Links to Religion 100 Texts and Materials on the Internet

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 Primary List of Texts...
arranged according to historical period
  1. Foundational Texts
    1. Bible Links
      1. Electronic Revised Standard Bible
      2. Various Versions of the Bible
      3. Biblical Links and Resources
    2. Old Testament
      1. The Dead Sea Scrolls
      2. Old Testament Life and Literature (Online Textbook)
      3. Bill Moyer's Genesis Home page
    3. New Testament
      1. Versions of the Bible and other early Christian writings
      2. New Testament Manuscript Studies
      3. Papyri Studies
      4. Judaism and Christianity Resourses
      5. From Jesus to Christ: PBS Documentary
      6. Ancient Synagogues
      7. The New Testament Gateway
      8. Wabash Center Topsites (Religion in General)
  2. The Emergence of Christianity 1-400
    1. Early Biographies
      1. The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity
      2. Athanasius, The Life of Antony
      3. Eusebius, The Life of Constantine (Edict of Milan)
    2. Eastern Christianity
      1. Gregory of Nyssa, Life of Moses
      2. Cyril of Alexandria, On the Unity of Christ 
    3. Various Texts and Authors
      1. Didache
      2. Gospel of Thomas 
      3. Mishnah Tractate Pesahim (Mishnah)
      4. The Koran (Quran)
      5. Ecumenical Creeds (Apostles' Creed, Nicene Creed, Niceo-Constantinople, Athanasian, Chalcedon,

        6. the Ecumenical Councils) 
      6. Augustine, More Augustine

        7. City of God, Confessions
  3. Christian Traditions and Diversity 400-1650
    1. Medieval Biography
      1. Einhard, Life of Charlemagne
    2. Eastern Christianity: Icons and Iconoclast Controversy Texts

      3. Iconoclastic Council, 754
      John of Damascus, In Defense of Icons
      Theodore the Studite
    3. Benedict, The Rule of St. Benedict (Abridged)

      4. The Rule of St. Benedict (Full Text)
    4. Scholasticism
      1. Anselm, Eadmer's Life of St. Anselm

        2. Cur Deus Homo? 
        On the Existence of God
      2. Thomas Aquinas, The Summa Theologiae 

        3. (Topics: Nature & Grace, On Faith, Knowledge of God)
    5. Mysticism
      1. Julian of Norwich, Showings (a.k.a. The Revelations of Divine Love)
    6. Resource: The Renaissance and Reformation Page
    7. Magisterial Reformation
      1. Martin Luther, More Martin Luther, Melancthon's Life of Luther, The 95 Theses

        2. Selected Works
      2. Freedom of the Christian
        Galatians Commentary
        Project Wittenberg
      3. John Calvin, Institutes

        4. Selected Works of Calvin and other Reformed Writers
    8. Catholic Reformation
      1. Teresa of Avila, Interior Castle
      2. Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises
    9. Christianity and the Arts
      1. J. S. Bach

        2. Bach Home Page, More Bach
      2. John Milton
  4. Religious Pluralism in the Contemporary World 1650-2000
    1. Early American Religion
      1. Jonathan Edwards, Discourses on Religious Affections
    2. Twentieth Century American Theology
      1. H.R. Niebuhr, Responsible Self
      2. Phyllis Trible, God and the Rhetoric of Sexuality
      3. Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love

        4. Text Archive, Home Page, Other sites
    3. European Theology
      1. Friedrich Schleiermacher, On Religion
      2. Soren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling

        3. More Kierkegaard, still more
      3. Karl Barth, Word of God, Word of Man

        4. Barth Society
      4. Paul Tillich, Dynamics of Faith      Resources
      5. Karl Rahner, Anonymous and Explicit Faith
    4. Non-First World Theology
      1. Elsa Tamez, The Amnesty of Grace
    5. Christianity and the Arts
      1. Shusako Endo, Silence
      2. G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
      3. Gotthold Lessing, More Lessing, Nathan the Wise
Secondary List of Texts... 
arranged according to historical period
    1. Foundations of Christianity
    2. The Emergence of Christianity 1-400
      1. Justin Martyr, First Apology, Another copy of the First Apology, Other Works
      2. Origen, First Principles, Contra Celsum
      3. Egeria’s Pilgrimage 
      4. St. Patrick, The Confession, Confession copy 2
    3. Christian Traditions and Diversity 400-1650
      1. Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy 
      2. Gregory the Great, Dialogues Book 2
      3. Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks (The Life of Clovis) 
      4. Dhuoda (c. 843), "A Mother to a Young Warrior" 
      5. Notker the Stammerer, Life of Charlemagne 
      6. Anselm, Proslogion
      7. Abelard, History of My Adversities and Letters to Heloise
      8. Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermons on the Song of Songs
      9. Hildegard of Bingen (Selections)
      10. Crusader Writings: Christian (Fulcher of Chartres and Urban II) -- Muslim (Ibn al Athir) 
      11. Francis of Assisi: Thomas of Celano’s Life of St. Francis Francis, Rule,and Canticle of Brother Sun Sister Moon, Testament
      12. Clare of Assisi, Writings, Testament, Rule, Letters
      13. Margery Kempe, The Book of Margery Kempe
      14. Dante, Comedia
      15. Chronicles about the Black Plague or Bubonic Plague: Matteo Villani and Jean de Venette 
      16. Joan of Arc, More on Joan, The Trial of Joan of Arc 
      17. Thomas á Kempis, Imitation of Christ 
      18. Issac of Syria, Spiritual Directions 
      19. Simeon the New Theologian, Ethical Discourses 
      20. Hadewijch, Poems 
      21. John of the Cross, Dark Night of the Soul, Poems, Ascent of Mount Carmel 
      22. John Calvin

        23. The Golden Booklet
        Calvin/Sadeleto Debate 
      23. John Donne, works, Poems 
      24. John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress
    4. Religious Pluralism in the Contemporary World 1650-2000
      1. Interpretations of Christianity and Religion 
        1. Ludwig Feuerbach, Lecture 12, The Essence of Religion 
        2. Friedrich Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals 
        3. William James, Varieties of Religious Experience  The William James Page
        4. Rudolph Otto, Idea of the Holy  The Rudolph Otto Home Page
      2. Denominational Policies and their Origins 
        1. Council of Trent, Vatican II, ELCA, and USA Roman Catholic Bishops’ Statements
      3. Miscellaneous suggestions
        1. John Winthrop, Sermon: City on a Hill 
        2. Rudolf Bultmann, Essay(s) on Demythologizing 
        3. Karl Barth, Word of God Word of Man
        4. Dietrich Bonhöffer, Bonhoeffer Research, More Bonhoeffer, Cost of Discipleship, Testament to Freedom 
        5. Gustavo Gutierrez, We Drink from Our Own Wells 
        6. Georgia Harkness, Understanding the Christian Faith 
        7. Adolf von Harnack, What is Christianity? 
        8. Immanuel Kant, Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone 
        9. Reinhold Niebuhr, Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic 
        10. Walter Rauschenbush, Theology for the Social Gospel 
        11. Philip Jacob Spener, Pia Desideria 
        12. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, A Woman Looks at the Bible 
        13. F. D. E. Strauss, Life of Jesus 
        14. Langdon Gilkey, Shantung Compound 
        15. John Updike; Rabbit Novels JohnUpdike and the short story "Augustine’s Concubine" 
        16. Flannery O’Connor, Short Stories, Three by O’Connor, (includes Wiseblood) 
        17. Fanny Barrier Williams, The Ambiguous Influence of Religion
        18. Paul Tillich, Systematic Theology, A Treatise: The Demonic
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