About some of those key class themes we went over in our interview with Cecil Williams. Now, this was quite a shoot. Its a fantastic church out in san francisco, and reverend williams said some Amazing Things about religion on this. But for the crew, what made the day, actually, it was my birthday i went to church on my birthday when we did this shoot, and it was chaos. I mean, thousands of people around, nobody knew where we were supposed to go, were sitting down with all our equipment like some rock stars on a battle of the bands, hanging around there, just waiting for stuff to happen. And all of a sudden, this movie star walks in whats her name . Anybody know her . Tall . See, i forgot her name already. But she walks in and just shes got this beautiful look and it made the day, anyway. But we werent allowed to get her on tape there. Anyway, that has nothing to do with religion. But what we want to do is to look at this tape here, and thinking about identity and relationship and reli
[male voice ] so be it. [crowd ] so be it. [male voice ] tonight [crowd ] tonight [dr. Simons ] this is armageddon, the field of armageddon. This is definitely not your fathers oldsmobile. Were at the western wall, the last remaining wall of the second temple. Were at the San Francisco zen center. It was the site of illinois greatest religious drama the exodus of the mormons. This is the spot where jesus reputedly cried for jerusalem. [ music ] [male voice ] im not talking about god or buddha. [ music ] [female voice ] at the end of it, what is it for . For peace. [male voice ] you just discover it within our selves. [dr. Simons ] well go through 24 classes in which well meet real believers from real religious settings and then weve added two new classes, the twenty fifth and the twenty sixth class back in the setting in which well discuss issues such as religion and violence, very much on peoples minds. Religion and science new ways that science is helping us understand spiritual expe
And this is, in a way, i think a little synchronicity here. Maybe its good we didnt get it in the last class because its a good way to prompt some of the questions you might have about some of those key class themes we went over in our interview with Cecil Williams. Now, this was quite a shoot. Its a fantastic church out in san francisco, and reverend williams said some Amazing Things about religion on this. But for the crew, what made the day, actually, it was my birthday i went to church on my birthday when we did this shoot, and it was chaos. I mean, thousands of people around, nobody knew where we were supposed to go, were sitting down with all our equipment like some rock stars on a battle of the bands, hanging around there, just waiting for stuff to happen. And all of a sudden, this movie star walks in whats her name . Anybody know her . Tall . See, i forgot her name already. But she walks in and just shes got this beautiful look and it made the day, anyway. But we werent allowed
The people who are now moderate and liberal and black protestants are not in the surge towards fundamentalism. Hard core fundamentalism, i dont think has as much future as moderate evangelicals and the pentecostals. I think thats where the future is. Its pretty hard to stay hardcore fundamentalist in america. There are so many lures out there and to build rather thick walls is frustrating. It will remain around, but i would watch much more for the exuberant groups black pentecostal, white pentecostal and moderate evangelical. [interviewer ] okay, one of the difficulties people come uwith when we talk about religious diversity and a classroom religious pluralism theres a tendency to say, well, if you study all the religions, you water down your own religion. Is there a way that a model or technique people might use, to cherish the integrity of their own views yet appreciate other worldviews or are we just barking up the wrong tree here . [prof. Marty ] whats the big difference between a
[male voice ] so be it. [crowd ] so be it. [male voice ] tonight [crowd ] tonight [dr. Simons ] this is armageddon, the field of armageddon. This is definitely not your fathers oldsmobile. Were at the western wall, the last remaining wall of the second temple. Were at the San Francisco zen center. It was the site of illinois greatest religious drama the exodus of the mormons. This is the spot where jesus reputedly cried for jerusalem. [ music ] [male voice ] im not talking about god or buddha. [ music ] [female voice ] at the end of it, what is it for . For peace. [male voice ] you just discover it within our selves. [dr. Simons ] well go through 24 classes in which well meet real believers from real religious settings and then weve added two new classes, the twenty fifth and the twenty sixth class back in the setting in which well discuss issues such as religion and violence, very much on peoples minds. Religion and science new ways that science is helping us understand spiritual expe