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ATSRW List of Web Sites Under Consideration
TITLES TO BE CONSIDERED IN APR/MAY 2008
Deinde: discussion and
resources for biblical scholars
Provides a search engine for websites, journals and blogs
related to biblical studies. Also includes a biblical studies glossary, a
tutorial on unicode, headlines of items in the news related to biblical
studies, and other resources.
GAMEO: Global Anabaptist Mennonite encyclopedia Online
GAMEO provides Reliable information on
Anabaptist-related (Amish, Mennonite, Hutterite, Brethren in Christ)
topics, including history, theology, biography, institutions and local
congregations. Secular topics from an Anabaptist perspective and full-text
source documents are also included.
Islam and Islamic Studies Resources
Website created by Professor Alan
Godlas of the Department of
Religion at the University of Georgia.
Comprehensive collection of links and resources documenting Islam's
history, orders, and sacred texts, as well as information on its place in
the modern world, its stance on women's rights, its art and architecture,
and its history of mysticism.The site is especially intended to be of
use for non-Muslim and Muslim students and teachers at all levels as well
for members of the general public who wish to get a non-polemical and
non-sectarian view of Islam and the diverse perspectives of Muslims
(including Sunni Islam, Shi'ism, and Sufism, etc.)
Papal encyclicals Online
Encyclicals and other Vatican documents from Pope
Honorious III (1216-1227) to the present. Approximately 95% of the
documents on the site were originally found on the Catholic Resource
Network (CRNET) which later became EWTN Online Services aka EWTN.com. The
site is now run and funded by a single Catholic layman. It is endorsed by
the ALA.
Word
Word is an Internet search engine for the scripture of
four major religions: the Islamic Qur'an, the Jewish Tanakh, the Christian
New Testament, and eleven Hindu Upanishads.
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Titles submitted for consideration
Access to
Insight: Readings in Theravada Buddhism
English translation of Theravada Buddhism scriptures, full text of
selected authors of the tradition (many translated from Thai into
English), all primary and secondary texts available for free
Center for Millenial studies at Boston
University
The Center for Millennial Studies (CMS), a not-for-profit research
Center based at Boston University with branches around the globe, is the
world's largest academic research center dedicated to millennial studies.
Comprised of academics, independent researchers, graduate students and
others, CMS provides an important link among wide-ranging disciplines and
the growing popular interest in millennial and apocalyptic activities.
rev. 5/07
Code of
Canon Law
Les
Croisades: Sources, Images, Histoire
OCLC no.: 49534013
Primary sources, bibliography and images of the 1st
and 4th crusades, as well as secondary study articles of the crusade
movement in general. Virtually all the articles are available in French,
hosted on the same server without outside links.
CTNS:
The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
reviewed Feb/Mar 2005
Cuneiform Digital
Library Initiative
OCLC no.: 49009069 or 45376695
Daily Calendar
of the Greek Gospels
"This site is designed to help you read through the Gospels of
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John in Greek over the course of a year. The
readings vary in length, usually around 10-11 verses, but sometimes more
or less depending on the specific passage." Provides the Greek on the
left side of the page, with the English translation on the right side of
the page. Appears to be the work of a single person, without institutional
affiliation.
Daoist Studies
Dharmapala
Thangka Centre -- School of Thangka Painting -- Kathmandu/Nepal
A bilingual site of German and English focusing on the important Tibetan
Buddhist painting art of Thangka. The
site has huge number of Thangka images navigable and browsabel according
to the paintings' themes. There
are detailed explanation of how to read a Thangka, how to make a Thangka,
the art concepts behind Thangkas, Thangka database search.
Images of other genres of Tibetan Buddhist arts can also be found
on the site. The site has
received favorable credits from UNESCO.
The Digital Image
Archive
The Digital Image Archive is a searchable electronic repository of over
11,000 images scanned from volumes held in the Special Collections of
Pitts Theology Library. Most of the images come from sixteenth century
volumes in the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection. The database
contains many images suitable for use as illustrations of biblical texts
as well as portraits of persons known from the religious and political
debates of the sixteenth century.
