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Video:

Religious Cults
Description: A TED talk by a former cult member turned deprogrammer speaks about the process of belief and conformity to powerful religious organizations.
Learning Objective: 13-3

Five Major World Religions
Description: An abridged TED lecture describing the social history, beliefs, and scope of the religions of Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam
Learning Objective: 13-4

The Power of Animism
Description: TED talk about Animism and its characteristics as a way of relating to and knowing the physical world by many indigenous peoples, as contrast to experiential systems of major world religions.
Learning Objective: 13-2

Pope chastises US Nuns
Description: A news story highlights the schism between US Catholic nuns and the Papacy in Rome regarding religious tenets and appropriate behaviors.
Learning Objective: 13-5

Audio:

War and Religion
Description: NPR news story of religiously motivated conflicts, with exploration of people's experiences with religious conflict and history of the connection between religion and conflict.
Learning Objective: 13-2

Web:

Science vs Religion
Description: This Pacific Standard article critiques the behaviors and social identities of lead characters in popular television shows and movies.
Learning Objective: 13-1