sea scrolls and Judaism in the Roman and pre-Islamic periods. Series: "Dig This!" [Humanities] [Show ID: 6744]

Ronald Cole-Turner is the H. Parker Sharp Professor of Theology and Ethics at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Dr. Cole-Turner discusses the complex moral and religious implications of new bio-technologies, including gene-splicing and cloning. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 6903]

Samuel Ruiz Garcia is the former bishop from Chiapas, Mexico who mediated the conflict between the Zapatista rebels and the Mexican government. In this pesentation at UCSB he explores the relationship of the Catholic Church to non-European and indigenous populations as well as various Catholic beliefs. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society" [Humanities] [Show ID: 6950]