Digital
Library of the Early Cuneiform Texts in the Vorderasiatisches Museum (DKVM)
OCLC no.: 48899880
Digital Quaker Collection
Early Christian Writings
OCLC no.: 51886225
reviewed Feb/Mar 2005
Ecole Initiative
OCLC no.: 39764352
English
Literature and Religion
OCLC no.: 41597245
reviewed Feb/Mar 2005
Five
Gospel Parallels
This HTML presentation of the Five Gospels is designed to be a teaching
tool for introductory level classes in New Testament and Christian
Origins. For this reason, and because of the particular constraints of
HTML, it does not offer the same level of detail as a printed synopsis
(i.e. Throckmorton 1979, 1992; Aland 1985). Its advantage is that it
allows more "play" than a printed synopsis and that it presents
the materials in the same order as the canonical Gospels. Moreover, it
offers texts that are not commonly included in the synopses designed for
classroom use, such as Thomas and Paul.
Fire
and Ice: Puritan and Reformed Writings
This web site is intended to make available to a
wider audience the writings of the Puritans, Scottish Divines and other
Reformed authors. Many of the sermons are in modern language. The site
includes a Google-powered search engine, site index, author indices, and
author profiles. The site appears to be the work of an non-academic
layperson and does not have institutional affiliation or support.
Gifford
Lectures
The online Gifford Lectures database presents a comprehensive collection
of books derived from the Gifford Lectures. In addition to the books,
the Web site contains a biography of each lecturer and a summary of the
lecture or book. The Web site also contains a biography of Adam Lord
Gifford, a copy of his will bequeathing money to the four major Scottish
universities to hold the lectures, a brief description of natural
theology, an introduction to each of the four universities and news
about forthcoming Gifford-related events."
Heavenly
Craft : the Woodcut in Early Printed Books
A Library of Congress exhibit of woodcuts from 15th and
16th century works. Contains beautiful scans of the woodcuts along with
much useful commentary on the art and craft of creating them.
Institutional affilation: Library of Congress. Full support.
Himalayan
Art Resources
Contains many images of
sacred objects (incl. textiles of religious significance) of Tibetan
Buddhism and other religions of the Himalayan areas.
Contains detailed index, glossary, database search facility
according to region, religion, period and object's art style. Has academic discussion articles often on the same server.
Contains links to museums worldwide's similar collection sets.
Institutional affilation: Shelly and Donald Rubin Foundation.
Hunington
Archive of Buddhist and Related Art
A
highly comprehensive online archive of Buddhist and related art images,
from a wide range of historical periods, originating countries, depository
countries, material, iconography (here that's Buddhist deities and related
concepts). Visitors can search for images or browse by the categrories
above. Visitors can browse specific dynasty of originating countries. Institutional
affilation: Created with funding from the Battelle Endowment for
Technology and Human Affairs (BETHA), the Preservation and Access Division
of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the Web Media
Collective (WMC) and College of the Arts at The Ohio State University.
Images of Medieval Art
and Architecture
Inscriptifact
Internet
Mission Photography Archive
"The Internet Mission Photography Archive offers historical images
from Protestant and Catholic missionary collections in Britain, Norway,
Germany, and the United States. The photographs, which range in time from
the middle of the nineteenth to the middle of the twentieth century, offer
a visual record of missionary activities and experiences in Africa, China,
Madagascar, India, Papua-New Guinea, and the Caribbean. The photographs
reveal the physical influence of missions, visible in mission compounds,
churches, and school buildings, as well as the cultural impact of mission
teaching, religious practices, and Western technology and fashions.
Indigenous peoples' responses to missions and the emergence of indigenous
churches are represented, as are views of landscapes, cities, and towns
before and in the early stages of modern development."
Lutheran
Legacy
A collection of classic Lutheran texts, focusing on 17th century
Europe, but also including American Lutheran texts
LUSTRE: Religions
and Churches
LUSTRE: Religious
Sites
Lutheran
Historical Conference
Lutheran Historical Conference is a scholarly society dedicated
to the study and teaching of the history of Lutheranism in America. The
site contains the annual bibliography published in their newsletter.
Negrospirituals.com
This site presents a brief narrative of the development of spirituals sung
by blacks in the United States along with information about singers,
songs, and composers. It includes a searchable and browsable list of songs
with lyrics. Also includes related links.
New
Zealand Presbyterian Foreign Mission Office
North
American Religion Atlas
The North American Religion Atlas (NARA) provides
access to resources for the study and teaching of North American religious
history within a geographical and multimedia framework. Using mapping
technology, users can view data on religion at national, state or county
levels. Text, image, and multimedia formats are also available and
contribute to greater understanding of the story of North American
religion. NARA is funded by the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI),
with support from Lilly Endowment Inc.
