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Theological Resources on the InternetThis collection of links to selected theological information, most of which is available freely on the Internet, is intended to assist theology faculty and students in doing their research. The resources are grouped according to several categories. For a list of theological resources which focuses primarily on library materials restricted to Oral Roberts University faculty and students, go to the Resources by Discipline page and browse the theology section. To access restricted resources when off campus, ORU students and faculty may use their Novell user name and password to log on here. Contents
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| Provides an overview of each book of the Bible. Includes a pronunciation guide to difficult Biblical words and names. | |
| http://netministries.org/BBasics/BBasics.html | |
| Provides access to versions of the Bible in 18 non-English languages as well as to the several English Bible versions including the New International Version, the New American Standard Bible, the New Living Translation, the New King James Version, the Amplified Bible, and the Revised Standard Version. | |
| http://www.biblegateway.com | |
| Includes an online study Bible, a Bible-in-a-Year reading program, an interlinear Bible, a parallel Bible, and numerous Bible reference works including commentaries, lexicons, concordances, encyclopedias, and dictionaries. Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology is part of the collection. | |
| http://www.biblestudytools.net | |
| Includes such Bible commentaries Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible, and Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament. | |
| http://bible.crosswalk.com/Commentaries | |
| This "Internet resource for studying the Bible" provides a collection of full text articles on biblical subjects collected by Robert I. Bradshaw. | |
| http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk | |
| "Read, search, study the Bible in many languages." An extension of the Online Parallel Bible Project, this website provides multiple versions and translations of the Bible as well as an online parallel Bible including Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Latin; a Bible lexicon; Bible commentaries; and cross references. | |
| http://biblos.com | |
| Searches the KJV of the Bible. Also searches several Bible study helps: Nave's Topical Bible, Torrey's New Topical Textbook, Vine's Dictionary of New Testament Words, Easton's Bible Dictionary, the Thematic Subject Guide, and Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary. | |
| http://blueletterbible.org/index.html | |
| Provides helps for the study of the New Testament. Includes introductory charts, lists, and glossaries, as well as materials specific to the various sections of the New Testament including the four Gospels and the evangelists; Acts, Paul, and the Epistles; and the Book of Revelation and other apocalyptic literature. Created by Felix Just, S.J., of Loyola Marymount University. | |
| http://catholic-resources.org/Bible/ | |
| Includes the Gospel of Thomas as well as the four canonical gospels. | |
| http://www.utoronto.ca/religion/synopsis | |
| Images of every page of the Gutenberg Bible are available for viewing. | |
| http://www.gutenbergdigital.de/gudi/start.htm | |
| Every word is linked to a Latin parsing lexicon. | |
| http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0060 | |
| Links each word in the KJV of the Bible to its appropriate entry in Strong's Concordance. | |
| http://www.bju.edu/bible | |
| Every word is linked to a Greek parsing lexicon. Sometimes slow loading. | |
| http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0155 | |
| A "comprehensive, up-to-date, annotated guide to good academic New Testament Web resources." Major categories include Greek New Testament, Bible translations, textual criticism, non-canonical, the Gospels and Acts, Paul, Revelation, the historical Jesus, Judaica, the early Church, Jesus in film, scholars, maps, archaeology, art and images, women and gender, bibliography. | |
| http://www.ntgateway.com | |
| "A comprehensive, annotated, academic directory of internet sites on the Old Testament [which] focuses on resources that will be of interest to both scholars and students of the Old Testament. | |
| http://www.otgateway.com | |
| Searches several English versions simultaneously. Also includes some non-English versions. | |
| http://olivetree.com/bible | |
| Allows you to search a biblical passage in two versions and displays them side by side. | |
| http://www.searchgodsword.org/par/ | |
| "Bible study online - interactive commentary for serious Bible study including over 1000 sound & picture files. The Amos commentary is the trial prototype for a series of commentaries covering the whole Bible text. Written by established scholars - a new resource for online biblical studies." | |
| http://www.bible.gen.nz/ | |
| Focusing on the early Christian writings and their social world. Includes the New English Translation (NET). A Bible study section includes 3,000 studies organized by topic or book of the Bible. Compiled by Torrey Seland. | |
| http://www.torreys.org/bible | |
| Reviews various solutions to the Synoptic problem and provides links to materials related to its resolution. Includes a four-color synopsis in which the Greek text of each synoptic is color coded to indicate unique and shared material. | |
| http://www.mindspring.com/~scarlson/synopt/index.html | |
| A collection of searchable Bibles including ten English versions such as the NASB, Greek and Hebrew versions, and 42 versions in other languages. | |
| http://www.planetwisdom.com/resources/unboundbible | |
| "An Internet Resource for Studying Christian Theology" created by Robert I. Bradshaw. Includes bibliographies of diverse aspects of theology as well as hosts the full text of numerous journal articles. | |
| http://www.theologicalstudies.org.uk | |
| Includes information related to Augustine's life and works, texts and translations, some commentaries, and research materials and essays. The page is created and maintained by James J. O'Donnell. | |
| http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/augustine.html | |
| "The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Home Page in English is maintained by the English Language Section of the International Bonhoeffer Society." | |
| http://www.dbonhoeffer.org | |
| "This site is maintained by G. J. Goldberg. I am an independent scholar who hopes this site will help introduce people to the works of this important historian. I also hope the organization of themes will serve as a convenient reference for those already knowledgeable about his works." | |
| http://members.aol.com/FLJOSEPHUS/home.htm | |
| "The LWS aims to provide a virtual place for collaboration in Lonergan Studies. We do this by providing book reviews, interviews, dialectic resources and research notes, a Lonergan glossary, and links to related sites of interest to Lonergan scholars." | |
| http://lonergan.concordia.ca/ | |
| An index to biographical material. Search, for example, under "Theologian" or under the name of a particular theologian. Includes full text. Restricted to ORU faculty, staff, and students. | |
| http://80-infotrac.galegroup.com.ezproxy.oru.edu:2048/itweb/oru?db=BioRC | |
| Provides biographical sketches of over 25,000 persons, past and present. | |
| http://www.biography.com/ | |
| A collection of religious online texts. Includes, among others, Vatican II documents, the papal encyclicals including those of John Paul II, patristics, documents related to the Orthodox Church, and some related to the Reformation. | |
| http://www.intratext.com/BRI/ | |
| Classical Christian books in electronic format. Includes the early church fathers, the World Wide Study Bible, and the World Wide Encyclopedia of Christianity. Created by Harry Plantinga at Calvin College. | |
| http://www.ccel.org | |
