Self Encounter; 10; Sin Without God
- Series
- Self Encounter
- Episode Number
- 10
- Episode
- Sin Without God
- Producing Organization
- KRMA-TV (Television station : Denver, Colo.)
- Contributing Organization
- Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/512-4746q1t92k
- NOLA Code
- SETR
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- Description
- Episode Description
- This episode deals with the way the religious existentialist and the humanistic existentialist look at the subject of sin. To those who believe in God, the concept of sin makes sense. But what becomes of good and evil, right and wrong, if there is not God to refer to? Can there be sin without God? Some say there can be, that sin takes place in the gap between what man is and what he aspires to be. Dr. Barnes relates this view of sin to the existentialist idea of freedom. Pointing up these philosophical questions are scenes from Camus The Plague and the play Native Son by Paul Green and Richard Wright. There is considerable dramatic impact in the excerpt from Native Son, which shows a Negro on trial for murder. This is its theme: This man committed a crime, but society mad him what he is, and thus society itself is on trial. The scene illustrates quite well a point that Dr. Barnes is seeking to make. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Series Description
- Self Encounter is a series designed to explain and illustrate the most important principles of existential philosophy, and the implications of their application to everyday life and problems. The title suggests the two themes of the series: one, an explanation of the existential thesis that man must meet and recognize himself honestly, without recourse to myths or vain or supernatural hopes; two, the attempt to draw each viewer of the series into a closer and more careful understanding of himself. The technique used to clarify these themes is a combination of lecture and drama. Dr. Hazel E. Barnes, professor of classics at the University of Colorado and a noted student of existential philosophy, is the host for the series. She describes, in a direct, almost lecture style, the themes and topics most important to an understanding of existentialism. Her comments alternate with scenes from plays or novels by noted authors whose work reflect, or explain, existentialism; these dramatizations, performed by students at the University of Colorado, do much to clarify the material Dr. Barnes has been discussing. The series was produced by KRMA-TV, Denver. The 10 half-hour episodes that comprise this series were originally recorded on videotape. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Broadcast Date
- 1962-00-00
- Asset type
- Episode
- Topics
- Education
- Philosophy
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Duration
- 00:29:31
- Credits
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Director: Case, James
Host: Barnes, Hazel E.
Producer: Parkinson, John
Producing Organization: KRMA-TV (Television station : Denver, Colo.)
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 1891553-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 2 inch videotape
Generation: Master
Color: B&W
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 1891553-2 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Master
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 1891553-3 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Copy: Access
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Self Encounter; 10; Sin Without God,” 1962-00-00, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed September 13, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-4746q1t92k.
- MLA: “Self Encounter; 10; Sin Without God.” 1962-00-00. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. September 13, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-4746q1t92k>.
- APA: Self Encounter; 10; Sin Without God. Boston, MA: Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-4746q1t92k