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(0)Bill Moyers
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A companion volume to the Emmy Award–winning PBS® series—interviews with “an essential voice in our national conversation” (Brian Williams, MSNBC anchor).
This “provocative” and “absorbing” (Star Tribune) companion book to Bill Moyer’s acclaimed PBS series invites readers into conversations with some of the most captivating voices on the scene...
This “provocative” and “absorbing” (Star Tribune) companion book to Bill Moyer’s acclaimed PBS series invites readers into conversations with some of the most captivating voices on the scene...
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Millions of Americans have invited Bill Moyers into their homes over the years. With television programs covering topics from American history, politics, and religion to the role of media and the world of ideas, he has become one of America's most trusted journalists. Now Moyers presents, for the first time, a powerful statement of his own personal beliefs-political and moral. Combining illuminating forays into American history with candid comments...
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Moyers discusses his original approach to broadcast journalism and his series "Genesis: A Living Conversation," He describes why these are among the most powerful stories in Western Civilization, and uncovering their deeper, often controversial meanings. Moyers says, "Stories are the way we organize our response to the world...Listening to others, and having them listen to you, is a way to grow your own faith."
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The complete soundtrack from the phenomenally popular PBS series whose message about myth, ritual, and spiritual potentialities exhilarated millions of people.Contents:Program 1: The Hero's AdventureProgram 2: The Message of the MythProgram 3: The First StorytellersProgram 4: Sacrifice and BlissProgram 5: Love and the GoddessProgram 6: Masks of Eternity
6) Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers - Season 1: EPISODE 3: The First Storytellers
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Joseph Campbell explains how ancient myths bring humans to understand and accept birth, growth and death. Campbell discusses the importance of accepting death as rebirth as in the myth of the buffalo and the story of Christ, the rite of passage in primitive societies, the role of mystical Shamans, and the decline of ritual in today's society.
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Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell discuss where heroism can be witnessed in modern society. Campbell discusses the role of sacrifice in myth, which symbolizes the necessity for rebirth. He stresses the need for every one of us to find our sacred place in the midst of today's fast-paced, technological world.
8) Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers - Season 1: EPISODE 1: The Hero's Adventure
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Long before medieval knights charged off to slay dragons, tales of heroic adventures were an integral part of all world cultures. Joseph Campbell challenges everyone to see the presence of a heroic journey in his or her life.
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Bill Moyers and mythologist Joseph Campbell compare creation myths from the Bible and elsewhere. Campbell compares the creation story in Genesis with creation stories from around the world. Because the world changes, religion has to be transformed and new mythologies created. People today are stuck with myths that don't fit their needs.
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Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell discuss the common experience of God across cultures. Campbell provides challenging insights into the concepts of God, religion and eternity, as revealed in Christian teachings and the beliefs of Buddhists, Navajo Indians, Schopenhauer, Jung and others.
11) Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers - Season 1: EPISODE 5: Love and the Goddess
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Joseph Campbell talks about romantic love, beginning with the 12th century troubadours, and addresses questions about the image of women - as goddess, virgin, Mother Earth.