The Best Religion & Faith Documentaries

Religion & Belief - 93 free documentaries about religion & faith.

Start with Why Latinos Are Converting to Islam (19 min, VICE), then How Muslims Influenced Thomas Jefferson and America’s Founders (26 min, PBS). All 93 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on religion & faith is A History of God by Karen Armstrong.

• Why Latinos Are Converting to Islam (19 min, VICE)
• How Muslims Influenced Thomas Jefferson and America’s Founders | American Muslims (26 min, PBS)
• How I Became a Texan Muslim (23 min, Real Stories)
• Indonesia's green Islam: When climate protection becomes a religious duty (28 min, DW Documentary)
• From Slavery to Freedom: The Untold Story of America's First Muslims (26 min, PBS)
• Fasting for 29 Days With a Muslim Family During Ramadan | Balls Deep Episode 3 (23 min, VICE)
• How Islam Influenced Black Americans in 1920s Chicago | American Muslims: A History Revealed (26 min, PBS)
• Guns For God: The Church of the AR-15 (32 min, VICE)
• From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, Part One (110 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• God Bless America: How the US is Obsessed with Religion (53 min, ENDEVR)
• From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, Part Two (111 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• How South Asian Muslims and Mexican Americans United in the 1920s | American Muslims (26 min, PBS)
• Temple 420: Getting Stoned for God | WEEDIQUETTE (22 min, VICE)
• God and the Afterlife: The Story of God with Morgan Freeman (150 min, National Geographic)
• Confronting South Africa's Millionaire Preacher | Reggie Yates Extreme (50 min, Real Stories)
• The Church: Code of Silence (54 min, Real Stories)
• Martin Luther, the Reformation and the nation (43 min, DW Documentary)
• Is This One of America’s First Mosques? | American Muslims: A History Revealed (26 min, PBS)
• Faith, power, manipulation - The secrets of the Opus Dei sect (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Marketing the Messiah | Christianity (103 min, Moconomy)
• Louis Theroux Revisits America's Most Hated Family (Westboro Baptist Church) (59 min, Real Stories)
• Inside the Florida Church Town Where Predators Roam Free (57 min, Real Stories)
• American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel (87 min, Real Stories)
• Brave Believers: British Women’s Conversion to Islam During Challenging Times (49 min, Real Stories)
• Why Is India The Birth Place Of So Many Major Religions? | Eastern Philosophy (48 min, Odyssey)
• King Bullet Head and the Gun Church | Jamali Maddix: Follow the Leader (44 min, VICE)
• Abuse in the Catholic Church (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Inside Oklahoma: Welcome to the Most Conservative Bible State (53 min, ENDEVR)
• The Complete 5,000-Year History Of The World's Religions In 47 Minutes (48 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Do we Need God? - The Loss of God and the Decay of Society (25 min, Academy of Ideas)
• Sins of the Church: The Disturbing Transfer of Fallen Priests (54 min, ENDEVR)
• The Most Controversial Millionaire Preacher in South Africa | Reggie Yates (50 min, Free Documentary)
• Monotheism In Ancient Egypt: The Troubled Legacy Of Queen Tiye (53 min, Odyssey)
• The Ancient Beliefs That Govern East Asia's Most Powerful Nations | Eastern Philosophy (47 min, Odyssey)
• How Medieval Islam Thrived During Europe's Dark Ages | An Age Of Light (60 min, Absolute History)
• Is Indonesia Still A Bastion Of Moderate Islam & Diversity? | Insight (47 min, CNA Insider)
• Inside Saudi Arabia: The Power of the Holy Cities | Islam (42 min, ENDEVR)
• Christianity: How Ancient Religion Shaped The West | How Christianity Shapes Our Morality (49 min, Odyssey)
• Can Malaysia Avoid The Mixing Of Religion And Politics? | Insight (47 min, CNA Insider)
