Stephen Rooke
Director
Heaven on Earth (2004)
Season 1
Explores how six major world religions have expressed the spiritual yearnings of the faithful in art and architecture through the ages.
Released Jan. 25, 2004
Episode 26 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.religion
Watch Providers: Pure Flix
Production Companies: Tile Films
Network: TG4
S1E1 - Paganism
Christy Kenneally explores the ancient creed of paganism. In the Dogon tribal lands of Mali, West Africa, he finds the belief on which he feels the great religions of the world were built.
Jan. 25, 2004, midnight
S1E2 - Judaism
Christy Kenneally explores how the Jews, scattered to the four corners of the world, found refuge and how they expressed themselves in art and architecture.
Feb. 1, 2004, midnight
S1E3 - Christianity
Christy Kenneally seeks the expression of Christianity through art and architecture. His journey begins at the end of the world—Inishmurray Island off the coast of County Sligo, Ireland.
Feb. 8, 2004, midnight
S1E4 - Islam
Five times a day, one fifth of the worlds population falls on its knees in prayer facing Mecca. Christy Kenneally is in search of Muslims and how they expressed their belief in art and architecture.
Feb. 15, 2004, midnight
S1E5 - Hinduism
Christy Kenneally learns about Hinduism by journeying to the oldest inhabited city in the world: Varanasi, India. There, he discovers the many Gods that Hindu embraces embodied in art.
Feb. 22, 2004, midnight
S1E6 - Buddhism
Christy Kenneally goes in search of the art and architecture that represents Buddhism. He begins in India with the story of Siddhārtha Gautama and how Buddhism was born.
Feb. 29, 2004, midnight
TG4
26 min/ep
156 min
Jan. 25, 2004
Feb. 29, 2004, midnight
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