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Inside Sacred Texts

Discover how people of various perennial philosophies around the world think, believe and address life’s core, eternal questions. While shedding new light on different dimensions of faith, belief and identity, each one-hour program serves to promote understanding, tolerance and respect for different traditions and world views.

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Inside Sacred Texts

Season 2 Episode 204 | 57m 38s | CC

Explore the origins, translations and interpretations of sacred texts and shed light on the mystical experience these texts originate from. Engaging scholars, translators and practitioners from three faiths come together to explore how these seminal texts, which form the foundation of most world religions and have influenced entire civilizations, are in some cases, now being reappraised.

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