• My Muslim Heart: Dating Outside My Faith (52 min, Real Stories)
• How Sharia Courts Handle Divorce in Britain (48 min, Real Stories)
• Redefining the Separation of Church and State | God's Country (19 min, VICE)
• Marketing The Messiah | History Of Christianity | Best Documentaries (103 min, Moconomy)
• The Origins Of The Middle East's Monotheistic Religions | Eastern Philosophy (48 min, Odyssey)
• Christian Martyrs: 2,000 Years Of Faith, Persecution And Sacrifice (47 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Technology as religion (50 min, VPRO Documentary)
• Epicly Later'd: Ed Templeton (Part 6) (20 min, VICE)
• Why the Lack of Religion Breeds Mental Illness (14 min, Academy of Ideas)
• Is Government the New God? - The Religion of Totalitarianism (13 min, Academy of Ideas)
• Did This Roman Emperor Make Christianity More Pagan? | Secrets Of Christianity (45 min, Odyssey)
• Being a Muslim Chaplain in the U.S. Military (56 min, PBS)
• Buddha In Suburbia (58 min, Real Stories)
• Exposing the Church’s Darkest Secrets (114 min, Real Stories)
• What Is The Russian Orthodox Church? (49 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• A Brilliant Response to Atheism - John Lennox vs Christopher Hitchens (17 min, After Skool)
• The Last Taoist Effigy Shop In Singapore: A Digital Afterlife? | On The Red Dot (23 min, CNA Insider)
• Inside America’s Most Secretive Religious Community (55 min, Real Stories)
• The Trouble with Atheism (47 min, Real Stories)
• The GOD PARADOX - Brian Muraresku & Karen Armstrong (17 min, After Skool)
• The 1500 Year Old Monastery | Ireland's Wild Islands 102 (50 min, Love Nature)
• HISTORY OF IDEAS - Monasticism (10 min, The School of Life)
• HISTORY OF IDEAS - Religion (11 min, The School of Life)
• A modern Catholic church in Spain (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Breaking the Silence: Untold Stories of Abuse in the Church (107 min, Real Stories)
• Strictly Soulmates: Exploring Love in the Muslim Community (45 min, Real Stories)
• Can God be offended? Blasphemy, religion and freedom of speech (42 min, DW Documentary)
• How The Church Was Adopted By Romans & The Monks Who Rejected It | The Christians (49 min, Our History)
• The World’s Most Dangerous Places To Be A Christian Exposed (45 min, Real Stories)
• Book of Job - Why Bad Things Happen to Good People (15 min, After Skool)
• Cuba - building a catholic church (26 min, DW Documentary)
• How Science Can Be As Comforting As Religion (10 min, The School of Life)
• Losing Faith: The Anglican Church's Struggle for Relevance (22 min, ENDEVR)
• The Forgotten History of The Soviet Union Church | The Christians (49 min, Our History)
• Challenging Tradition: LGBT Clergy in the Church of England (29 min, Real Stories)
• Introduction to Kierkegaard: The Religious Solution (16 min, Academy of Ideas)
• Why Is This Europe's Most Divisive Mosque? (87 min, Real Stories)
• The Violent Raid That Shook The Christian World (37 min, Real Stories)
• The Missionaries Who Invaded Africa | The Christians (49 min, Our History)
• Exploring The History Of Middle Eastern Christians, Jews & Muslims | The Christians (48 min, Our History)
• This Is How Christianity Created A European Foothold | The Christians (49 min, Our History)

Top-Rated Books About Religion & Faith

1. A History of God by Karen Armstrong (3.6/5) - View on Amazon
2. The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James (3.6/5) - View on Amazon
3. Zealot by Reza Aslan (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
4. Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
5. Have a little faith by Mitch Albom - View on Amazon
6. Stages of faith by James W. Fowler (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
7. I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist by Norman L. Geisler - View on Amazon
8. Walking on water by Madeleine L'Engle - View on Amazon