| A collection of links to online texts that are classified BL-BX (Religion) according to Library of Congress classification. Edited by John Mark Ockerbloom and made available through the University of Pennsylvania. | |
| http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/subjectstart?BL-BX | |
| Full texts by recognized religious scholars. Includes more than 3,600 articles and chapters on such topics as the Old and New Testament, theology, ethics, history and sociology of religion, communication and cultural studies, pastoral care, counseling, homiletics, worship, missions, and religious education. | |
| http://www.religion-online.org | |
| Includes links to the full text of ecumenical and local councils and other Catholic documents. Compiled by the Theology Library of Spring Hill College. | |
| http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary/docs.htm | |
| Includes Old and New Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, Nag Hammadi Codices, and the Church Fathers. | |
| http://wesley.nnu.edu/biblical_studies/noncanon/index.htm | |
| "Contains pointers to Internet-accessible files relating to the early church, including canonical documents, creeds, the writings of the Apostolic Fathers and other historical texts relevant to church history." Includes New Testament canonical information, writings of the Apostolic Fathers, patristic texts, creeds and canons, and other texts. | |
| http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/christian-history.html | |
| Includes the complete works of Charles Finney as well as works by Asa Mahan, John Wesley, Aaron M. Hills, John Fletcher, Jonathan Edwards, and other Reformation authors. | |
| http://www.revivaltheology.com | |
| "Project Canterbury is home on the Internet to Anglican texts. Emphasis is placed on documents expressing the Catholic identity of Anglicanism. The Tracts for the Times and the Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology are essential print resources for this collection, as are other out-of-print materials not readily accessible in many libraries. The site is also host to translations of the Book of Common Prayer in many languages other than English." | |
| http://justus.anglican.org/resources/pc | |
| A segment from the Directory of Publishers and Vendors. | |
| http://www.acqweb.org/pubr/rel.html | |
| An online reprint of Augustine: Confessions with commentary by James J. O'Donnell (Oxford: 1992). | |
| http://www.stoa.org/hippo | |
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English translations of many of St. Thomas's theological and philosophical works including both of his Summas and his commentary on Lombard's Sentences. Also includes his Quaestiones Disputatae, his Opuscula, and his commentaries on Aristotle and on the Bible. Available from Joseph Kenny, O.P., of the Dominican Institute associated with the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. |
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| http://www.diafrica.org/kenny/CDtexts/index.htm | |
| The current issue of Books & Culture: A Christian Review is available full text from the main page, and the archives (1998-2004) are available by clicking Archives. | |
| http://www.christianitytoday.com/books | |
| "The Review of Biblical Literature (RBL), founded by the Society of Biblical Literature, presents reviews of books in biblical studies and related fields. Appearing in ... digital form and in print, RBL is comprehensive, international, and timely." | |
| http://www.bookreviews.org | |
| "This site offers background information on famous paintings and biblical themes." | |
| http://www.artbible.info | |
| "An exploration of the arts, music, and the Christian worldview." | |
| http://www.artsreformation.com | |
| "This Web site offers a large bibliographical database about religious aspects and backgrounds of English literature, from the Middle Ages to the present century, with primary (though not exclusive) emphasis upon writers within the Anglican tradition." Compiled by William S. Peterson. | |
| http://www.english.umd.edu/englfac/WPeterson/ELR/elr.htm | |
| For church history-related resources, see: Christianity--History, Christianity--Early Church, Christianity--Middle Ages, Christianity--Reformation, and Christianity--Age of Enlightenment. | |
| http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/Internet/front.htm | |
| Includes the online version of Migne's Patrologia Latina and Patrologiae Graecae. Thousands of other church-related documents are provided by the Cooperatorum Veritatis Societas on the same site. Most are in Latin, some are in English and Italian, and a few are in French. | |
| http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/ | |
| The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship. | |
| http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/scrolls/toc.html | |
| The purpose of this site is to: "provide access to research tools such as electronic bibliographies, searchable databases, and texts related to the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement that are not available any where else on the Internet" as well as "to provide links to other sources of information on the Internet about the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement." . | |
| http://www.bible.acu.edu/stone-campbell | |
| "An intellectual and visual guide to the new and controversial historical evidence which challenges familiar assumptions about the life of Jesus and the epic rise of Christianity." | |
| http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/ | |
| "Contains pointers to Internet-accessible files relating to the early church, including canonical documents, creeds, the writings of the Apostolic Fathers and other historical texts relevant to church history." Includes New Testament canonical information, writings of the Apostolic Fathers, patristic texts, creeds and canons, and other texts." | |
| http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/christian-history.html | |
| "The main focus...is on the process used to study the ancient manuscripts upon which the New Testament is based." | |
| http://www.earlham.edu/~seidti/iam/interp_mss.html | |
| A list of links related to the Reformation. | |
| http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity/Church_History/The_Reformation | |
| The Christian Classics Ethereal Library full text version. | |
| http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ | |
| Includes Antiquities of the Jews, War of the Jews, Flavius Josephus Against Apion, and Josephus's Discourse to the Greeks concerning Hades. . | |
| http://bible.crosswalk.com/History/BC/FlaviusJosephus/ | |
| "Project Wittenberg is home to works by and about Martin Luther and other Lutherans. Here you will find all manner of texts from short quotations to commentaries, hymns to statements of faith, theological treatises to biographies, and links to other places where words and images from the history of Lutheranism live." | |
| http://www.projectwittenberg.org/ | |
| Features "historical texts, pictures, resources for historical research and links to other relevant pages dealing with the Restoration Movement. This nineteenth-century unity and restitution effort by Barton W. Stone and Thomas and Alexander Campbell spawned several distinct religious groups: the Churches of Christ, the Christian Churches, and the Disciples of Christ. The wider historical context also includes the Christian Churches of James O'Kelly and the Christian Connexion of Elias Smith and Abner Jones." | |
| http://www.therestorationmovement.com/ | |
| "Theology from a Bunch of Dead Guys" | |
| http://www.gty.org/~phil/hall.htm | |
| Hypertext excyclopedia of early church history. Includes translations of Judaeo-Christian and Islamic primary sources, a glossary, articles on major topics and figures, Judaeo-Christian iconography and religious art, and a timeline. | |
| http://www2.evansville.edu/ecoleweb | |
| "This database provides access to articles, essays, and lectures dealing with John Calvin and Calvinism from the 16th century to the present." | |
| http://www.calvin.edu/library/database/card/index.stm | |
