Violence
FIREARM VIOLENCE introduces people who are working against gun violence and offers suggestions for responding from a faith perspective. Personal interviews with people who have lost loved ones are also included.
How does a Christian who has had violent acts committed against self or family members learn to forgive and how can the Christian community be supportive? MURDER CLOSE UP looks at these questions.
SEXUAL ABUSE includes an interview with psychotherapist and author Carolyn Holderread Heggen along with true stories (told by actors) of sexual abuse victims.
This video and study guide are designed to offer encouragement and support to individuals in religious communities who are exploring the possibility of implementing a child sexual abuse prevention program.
12 year old Raymond is the victim of verbal and physical bullying. This drama will education children about bullying like nothing they have seen before!
Bud Welch, whose daughter was killed in the Oklahoma City bombing, descirbes his journey from a time of rage, to his work today - speaking out against the death penalty.
How are Christians called to respond to the violence in our world and thus bring a message of hope? This video explores how we as Christians minister to God's word within a violence society by showing three examples of faithful Christian living.
"Corrections" is a compelling indictment of US corrections policy, prison privatization, and the growing prison industrial complex.
Explore how the spiritual lives of both believers and non-believers have been challenged in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001 by difficult questions of good and evil, God's culpability, and the potential for darkness within religion itself.
This is a dialogue featuring Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders following the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center. Karen Armstrong is the facilitator, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Dr. Susannah Herschel and Rev. Jim Wallis are the speakers.
This powerful video explodes the issues of child abuse in the local congregation. It's purpose is to raise the awareness among clergy and lay leaders of the vulnerability of children and the need to intervene at times on their behalf.
This tape tells a child's story about sexual abuse and healing and learning to trust again.
This teleconference aired on May 18, 1999 to discuss issues and causes related to kids and violence. Good information is provided about causes of violence and ways to recognize troubled kids.
See and hear children's perspectives on what matters to them. Through singing, dance and drama at four United Methodist sites, the concerns of children are made known to us.
This is the inspiring story of the people of Billings, Montana, who took a stand against a series of hate crimes in their community. Together they lived up to the values of courage, tolerance and cooperation when forces of disintegration threatened.
This training tape on preventing clergy misconduct deals with the critical issues of power, abuse and justice.
Child sexual abuse can devastate an individual, a family and a church. This dynamic two-part video provides the critical guidance your church needs to respond to this problem.
ROMERO is the compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against the social injustice and oppression in his country.
Karla Faye Tucker was executed by Texas on Feb. 3, 1998. She was a confessed murderer. Through a religious experience in prison her life was changed and even those who wished for retribution offered forgiveness. Look at this exploration of human nature.
This documentary seen on ABC takes a close look at the context of violence in the lives of American youth. It tells of extraordinary efforts by church communities who believe that providing a moral/value oriented education is needed.
