Culture Books

Diploma in Dead Sea Scrolls Studies This home study course, summarising some 50 years of research, provides a detailed account of the discovery and preservation of the Dead Sea Scrolls, their relationship to the Old and New Testaments and to apocryphal scriptures; the belief systems and culture of the Qumran group; and controversies and fringe theories surrounding the Scrolls.  more...

Diploma in Amish History and Culture Distance learning Interest in the Amish communities of North America has been generated through movies, documentaries, tourism and literature. Do the media portray Amish life accurately? What do the Amish believe and how is it different from other forms of Christianity? Where did they come from, how did their sect begin and what made them emigrate to America? Is their simple and rural lifestyle really idyllic?  more...

Diploma in Psychoanalytic Social Studies ...culture from prehistoric times and also looks at how cultures change and how they go wrong. Understanding the deeper psychological forces that have expressed themselves through society throughout the ages can help us to understand contemporary questions such as: * Why are there sometimes drastic changes in civilisations? * Why does modern art seem to have lost its soul?  more...