| "This site is intended for people who wish to deepen their knowledge of the Christian Catacombs of Rome and of the Church history in its origins." | |
| http://www.catacombe.roma.it | |
| "The Jewish History Resource Center is a project of the Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History. Over 6000 links to websites in over 30 categories dealing with Jewish History have been visited by our team and have been found to be of value to those interested in Jewish History." | |
| http://www.dinur.org/1.html?rsID=219 | |
| A compilation of full text documents relevant to the early church. See also Ancient History Sourcebook--Christian Origins. | |
| http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook3.html | |
| Resources for medieval studies. Sponsored by Georgetown University. | |
| http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/ | |
| From A.D. 33 to the Reformation. | |
| http://bible1.crosswalk.com/History/AD/SketchesofChurchHistory | |
| The online version of the journal. | |
| http://www.christianitytoday.com/history | |
| From A.D. 33 to the Reformation. | |
| http://bible1.crosswalk.com/History/AD/SketchesofChurchHistory | |
| "This site provides information, research, discussion, and analysis of religion in Latin America. [It] emphasizes history of Catholic, Protestant, Pentecostal, Evangelical, indigenous, and Afro-Latin American religions. Sources for religion and politics are treated in detail. References for theology of liberation and other Latin American theologies are given.... The full text for three books are available and downloadable." | |
| http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/rla/index.htm | |
| "The World Council of Churches (WCC) is the broadest and most inclusive among the many organized expressions of the modern ecumenical movement, a movement whose goal is Christian unity." | |
| http://www.wcc-coe.org/ | |
| "The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies" from the Jewish National and University Library. | |
| http://jnul.huji.ac.il/rambi | |
| "Theological Literature Documented in Innsbruck." | |
| http://bildi.uibk.ac.at/index-theoldi-en.html | |
| The official website of the Assemblies of God, USA. | |
| http://www.ag.org/top | |
| The official website of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). | |
| http://www.disciples.org | |
| The official website of the Anglican communion. | |
| http://www.cofe.anglican.org | |
| The official ECUSA website. | |
| http://www.ecusa.anglican.org | |
| The official website for the Greek Orthodox Archdioscese of America. | |
| http://www.goarch.org | |
| "This is the official site for the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. We are an historic pentecostal denomination and trace our beginnings back to 1898. Briefly, we believe in Justification by Faith, Sanctification, Baptism in the Holy Spirit, Divine Healing and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ." | |
| http://www.iphc.org | |
| The official website for the Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod. | |
| http://www.lcms.org | |
| "Mennonite.net is a church-affiliated Internet technology organization that seeks to build and support Mennonite community on the World Wide Web." | |
| http://www.mennonite.net | |
| The official website of the Open Bible Standard Churches. | |
| http://www.openbible.org/ | |
| The official website of the Orthodox Church in America. | |
| http://www.oca.org/ | |
| The official website for the Presbyterian Church (USA). Includes Presbyterian history, a congregational directory, Presbyterian news and events, and churchwide personnel services. | |
| http://www.pcusa.org | |
| The official website of the Southern Baptist Convention. | |
| http://www.sbc.net | |
| The official website for the United Church of Christ. | |
| http://www.ucc.org/index.php | |
| The official website for the United Methodist Church. Includes information on church history and beliefs, church locations, access to the "church library", Methodist news, and Methodist store. | |
| http://www.umc.org | |
| The site includes numerous works by John Wesley, Charles Wesley, and John Fletcher as well as other works related to Wesleyan theology, the holiness tradition, Arminianism, and other associated traditions and influences. The site also provides aids to biblical studies including an online Greek New Testament. It is sponsored by the Wesley Center for Applied Theology of Northwest Nazarene University. | |
| http://wesley.nnu.edu | |
| The official website for the Holy See of the Roman Catholic Church. | |
| http://www.vatican.va/ | |
| From this site, "students, faculty, staff and researchers can now order their own unbound copies of dissertations and theses with express delivery to their home, school or office. Select from over 1.9 million graduate works available from UMI." | |
| http://wwwlib.umi.com/dxweb/gateway | |
| A collection of more than 10,000 "theological thesis/dissertation titles representing research from as many as 70 different institutions." Included are conference papers from several academic societies some of which are: Evangelical Theological Society, American Society of Church History, Society for Pentecostal Studies, North American Patristic Society, and American Catholic Historical Association. Documents are available in paper (15 cents per page), microfiche ($3-5 per title), or PDF (10 cents per page). | |
| http://www.tren.com | |
| "RIM® Online is a freely available database that indexes DMin projects from reporting schools of theology accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada. Indexing began in 1981. Author, title, project advisor, institution, and subject access are provided. In addition, an abstract for each project is included when one has been provided by the author." | |
| http://rim.atla.com/star/rimonline_login.htm | |
| Only ORU theses published in UMI's Dissertation Abstracts database after 1996 are available at this site. Provides abstracts and 24-page previews. Full text of materials published after 1996 is available in in PDF format. | |
| http://proquest.umi.com.ezproxy.oru.edu:2048/login?COPT=REJTPTU0MzImSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=456 | |
| A collaborative distributed database of digitized theses produced at Australian universities. | |
| http://adt.caul.edu.au/ | |
| Index to British theses accepted for higher degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland from 1970 to 2001. Includes abstracts. Fee required. | |
| http://www.theses.com | |
| A selective, annotated guide to a wide variety of electronic resources of interest to those who are involved in the study and practice of religion: syllabi, electronic texts, electronic journals, websites, bibliographies, listserv discussion groups, liturgies, reference resources, software, etc. | |
| http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/Internet/front.htm | |
| A list of links to religious studies pages on the web. | |
| http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2730 |
| A theology research guide provided by the Yale Divinity School Library. | |
| http://www.library.yale.edu/div/xtiangde.htm | |
| Gateway to evangelical materials on the Web. | |
| http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/christian-resources.html | |
| An excellent collection of links to theological resources from the libraries of the College of St. Benedict and St. John's University. | |
| http://www.users.csbsju.edu/~eknuth/itr/index.html | |
| An annotated list of sites related to numerous religions and points of view. | |
| http://www.humbul.ac.uk/output/subout.php?subj=religion | |
| An annotated list of sites related to numerous religions and points of view. Be sure to click "General Religion Resources" to check out less specific sites. | |
| http://lii.org/search/file/religion | |
| Analyzes and highlights important content of religion-related websites to facilitate research. | |
| http://virtualreligion.net/vri/ | |
