Library Guides: World Religions: Films &amp; Videos

Films & Videos

Videos and Films on Religion and religious topics are myriad. Often, a narrative film will have religious themes without being specifically about religion, so discussions of religion in cinematic storytelling are open to a world of possibilities.

For documentary-style selections about historical and contemporary religion, please consider a title from Films on Demand:

Films On Demand
Films on Demand offers 1700+ videos on Philosophy & Religion that can be streamed anywhere.

For more academic, informational resources on religious topics, please consider Let's Talk Religion or Religion for Breakfast, two prolific commentators.

Let's Talk Religion
This channel aims to educate on the subject of religion from an academic perspective and to open up for informed discussions on the subject. You will find videos discussing the big religions of the world, historical reviews of important figures and works as well as documentaries about numerous related subjects.
ReligionForBreakfast
An educational channel dedicated to the academic, nonsectarian study of religion. We promote improving the public's religious literacy by exploring humanity's beliefs and rituals through an anthropological, sociological, and archaeological lens. Religion for Breakfast does not endorse any particular religious tradition or non-religious perspective. Please be respectful in the comments!

The host, Dr. Andrew M. Henry, is a scholar of religious studies. His research focus is early Christianity and late Roman religion and earned his PhD at Boston University. Follow him on Twitter @andrewmarkhenry. These videos are freely available here on YouTube. If you are an instructor, feel free to use the YouTube link to my videos in your syllabi and classrooms. I do not permit downloading my videos and re-uploading them to a separate site or channel. This is called freebooting, and it violates Religion for Breakfast's copyright.