Ontario Consultants on
Religious Tolerance
Orion
Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls
The
Ossuary in Sedlec
Information and images of
the All Saints' Chapel in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutna Hora, 70 kms east of
Prague. The chapel is unique
and noteworthy because of a very wide use of human skulls and bones for
decoration in the church proper, for chalice, chandelier, monstrance,
pinnacle, wall decoration, etc.
Papstliche
Schweizergarde -- Garde Suisse Pontificale -- Guardia Svizzera Pontificia
The official homepage of the Papal Swiss guards, which apart from
information that can be expected from an armed forces' introduction, allow
some downloading of the guards' publications.
Site is in German, French, Italian and English, those a few
sections are in German only.
Philosophy
of Religion
Pro Bono Ecclesiae:
Theological Resources for
the Church
Pulpit & Pew
: Research on Pastoral Leadership
Pulpit & Pew is an interdenominational project aimed at
strengthening the quality of pastoral leadership (clergy and lay) in
churches, parishes, and other faith communities across America. Funded by
Lilly Endowment, Inc. and the J.M. Ormond Fund of the Duke Endowment.
RJ&L Religious Liberty
Archive
The Religious Liberty Archive is an online database of full-text original
source material pertaining to religious liberty and American law. In
addition to federal court cases, the site also features state statutes and
other relevant information pertaining to religious liberty and the law.
Institutional affilation: The site was constructed and is maintained by
the law firm of Rothgerber Johnson and Lyons.
Religion-online
OCLC no.: 51197788
Religionwriters.com
Website of the Religion news writers association
Religious Consultation
on Population, Reproductive Health and Ethics Description of site: The
Religious Consultation describes itself as "an international,
multi-faith network of progressive feminist religious scholars and
leaders. We seek out the positive, renewable moral energies of our faith
traditions, directing them to the issues of population, consumption,
ecology, reproductive health and the empowerment of women." Site
content includes Board of Directors and Participating Scholars list,
articles, newsletter,lists of books,and links.
Institutional affilation: Board of Directors and Particpating Scholars
list includes their institutional location. Daniel C. Maguire, Department
of Theology, Marquette University is President of the Consultation; John
C. Raines, Department of Religion,Temple University is Chair of the
Consultation.
Religious
Liberty Archive
OCLC no. 61172779
The Religious Liberty Archive is an online
database of full-text original source material pertaining to religious
liberty and American law. In addition to federal court cases, the site
also features state statutes and other relevant information pertaining to
religious liberty and the law. The site was constructed and is
maintained by the law firm of Rothgerber Johnson and Lyons.
Religious
Movements Homepage Project
OCLC no.: 42291174
Resource Pages for Biblical
Studies
OCLC no.: 52413876
Restoration Movement
Southern Baptist Historical
Library & Archives - Baptist Archives
Subject Centre for
Philosophical and Religious Studies
The Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies is one
of 24 subject-specific centres of the Higher Education Academy. The
Subject Centres are hosted by higher education institutions throughout the
UK, and the PRS Subject Centre is based at Leeds. The Subject Centre
for Philosophical and Religious Studies provides learning and teaching
support to the subjects of philosophy, theology, religious studies,
history and philosophy of science, applied and professional ethics, and
related disciplines.
Theban Mapping Project
OCLC no.: 40409505
“Since its inception in 1978, the Theban Mapping Project (TMP, now based
at the American University in Cairo) has been working to prepare a
comprehensive archaeological database of Thebes.”
Site includes a bibliography, an atlas, articles.
The project director is Kent R. Weeks, and the site credits a long
list of writers and contributors, including the American University in
Cairo."
TheoWiki
TheoWiki is a dynamic resource containing
information about theology, religions, and philosophies; it is also a
community of online users who can all contribute to the content developed
in TheoWiki.
Tripitaka
Koreana Web Service
United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops
Victorian
Womens Writers Project
The Unbound Bible
OCLC no.: 54350159
Collection of searchable Bibles consisting of:
- 10 English versions including the NASB
- Greek and Hebrew Versions (the original Bible languages)
- 4 ancient versions
- 42 versions in other languages / Institutional affiliation: Biola
University
Virtual Religion Index
Worldwide Buddhist Information and
Education Network
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