| "This guide provides a selective listing of the best Internet resources of interest to religious studies scholars and students of religion." Maintained by John L. Gresham, Library Director at Fontbonne College in St. Louis. | |
| http://www.kenrickparish.com/gresham/contents.htm | |
| A virtual library of sources in religion, including bibliographies, library catalogs, discussion groups, e-journals, e-texts, and some miscellaneous exhibits. | |
| http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/religion/index.html | |
| Compiled by Jay C. Treat. | |
| http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~jtreat/rs/resources.html | |
| Focuses on free internet resources for use by researchers involved in the academic study of religion. | |
| http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~lipton | |
| Includes Quodlibet Online Journal, an Internet resources index, and a sermon database among other resources. | |
| http://www.theologywebsite.com | |
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The Theological Journals Search is a custom Google search engine which searches over 250 theological journals for which full text is available free online. All of the individual journal titles listed below may be searched simultaneously using this search engine. |
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| http://google.com/coop/cse?cx=018443097211386924752%3Aluwi5uy2qbe | |
| The American Journal of Biblical Theology is a peer-reviewed electronic journal written from an evangelical perspective. The journal's website also includes Bible study resources. | |
| http://www.biblicaltheology.com/research.html | |
| According to FindArticles.com, Anglican Theological Review is "the unofficial organ of the seminaries of the Episcopal Church in the United States and the Anglican Church of Canada." ATR is "a quarterly journal of theological reflection." Its stated purpose is "to foster scholarly excellence and thoughtful conversation in and for the church." To see tables of contents of recent issues, see the ATR website. FindArticles.com provides issues from 1997 to 2004 full text online. Indexed in Academic Search Complete and in the ATLA Religion Database. | |
| http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3818 | |
| Animus: A Philosophical Journal for Our Time "aims at an understanding of the works of Western civilization and contemporary views of these works." Each issue focuses on a particular theme such as postmodernism, modernity, Platonism, and Hegel. All issues (1996 to the present) are available full text online. | |
| http://www.swgc.mun.ca/animus | |
| Ars Disputandi: The Online Journal for Philosophy of Religion "publishes refereed articles, literature surveys and discussion notes, as well as book reviews and bibliographies... AD is concerned to promote research and discussion of issues in the philosophy of religion by providing for the fast publication of contributions to ongoing debates." Includes full text articles from 2001 to the present. Listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals. | |
| http://www.arsdisputandi.org | |
| Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies, which is published by the Faculty of Asia Pacific Theological Seminary, seeks "to encourage serious theological thinking and articulation by Pentecostals/ Charismatics in Asia; to promote interaction among Asian Pentecostals/Charismatics and dialogue with other Christian traditions; to stimulate creative contextualization of the Christian faith; and to provide a means for Pentecostals/Charismatics to share their theological reflection." Issues from 1998 to the present are available full text online. Indexed in Academic Search Complete and the ATLA Religion Database. | |
| http://www.apts.edu/ajps.htm | |
| Baptist History & Heritage is the journal of the Baptist History and Heritage Society. FindArticles.com provides full text from 1999 to 2004. A list of the articles published from 1994 to 2004 is available on the society's webpage. Indexed in the Christian Periodical Index. | |
| http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0NXG | |
| "Published since 1920 by the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, Biblica is a research journal and appears four times a year. It is dedicated to Biblical studies on the Old and New Testament, and intertestamentary literature, and covers fields of research, such as exegesis, philology, and history." Full text is available for the 1998-2003 issues; abstracts are available for the 1990-2003 issues. Indexed in the ATLA Religion Database. | |
| http://www.bsw.org/project/biblica | |
| Biblical Theology Bulletin: International Quarterly Journal of Biblical Theology "is a blind peer-reviewed quarterly journal of Bible and Theology." FindArticles.com provides full text issues from 1999 to 2004. Indexed in the ATLA Religion Database. | |
| http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0LAL | |
| According to FindArticles.com, Christian Century is a "nondenominational journal [which] offers staff-written editorials and contributing articles on matters of religion, politics and society." Christian Century's website provides some full text of the most current issue as well as some feature articles from previous issues. FindArticles.com provides issues from 1993 to 2005 full text online. Indexed in Academic Search Complete and the ATLA Religion Database. | |
| http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1058 | |
| "The Christian Ethics Today Foundation publishes Christian Ethics Today in order to provide laypersons, educators, and ministers with a resource for understanding and responding in a faithful Christian manner to moral and ethical issues that are of concern to contemporary Christians, to the church, and to society." All issues (1995- ) are available full text online. | |
| http://www.christianethicstoday.com/index.htm | |
| Numerous articles are available full text online. Indexed in Academic Search Complete, the Christian Periodical Index, and the ATLA Religion Database. | |
| http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/ | |
| The Chafer Theological Seminary publishes CTS Journal. Its articles (1995- ) and book reviews are available full text online. | |
| http://www.chafer.edu/journal/back_issues.html/ | |
| Contra Mundum, which means "against the world," is "a forum for discussion and exploration of ideas and issues in Reformed thought today. A variety of viewpoints are accepted - within the bounds of the Reformed confessions." Full text issues from 1991 to 1995 are available full text online. | |
| http://www.contra-mundum.org/journals.html | |
| According to the journal website, Currents "aims to provide resources for mission, ministry, and theological growth for pastors, diaconal ministers, associates in ministry, and other church leaders." It is "published by the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, in cooperation with Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and Wartburg Theological Seminary." FindArticles.com provides full text from 2002 to 2004. See the journal website to view the tables of contents. Indexed in the ATLA Religion Database. | |
| http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0MDO | |
| Issues from 1997 to the present are available full text online. Listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals. | |
| http://www.pctii.org/cybertab.html | |
| "Denver Journal is Denver Seminary's on-line theological review journal. It offers reviews of the latest works in the fields of Old Testament, New Testament, counseling, church history, philosophy of religion, theology, world Christianity, youth and family, and ministry." The review articles from 1998 to the present are available full text online. Listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals. | |
| http://www.denverseminary.edu/dj | |
| Click "Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal" and then "Table of all articles" to access back issues from 1996 to 2000. Indexed in the ATLA Religion Database. | |
| http://www.dbts.edu/dbts/5.htm | |
