Living with the Gods
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Living with the Gods
Neil MacGregor explores the role and expression of shared beliefs in communities around the world. Produced in partnership with the British Museum.
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30 episodes
Living with Each Other
Neil MacGregor concludes his series about shared beliefs. He began with the Lion Man, an object created 40,000 years ago, and now reflects on the pres...
The Search for a State
Neil MacGregor continues his series on shared beliefs with a look at the attempts of some faiths to establish a state of their own.
An over-prin...
Turning the Screw
Neil MacGregor continues his series on shared beliefs with a focus on those faiths seen as a threat to the state.
A plain board, to be found on...
Living with No Gods
Neil MacGregor focuses on societies which aimed to live without religious beliefs.
Neil examines a revolutionary clock, from around 1795, creat...
Ruling with the Gods
Neil MacGregor continues his series on shared beliefs with a focus on earthly rulers and the gods.
Queens and kings may be priests of the gods,...
Gods Living Together
Neil MacGregor continues his series about the expression of shared beliefs with a focus on how faiths co-exist in India.
Producer Paul Kobrak
Global Gods, Local Needs
Neil MacGregor continues his series about the expression of shared beliefs with a focus on gods can reach new communities, and how those communities c...
The Other Side of the Leaf
Neil MacGregor continues his series about the expression of shared beliefs with a focus on societies who believe that they share the landscape with co...
Living with One God
Neil MacGregor's series on the role and expression of beliefs continues with a focus on societies and faiths with a single god.
Using objects f...
Living with Many Gods
Neil MacGregor's series on the role and expression of beliefs continues with a focus on societies living with many gods.
In the mid-1840s, a Ro...
Rejecting the Image
Neil MacGregor's series on the role and expression of beliefs continues with a reflection on faiths which focus on the word rather than the image.
Change Your Life
Neil MacGregor continues his series about the expression of shared beliefs with a focus on images which seek to change the viewer's behaviour.
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The Making of Meaning
Neil MacGregor continues his series about the expression of shared beliefs with a focus on how we come to comprehend sacred images.
Our underst...
Replicating the Divine
Neil MacGregor continues his series on the expression of shared beliefs with a focus on the making of divine images.
For the painter of a Russi...
The Protectoresses
Neil MacGregor's series on the role and expression of beliefs continues this week with a focus on images.
In Mexico, the image of Our Lady of G...
Festivals
Neil MacGregor continues his series on the expression of shared beliefs in communities around the world and across time, and focuses on festivals, and...
To Be a Pilgrim
Neil MacGregor continues his series on the expression of shared beliefs in communities around the world and across time, and focuses on pilgrimage, an...
Holy Killing
Neil MacGregor continues his series on the expression of shared beliefs in communities around the world and across time, and focuses on sacrifice..
Gifts to the Gods
Neil MacGregor continues his series on the expression of shared beliefs in communities around the world and across time, and focuses on offerings.
The House of God
Neil MacGregor's series on the role and expression of beliefs continues with a focus on the creation of sacred spaces, built for encountering or engag...
The Power of Song
Neil MacGregor continues his series on the expression of shared beliefs in communities around the world and across time. He focuses on a Kirchenpelz o...
Lines of Communication
Neil MacGregor continues his series on the expression of shared beliefs in communities around the world and across time.
He focuses on prayer,...
Becoming an Adult
Neil MacGregor continues his series on the expression of shared beliefs in communities around the world and across time.
He focuses on rites of...
Mother and Child
Neil MacGregor continues his series on the expression of shared beliefs in communities around the world and across time.
He focuses on how soci...
Living with the Dead
Neil MacGregor's series on the role and expression of beliefs continues with a reflection on our relationship with the dead.
In the British Mus...
Dependence or Dominion?
Neil MacGregor continues his series on the expression of shared beliefs in communities around the world and across time. He focuses on the natural wor...
Here Comes the Sun
Neil MacGregor continues his series on the expression of shared beliefs in communities around the world, and focuses on light.
He experiences t...
Water of Life and Death
Neil MacGregor continues his series on the expression of shared beliefs in communities around the world and across time, and focuses on water, includi...
Fire and State
Neil MacGregor continues his series on the expression of shared beliefs in communities around the world and across time.
Many societies have se...
The Beginnings of Belief
Neil MacGregor, former Director of the British Museum, begins this series about the role and expression of shared beliefs with the Lion Man, a small i...