Eighteenth-Century Resources -- Religion & Theology

Religion and Theology

• English Literature & Religion (William S. Peterson, Univ. of Maryland) -- Organized around a huge bibliography (in Adobe Acrobat format), cataloguing over 6,000 items on the history of religion, particularly strong on 17th- and 19th-c. Anglicanism. Shorter bibliographies on topics (the English Bible, the Book of Common Prayer), movements (Puritanism, mysticism), and people (Andrewes, Milton, Hooker, Tennyson, C. S. Lewis) are also available.
• "Lay Religious Beliefs: The Spiritual Testimonies of Early Eighteenth-Century Presbyterian Communicants" (David L. Wykes)
• Religion, Society and Culture in Newfoundland and Labrador (Hans Rollmann, Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland) -- Extensive and well-designed archive of information on religion in northeastern Canada, including in the eighteenth century. Contains E-texts, links, images, and essays. Includes a search engine for the site. Graphics-heavy.
• California Mission Studies Association -- Includes some 18th-c. missions. Information on the Association, many well-annotated links, articles, a glossry, and a list of CMSA publications.
• Methodism:
  • Methodist Archives and Research Centre (John Rylands Library) -- Information on the Archives, E-texts, images, and links.
  • John Wesley: Online Exhibition (John Rylands Library) -- Images from the Rylands collection.
  • John Wesley: Holiness of Heart and Life (Charles Yrigoyen, Jr.) -- Information on Wesley, aimed especially at the devout.
  • A Wesley Biography (Kenneth J. Collins, UNC) -- Extensive bibliography of primary and secondary work. No annotations.
  • The Wesleys -- Links to sites on the Wesleys and Methodism.
  • Women and Wesley's Times -- Essay and links on women in the early Methodist church.
• Quakerism:
  • Quaker History -- Links (in a general site on Quakerism) to sites on the history of the Society of Friends.
  • The Quaker Writings Home Page (QWHP) (Peter Sippel) -- Many dozens of primary texts, mostly short, by Margaret Fell, George Fox, William Penn, and others, with some secondary essays as well.
  • Canadian Friends Historical Association -- Information on Canadian Quakers, including in the eighteenth century.
• Judaism and Chassidism:
  • Hasidism Overview (Eliezer Segal, Univ. of Calgary) -- Includes information on Israel ben Eliezer, the Ba'al Shem Tov.
  • Rabbenu's Seforim -- "An experimental site that cross-references the works of Rabbenu, Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, and related Chassidic and Scriptural online texts" (much of it in Hebrew).
  • Breslov Bulletin Board -- "A general forum for sharing announcements and insights about Rebbe Nachman and Breslov Chassidus."
  • Nishmas Chayim -- Torah, Chassidut and Jewish Spirituality (Israel) -- Includes valuable background information on the Ba'al Shem Tov and early Chasidism.
• Swedenborg:
  • Swedenborg Foundation -- Information for the faithful; includes essays on his life, writings, and theology. Graphics- and Java-heavy.
  • References to Swedenborg on the Web -- Annotated list of links.
  • The NewEarth Swedenborg BBS: New Church: New Jerusalem -- Information mostly on the modern church.
  • Spiritual Frontier -- Emanuel Swedenborg -- Some historical information on Swedenborg's life.