| Direction is a Mennonite Brethren semiannual publication which addresses "biblical, theological, historical, ethical, and church-related issues." Back issues from 1989 to 2002 are available full text online. Indexed in the ATLA Religion Database. | |
| http://www.directionjournal.org/toc | |
| DISKUS, an international religious studies journal, "focuses on contemporary religions. [It] aims to publish scholarly articles of a broadly phenomenological character, covering a range of different religous traditions and topics and written in a lucid and accessible manner so as to be useful to a wide readership of academics, students, teachers and others involved in the academic study of religions." Originally published on disks, it is edited by Brian Bocking and Gavin Flood. Issues from 1993 to 2000 are available full text online. | |
| http://www.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/diskus/ | |
| "A bi-monthly journal of Catholic apologetics and evangelization, edited by Patrick Madrid." Back issues from 1996 to 2002 available full text. Indexed in the ATLA Religion Database. | |
| http://www.envoymagazine.com/browse.htm | |
| First Things: Journal of Religion and Public Life is "published by The Institute on Religion and Public Life, an interreligious, nonpartisan research and education institute whose purpose is to advance a religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society." Full text is available from 1992 to the present. Indexed in Academic Search Complete (2000 - present) and the ATLA Religion Database. | |
| http://www.firstthings.com | |
| Founders Journal is "a quarterly theological publication of Founders Ministries ... committed to publishing articles and reviews that are consistent with the doctrines of grace and that speak from a historic Southern Baptist perspective." Full text is available from 1990 to the present. Indexed in the Christian Periodical Index (1991 - present). | |
| http://www.founders.org/journal.html | |
| "The Global Journal of Classical Theology is dedicated to excellence in scholarship and review of issues in both Classical and Contemporary Evangelical Theology." Issues from 1998 to 2002 are available full text online. | |
| http://www.trinitysem.edu/journal/journalmain.html | |
| Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies is "an electronic journal dedicated to the study of the Syriac tradition." Articles from 1998 to the present are available full text online. Indexed in the ATLA Religion Database. | |
| http://syrcom.cua.edu/Hugoye/index.html | |
| "JSIJ is a peer-reviewed, electronic journal dealing with all fields of Jewish studies, which is distributed free of charge via the Internet." Articles from 2002 to the present are available full text online. | |
| http://www.biu.ac.il/JS/JSIJ/index.htm | |
| The aim of The Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood is to help "the Church deal biblically with gender issues." Articles from 1995 to the present are available full text online. Indexed in the Christian Periodical Index. | |
| http://www.cbmw.org/journal/index.php | |
| The Journal for Christian Theological Research (JCTR) "is an organ of the Christian Theological Research Fellowship in association with the Systematic Theology Group of the American Academy of Religion. The JCTR is a refereed and indexed journal in systematic and moral theology." Full text is available from 1996-2003. Indexed in the ATLA Religion Database. | |
| http://groups.apu.edu/ctrf/jctr.html | |
| The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory is "a peer-reviewed journal devoted to both disciplinary and interdisciplinary scholarship of a cutting-edge nature that deals broadly with the phenomenon of religion and cultural theory." Full text is available from 1999 to the present. Listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals. | |
| http://www.jcrt.org/ | |
| Full text is available from 2001 to the present. | |
| http://journalofbiblicalstudies.org | |
| Full text is available from 1996 to the present. Listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals and indexed in the ATLA Religion Database. | |
| http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/JHS/jhs-article.html | |
| "Journal of Lutheran Ethics (JLE) is an online publication dedicated to promoting awareness of, study of, and conversation about Christian ethics in the Lutheran tradition." Articles relating to (1) biblical and theological basis and orientation, (2) the history of Lutheran ethics, (3) contemporary issues, (4) the Churchs social witness, and (5) vocation are available full text online. | |
| http://www.elca.org/jle/ | |
| The Journal of Religion & Popular Culture is "a web-based, peer-reviewed journal committed to the academic exploration, analysis and interpretation, from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, of the interrelations and interactions between religion and religious expression and popular culture, broadly defined as the products of contemporary mass culture." Full text is available for the fall and spring of 2002. | |
| http://www.usask.ca/relst/jrpc/index.html | |
| "The Journal of Religion & Society is a refereed academic journal dedicated to the publication of scholarly research in religion and its diverse social dimensions." Full text is available from 1999 to the present. Listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals. | |
| http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS | |
| The Journal of Renewal Studies is a new online journal produced by Regent University. Full text of the inaugural issue is currently available (May 2005). | |
| http://www.journalofrenewalstudies.org | |
| The Journal of Southern Religion is "a fully peer-reviewed academic journal reflecting the best traditions of objective and critical scholarship in the study of religion." Full text is available from 1998 to the present. Listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals and indexed in the ATLA Religion Database. | |
| http://jsr.fsu.edu/ | |
| The Evangelical Theological Society provides full text of JETS from 1996 to 2004. Indexed in the ATLA Religion Database. Also available in FindArticles.com, which describes the journal as "providing coverage and analysis of religion and philosophy." | |
| http://www.etsjets.org/jets/journal/jets.html | |
| Full text is available from 1988 to the present. | |
| http://www.faithalone.org/journal/index.html | |
| "The Journal of Youth Ministry is intended to be a peer-reviewed medium through which professional youth ministry educators may share with, encourage, and challenge each other through our various specific academic and practical disciplines related to youth ministry education. This journal will allow us to share research, promote critical thinking, and encourage innovation associated with the practice and theory of Christian youth ministry." Full text from 2000 to 2003 is available. Indexed in Academic Search Complete and the Christian Periodical Index. | |
| http://www.youthspecialties.com/academic/jym/ | |
| McMaster Journal is "an electronic journal that seeks to provide pastors, educators, and interested lay persons with the fruits of theological, biblical, and professional studies in an accessible form." Issues dated from 1998 to 2002 are available full text online. | |
| http://www.mcmaster.ca/mjtm | |
| The North Star: A Journal of African American Religious History "provides information on events, new publications, research collections, and other resources in the field of African-American religious history. [I]t presents peer-reviewed articles based on historical research that explore the religious cultures of people of African descent in the United States." Issues from 1997 to the present are available online. | |
| http://northstar.vassar.edu/index2.html | |
| Perspectives on Science & Christian Faith is the journal of the American Scientific Affiliation. PSCF articles are available online approximately one year after they are published. Most articles from the 1980-2002 are also online. Earlier issues (1949-1988) will be made available as they are completed. Indexed in the Christian Periodical Index and the ATLA Religion Database. | |
