Our cultural attitudes towards suffering are sometimes used as a rationale to withhold medications--attitudes that palliative-care physicians hope to change in order to make dying less frightening and less painful.

Real people with terminal illnesses share their stories of living with dying. Also their caretakers share the challenges of delivering a "good death."

The dramatic story of two blue-collar Milwaukee families over two decades.

The poetry of Deborah Garrison speaks in a voice sometimes defiant and tinged with sarcasm, but humorous, too, and sweetened by tender longing.

The filmmaker discusses his efforts to tell old myths in new ways, the role of faith in his own life, and the influence of his mentor, Joseph Campbell.

Bill Moyers talks with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who has been a tireless voice for justice and racial reconciliation.

The religious historian on Islamic conceptions of order, justice, mercy, and compassion.

The religious historian considers the "dense and palpable" spirit of Christianity and the intimate relationship between Jews and their God.

Confucius was no God, but his teachings were the invisible mortar holding together a society containing one quarter of the world's population.

The religious historian takes us from India to Tibet to Japan to explore two great religions — Hinduism and Buddhism.