Lectures

Building Bridges 2011 Christian-Muslim Seminar on Prayer 1/3:
"Theology of Prayer" **NEW**


Michael Plekon and Reza Shah-Kazemi.
With thanks to The Berkley Center and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Total running time: 1 hour 37 min.

Building Bridges 2011 Christian-Muslim Seminar on Prayer 2/3:
"Prayer in Practice" **NEW**


Philip Sheldrake and Dheen Mohamed.
With thanks to The Berkley Center and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Total running time: 1 hour 31 min.

Building Bridges 2011 Christian-Muslim Seminar on Prayer 3/3:
"Mutual Perceptions" **NEW**


Caner Dagli and Daniel Madigan, with concluding reflections from Archbishop Rowan Williams.
With thanks to The Berkley Center and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Total running time: 1 hour 45 min.

"St John Climacus of Sinai and the Ladder of Spiritual Ascent in Iconography"
Dr Elena Ene D-Vasilescu


A pictorial exploration of this formative text for Orthodox monasticism, the work of St John of the Ladder, Abbot of St Catherine's monastery, Sinai in the late sixth century. (The Ladder of Divine Ascent)
This film was made possible with the support of The Matheson Trust.
Filmed at the St. Theosevia Centre for Christian Spirituality, Oxford, 6th November, 2010.
Part of the "Drawing from the Wellsprings of the Desert" lecture series. Dr Elena Ene D-Vasilescu and Revd Dr Liz Carmichael.


"Cuthbert, Guthlac and the Life of St Antony"
Dr Benedicta Ward SLG


Christians far from Egypt have drawn inspiration from the Life of St Antony, including England's two most popular pre-Conquest hermit saints: Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (c. 634–687) and Guthlac (c. 673–714) whose hermitage in the fens became the Abbey of Crowland. This film was made possible with the support of The Matheson Trust.
Filmed at the St. Theosevia Centre for Christian Spirituality, Oxford, 6th November, 2010.
Part of the "Drawing from the Wellsprings of the Desert" lecture series. Dr Benedicta Ward SLG and Revd Dr Liz Carmichael.

Interviews

"Martin Lings—1st Meeting with Schuon"
Martin Lings


Martin Lings describes the first time he met Frithjof Schuon in 1938 and summarises his life long relationship to Schuon.
Running Time: 2:20
This clip is shown here by courtesy of World Wisdom Books.

Follow this link for the entire range of Martin Lings' interviews.


Video Clips

Beads of Faith, by Fons Vitae


Excerpts from a DVD by Fons Vitae on the universal use of prayer beads.
Running Time: 5:47
This clip is shown here by courtesy of Fons Vitae Books.