| http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF.html | |
| Published by the Society of Online Christian Theology and Philosophy, Quodlibet Online Journal of Christian Theology and Philosophy is "designed primarily for articles which address theological and philosophical issues from a Christian perspective, and for articles from any perspective which deal critically with the theological and philosophical credentials of the Christian faith." Full text is available from 1999 to the present. | |
| http://www.quodlibet.net/archive/ | |
| Reformed Quarterly is published by the Reformed Theological Seminary. Full text is available from 1998 to the present. | |
| http://www.rts.edu/quarterly | |
| La Revue Réformée is a Protestant quarterly written in the French language. Full text is available from 1997 to the present. | |
| http://www.unpoissondansle.net/rr | |
| Semper Reformanda: A Journal of Lutheran Reformation "exists to forward this ancient axiom [Ecclesia semper reformanda est. = The Church always needs to be reformed.] ... In today's cyber-world, SR intends to be a modern forum where theses can be posted for discussion in order that the reformation of the Church may ever continue." No dates provided. | |
| http://users.aol.com/SemperRef/ | |
| Sociology of Religion is a quarterly publication of the Association for the Sociology of Religion. "It carries a broad range of articles on theoretical and empirical issues and has distinguished itself as a forum for scholarship in the classic tradition of comparative, historical and theoretical work." FindArticles.com provides full text issues from 1993 to 2004. Indexed in Academic Search Complete and the ATLA Religion Database. | |
| http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0SOR | |
| Studies in Religion is "a Canadian quarterly, covering a wide range of sub-fields in religious studies. The journal balances thematic issues (one or two per year) with more general issues." Full text is available from 1995 to 2001. Some articles are in French, and some are in English. To access the journal from the Wilfrid Laurier University Press home page, click "Journals" in the left hand column, and then click Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses. | |
| http://info.wlu.ca/~wwwpress/jrls/sr | |
| TC is "an electronic journal dedicated to the study of the Jewish and Christian biblical texts." Full text is available from 1996 to the present. Indexed in Academic Search Complete and the ATLA Religion Database. | |
| http://rosetta.reltech.org/TC/TC.html | |
| Theology Today is "a quarterly ecumenical journal of theology, [which] publishes articles on a wide range of classical and contemporary theological issues by many of the finest theologians working today." It is published by Princeton Theological Seminary. Full text is available from 1958 to the present. Indexed in Academic Search Complete and the ATLA Religion Database. | |
| http://theologytoday.ptsem.edu | |
| Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity is "a Christian journal, conservative in doctrine and eclectic in content, with editors and readers from each of the three great divisions of Christendom Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox. The mission of the journal and its publisher, the Fellowship of St. James, is to provide a place where Christians of various backgrounds can speak with one another on the basis of shared belief and the fundamental doctrines of the faith as revealed in Holy Scripture and summarized in the ancient creeds of the Church." Selected full text articles are available from issues dated from 1999 to the present. Indexed in the ATLA Religion Database. | |
| http://www.touchstonemag.com | |
| Wesleyan Theological Journal is provided through the Wesley Center for Applied Theology at Northwest Nazarene University. Full text is available from 1966 to 2000. Indexed in the ATLA Religion Database. | |
| http://wesley.nnu.edu/wesleyan_theology/theojrnl/index.htm | |
| Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal is "an academic, refereed journal published exclusively on the Internet, and devoted to scholarly debate on gender-related issues in Judaism. The ultimate aim of the journal is to promote the reconceptualization of the study of Judaism, by acknowledging and incorporating the roles played by women, and by encouraging the development of alternative research paradigms. Cross-methodological and interdisciplinary, the journal does not promote a fixed ideology, and welcomes a variety of approaches." Full text articles are available from issues dated from fall 1997 to fall 2003. Listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals and indexed in the ATLA Religion Database. | |
| http://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/wjudaism | |
| Word & World is "a quarterly journal of theology that is meant for readers throughout the church who are concerned for Christian ministry in and to the world.... The full text of back issues is gradually being added to the archive. Currently, text for all issues from 1983 through 1997 is available, plus other selected out-of-print issues. The indexes are complete through the current year. Articles and issues for which full text is now available are identified with a hyperlink." Indexed in the ATLA Religion Database. | |
| http://www.luthersem.edu/word&world | |
| "A list of journals of biblical interest that are either published fully on the Web or that have home pages." | |
| http://www.bsw.org/?l=46&more=602 | |
| A compilation of Web sites that focus on theological journals. Categories include: Biblical Studies, Christianity and Science, Church History and Early Christianity, Ethics, Mission and Evangelism, and Practical Theology. Journals are also categorized by denomination. Some sites provide abstracts and and even full text. The Open Directory Project also provides links to online periodical sites related to Christianity in general and to religious studies. | |
| http://dmoz.org/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity/Theology/Journals | |
| Index of missions-related periodicals created by Currents in World Christianity. Not full text. | |
| http://namp.divinity.yale.edu/NAMP.taf | |
| A list of Web sites that provide full-text access to various CPI journals. | |
| http://www.indwes.edu/ocls/cpi/CPI_Fulltext.html | |
| A topical index of full text periodicals provided by Regent University. | |
| http://www.regent.edu/general/library/subjects/divinity/journals.cfm | |
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| http://www.atla.com/products/titles/titles_atlas.html | |
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| A browsable list of theology and philosophy journals available full text in the ORU library either online or in print or microform formats. (Please note: While the list itself is not restricted, the links to the online journals generally are.) | |
| http://tr2xz4sb7j.search.serialssolutions.com/?V=1.0&L=TR2XZ4SB7J&S=SC&C=RE | |
| This site "contains maps of Jerusalem, and basic information concerning the map-makers and the history of cartography in Jerusalem... [It] is a joint project of the Jewish National and University Library and the Department of Geography, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem." | |
| http://www.jnul.huji.ac.il/maps-of-jerusalem/ | |
| "The most complete collection of Jewish documents from antiquity with translations, introductions, and links." It is copyrighted by Peter Kirby. | |
| http://earlyjewishwritings.com | |
| "An online encyclopedia of Judaism, covering Jewish beliefs, people, places, things, language, scripture, holidays, practices and customs." | |
| http://www.jewfaq.org/index.htm | |
| Orthodox Jewish teachings on the Torah. | |
| http://www.torah.org | |
| Includes syllabus and course calendar for each course as well as extra helps for certain courses. | |
| http://portal1.oru.edu/portal/page?_pageid=46,46780&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&siteid=41&pageid=466 | |
| Includes information about the ORU School of Theology and Missions faculty and academic programs. | |
