Beyond the books

Listen, watch and history

Not everyone learns best from a page. Here are podcasts, lectures, audiobooks, videos and films worth your time, and the histories that explain how each question came to be asked. Each names the questions it helps with.

To watch

Documentaries, video courses and films that carry an argument.

Film Jesus of Nazareth

Franco Zeffirelli, 1977 · about 6 hours, a miniseries · The life of Christ from the Annunciation to the Resurrection, faithful to the Gospels.

Journal

Helps with: Where does your eye rest in Christ: His divinity or His humanity?; How should Scripture be read?
Film Of Gods and Men

Xavier Beauvois, 2010 · about 2 h · The Trappist monks of Tibhirine, living among their Muslim neighbors, decide whether to stay as civil war closes in.

Journal

Helps with: What is suffering for?; May a Christian take up the sword?; Who can be saved?
Film The Island (Ostrov)

Pavel Lungin, 2006 · about 1 h 50 min · A Russian Orthodox monk, a holy fool, lives in repentance for a sin of his youth.

Journal

Helps with: The way of prayer; What is salvation for?; What is suffering for?