Religious Figures Audio & Video

He was a husband, a father, a preacher - and the preeminent leader of a movement that continues to transform?

Encompasses the most moving moments in American social history with the extraordinary civil rights leader.

In Karen Armstrong's biography of the Prophet of Islam she describes Muhammad as a respectful man who lived a decent life.

Headhunting cannibals who used their victims' skulls as pillows, the Sawi people of New Guinea seemed to still be living in the Stone Age. It was to these people that Don and Carol Richardson went in 1962, risking their lives to share the gospel and tell of the true Peace Child.

Christopher Hitchens investigates whether Mother Teresa of Calcutta deserves her saintly image. Probes her campaigns against contraception and abortion and her relationships with right-wing political leaders.

This biography of St. Francis examines the life of a pure artist, a man whose whole life was a poem...

This biography is Easwaran’s compelling account of Gandhi’s life and spiritual path, his personal transformation and teachings.

Speaking at TED in 1998, Rev. Billy Graham marvels at technology's power to improve lives and change the world -- but says the end of evil, suffering and death will come only after the world accepts Christ. A legendary talk from TED's archives.

Written for secular historians of religion and believers alike, How Jesus Became God will engage anyone interested in the historical developments that led to the affirmation at the heart of Christianity: Jesus was, and is, God.

Saint Augustine’s contributions to Christian theology are second to no other post-apostolic author in the whole sweep of church history.