| http://portal1.oru.edu/portal/page?_pageid=46,46780&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&siteid=8&pageid=63 | |
| Includes The Origins of the Pentecostal Movement by Vinson Synan. | |
| http://webapps.oru.edu/new_php/library/holyspirit/index.html | |
| "The Mundus Gateway is a web-based guide to more than four hundred collections of overseas missionary materials held in the United Kingdom. These materials, comprising the archives of British missionary societies, collections of personal papers, printed matter, photographs, other visual materials and artefacts, are held in a large number of libraries, record offices and other institutions in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales." | |
| http://www.mundus.ac.uk/ | |
| Provides information on how to pray for the countries of the world. | |
| http://www.gmi.org/ow/index.html | |
| Includes resources for evangelical missionaries. | |
| http://www.globalmission.org | |
| Provides information about Wycliffe Bible translation activities throughout the world. "Wycliffe's mission is to assist the church in making disciples of all nations through Bible translation. Our vision is to see translation in progress among every language group that needs it by 2025." See also Wycliffe Bible Translators USA. | |
| http://www.wycliffe.net/ | |
| Youth With a Mission is "an international movement of Christians working to help make a difference in a needy world. Founded in 1960, it is now one of the largest interdenominational and international Christian ministries, with over 12,000 volunteer staff (and thousands more affiliated workers) based in over 800 locations in over 135 countries." | |
| http://www.ywam.org/Default.asp?bhcp=1 | |
| Provides resources for short-term missionaries including an opportunity search page, related documents, electronic discussion groups, and relevant Web links. | |
| http://shorttermmissions.com | |
| Provides information about short-term mission programs for young people through an organization whose mission is "to initiate, facilitate and sustain a massive movement of young people from all over the world for strategic short and long-term missions endeavors by enlightening, motivating, providing opportunity, and plugging them in for life." | |
| http://www.teenmania.com | |
| The official Web site of the SPS. Includes information about the annual conferences, a catalog, and indices to four Pentecostal journals (Pneuma, Journal of European Pentecostal Theological Association, Journal of Pentecostal Theology, and Paraclete) as well as to the annual conference papers. | |
| http://sps-usa.org | |
| Includes a profile of the PCCNA, information about its national conferences, news items, and related links. | |
| http://www.pccna.org | |
| "Contains materials concerning the pentecostal, charismatic, and holiness movements as well as the archives of the Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)." | |
| http://faculty.leeu.edu/~drc | |
| Includes PCTII newsletters and links to online sites related to the Pentecostal/Charismatic Movement including publications, seminaries, academic societies, churches, and collections. | |
| http://www.pctii.org | |
| Official site of the PWF. Includes information about its annual conference as well news about world Pentecostalism and a directory of Pentecostal periodicals. | |
| http://pentecostalworldfellowship.org | |
| The official website of the Kathryn Kuhlman Foundation includes a photo gallery, audio clips of her teachings, and excerpts from her "heart to heart" messages. | |
| http://kathrynkuhlman.com/index.html | |
| A French magazine on the Catholic charismatic renewal in Canada. Selon Sa Parole (= "According to His Word") is published five times a year. Extracts dated 1996-2003. | |
| http://www.renouveaucharismatique.ca/ssp | |
| "This website is an online commentary on the writings of the nineteenth-century existentialist philosopher Søren Aabye Kierkegaard. Information on every published work and article, including many unfinished writings and journal entries, are presented here with publication data, quotes, detailed commentary, and images. There are also supplementary materials to aid in your research. This is a work in progress." | |
| http://www.sorenkierkegaard.org | |
| Philosophy resources on the Internet. Thousands of links arranged primarily according to individual philosophers and selected topics related to philosophy. | |
| http://www.epistemelinks.com/ | |
| An extensive list of Internet sites related to philosophy compiled by Peter Suber. | |
| http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/philinks.htm | |
| "An online textbook" by Stefan Waner and Steven R. Costenoble of Hofstra University that "covers: statements and logical operators; logical equivalence, tautologies and contradictions; the conditional and biconditional; tautological implications and equivalences; rules of inference; and arguments and proofs. Each section is accompanied by exercises, with answers provided to odd-numbered exercises."--Scout Report | |
| http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/Stefan_Waner/RealWorld/logic/logicintro.html | |
| "The Academy is an academic society composed of women and men who teach preaching. Our primary purpose is 'to bring together professors and teachers of homiletics for the study of the place of preaching in theological education, for the discussion and sharing of ideas and methods, and for the fostering of scholarly research in this and other related areas and disciplines.'" | |
| http://www.wlu.ca/~wwwsem/ah/index.shtml | |
| AAPC "represents and sets professional standards for over 3,000 pastoral counselors and 100 pastoral counseling centers in North America and around the world." | |
| http://www.aapc.org | |
| "Founded in 1909, the AAR is the world's largest association of academics who research or teach topics related to religion." | |
| http://www.aarweb.org | |
| "As the ecumenical professional association for mission studies in North America, the American Society of Missiology includes more than 600 academicians, mission agency executives and missionaries in a unique fellowship of scholarship and mission." | |
| http://www.asmweb.org/ | |
| "APRRE exists to provide an ongoing forum which will enhance the quality of teaching and research in religious education." | |
| http://www.religiouseducation.net | |
| The mission of CEAI is to "serve the educational community by encouraging, equipping and empowering Christian educators serving in public and private schools." | |
| http://www.ceai.org | |
| "The Academy is an academic society composed of women and men who teach preaching. The ETS is "a professional society of Biblical scholars, teachers, pastors and others involved in the evangelical scholarship serving Christ and His Church." | |
| http://www.etsjets.org | |
| The NACBA® is "an interdenominational, professional, Christian organization which exists to train, certify, and provide resources for those serving in the field of church administration." | |
| http://www.nacba.net | |
| "NACFM is a non-profit organization established in 1995 to promote networking and educational advancement opportunities for facilities management professionals." | |
| http://www.nacfm.org | |
| "The Society for Pentecostal Studies, founded in 1970, was first envisioned by four men -- William Menzies and Russell Spittler of the Assemblies of God, Vinson Synan of the Pentecostal Holiness Church, and Horace Ward of the Church of God. Formed with the intent "to serve the church world by providing an authoritative interpretation of the Pentecostal Movement," the Society directed its energies toward bringing scholarship on the Pentecostal tradition to the fore." | |
| http://www.sps-usa.org | |
| "The Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) supports the critical investigation of the Bible. Founded in 1880, SBL is a member of the American Council of Learned Societies. The Society provides conversation partners and resources for those interested in the religions, history, literature, and culture of the ancient near eastern world." | |
