Educational screen & audio-visual guide (c1956-1971])

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Informal Audiovisuals Can Enrich 6y Dr. R. Boeke T JSUALLY we are so busy seekPastor, Dutch Protestant League, ^^ ing audiovisual aids for OUr Rotterdam, Holland Christian teaching that we pay too little attention to the materials around us which (can) illustrate the life and practice of other faiths and religions. Preoccu])ied with our preaching and church activities, we cannot roam around seeking examples of devotion in other fields. Many of the objects which could instruct us are in foreign countries. These may be difficult to come by, but right close to home we can find useful things. Many teachers have given > no thought to these. It is important to get information about religious life and practices not our own; to go beyond our own well-known customs and forms. Thus, for the jjeople of Holland, the American way of church life may seem strange. We are not used to flags in churches and to choirs in vestments. On the other hand, a recording of a church service in some part of Europe may sound very strange to American ears. There are, of coinse, quite a number of motion pictures showing religious ceremonies. When the new Pope is crowned, all the world sees it in cinema. Well known to many screen viewers here and abroad are film pictures of the 70 EdScreen & AV Guide — February, 1959