| http://www.sbl-site.org | |
| An updated version of the 1917 publication which provides articles and links concerning the church's history and its influence on various branches of knowledge, covering religious, literary, scientific, social and political topics. | |
| http://www.newadvent.org/cathen | |
| The full text of the Concise Dictionary of Religion by Irving Hexham. | |
| http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/HexConc.html | |
| "Recording the untold stories of African Christians who have transformed Africa and the Christian world." | |
| http://www.dacb.org/ | |
| An update of Global Index, an alphabetical list of Orthodox patristic texts, liturgical documents, and hagiography of all eras, from St. Pachomius Library. | |
| http://www.voskrese.info/spl/index.html | |
| The full text of the 1915 edition of the ISBE, including hyperlinks biblical references. Another online version is available at Bible History.com. | |
| http://www.studylight.org/enc/isb/view.cgi?action=Alpha&letter=A | |
| James Fieser, founder and general editor. | |
| http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/ | |
| This encyclopedia "contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906. The Jewish Encyclopedia, which recently became part of the public domain, contains over 15,000 articles and illustrations." | |
| http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/index.jsp | |
| By Philip Schaff. Digital facsimile edition. | |
| http://www.ccel.org/s/schaff/encyc/ | |
| An archived website which includes religious group profiles and information on cult group controversies, religious freedom, and religious broadcasting. | |
| http://web.archive.org/web/20060907005952/http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/relmove/ | |
| Created in September 1995 to be a dynamic reference work, in which each entry is maintained and kept up to date by an expert or group of experts in the field. It is the project of the Metaphysics Research Lab at the Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI) at Stanford University. | |
| http://plato.stanford.edu/ | |
| A list of abbreviations for journal, series, and books provided by the Kenrick-Glennon Seminary Library. For another online list of abbreviations, which is based primarily on The SBL Handbook of Style for Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical and Christian Studies, see here. | |
| http://www.kenrick.edu/library/tools/abbreviations/abbreviations.html | |
| ReligionLink is "a resource from the Religion Newswriters Association and its foundation. Each free, biweekly edition contains story ideas about religion, public policy and culture, including sources, background and web links." See also religious news headlines at ReligionWriters.com, the Web site of the Religion Newswriters Foundation. | |
| http://www.religionlink.org/index.php | |
| A news page provided by Crosswalk.com which "look[s] at the people, issues and events impacting Christians in America and around the world." | |
| http://www.crosswalk.com/news/religiontoday/ | |
| "We aim to view the modern world through the messages of the Pope and the Holy See; tell about the happenings of the Church; and inform about the topics, debates and events that are especially interesting to Christians worldwide." | |
| http://www.zenit.org/index.php?l=english | |
| Featuring full text articles and books by Fr. Thomas Keating, this is the Web site of a "spiritual network of individuals and small faith communities" who are "committed to living the contemplative dimension of the Gospel in everyday life through the practice of Centering Prayer." | |
| http://www.contemplativeoutreach.org | |
| The classic daily devotional book by Oswald Chambers. | |
| http://www.rbc.org/utmost/index.php | |
| Spirituality is "a quarterly journal of contemporary spirituality... [that] contains articles that deal with various aspects of Christian Spirituality and their application to everyday life." Full text articles from 1998 to 2004 are available online at FindArticles.com. | |
| http://www.spiritual-life.org | |
| Includes Your Daily Guide to Miracles (a daily devotional guide, formerly titled Daily Blessing), Through the Bible in 2003 (daily Scripture readings), keyword Bible search capability, and other inspirational, faith-building literature. Provided by Oral Roberts Ministries. | |
| http://portal.orm.cc/servlet/page?_pageid=1007,1250&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30 | |
| "The Upper Room® is a global ministry dedicated to supporting the spiritual formation of Christians seeking to know and experience God more fully. From its beginnings as a daily devotional guide, Upper Room Ministries® has grown to include publications, programs, prayer support, and other resources to help believers of all ages and denominations move to a deeper level of faith and service." | |
| http://www.upperroom.org/ | |
| This page by Professor Bruce B. Janz "only covers Western mysticism to about 1700... [It] was originally constructed for a course called 'Philosophy of Western Mysticism.'" | |
| http://www.religiousworlds.com/mystic/whoswho.html | |
| "A growing collection of over 41,000 adherent statistics and religious geography citations -- references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc." | |
| http://www.adherents.com | |
| "What do adults say in America today when asked about their religion? How many belong to a church, temple, synagogue, mosque or some other place of worship? How many change their religion in the course of their lives? What is the mix of religious identification among American couples? These are among the many probing questions in the first large-scale national survey of religious identification conducted among Americans in the twenty-first century, and summarized in this report." | |
| http://www.gc.cuny.edu/faculty/research_briefs/aris/aris_index.htm | |
| "The American Religion Data Archive (ARDA) is a project funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc. and acts to preserve quantitative data on American religion, to improve access to this data, to increase the use of the data, and to allow comparisons across data files. The ARDA collection includes data on churches and church membership, religious professionals, and religious groups (individuals, congregations and denominations)." | |
| http://www.thearda.com/arda.asp?Show=Home | |
| Developed by Barna Research Group, Ltd. (BRG), this site provides information and analysis regarding cultural trends and the Christian Church. | |
| http://www.barna.org | |
| This site provides a public profile of religion at the local congregational level. The Faith Communities Today project was initiated to enhance the capacity of participating faith groups to conduct and use congregational research. | |
| http://fact.hartsem.edu | |
| Religion syllabi online provided by the American Academy of Religion. | |
| http://www.aarweb.org/syllabus/default.asp | |
| The ORU syllabi from fall 1999 to the present are searchable by term and by department. | |
| http://ntsrv50.oru.edu/servlet/page?_pageid=1120&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30 | |
| "Publishes links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver course materials in any language." Syllabi, class notes, and audio and video materials are some resources available. Click "Browse by Area" and select "Religious Studies" to see a list of online religious studies courses. | |
| http://web.austin.utexas.edu/wlh | |
| A free "teach yourself" tutorial on Internet information skills for theology. Similar tutorials are also available for religious studies and for philosophy. Has an international perspective. | |
| http://www.humbul.ac.uk/vts/theology/index.htm | |
| Provides resources for youth ministry. | |
| http://www.youthspecialties.com/ | |
| The Web site of a trans-denominational ministry founded to develop students with biblical values. Provides resources and campus connections. | |
| http://www.ivcf.org | |
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