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The Serious Answers to Hard Questions

Course Website: Links
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1. Evil

http://www.philosophyofreligion.info/problemofevil.html
Philosophy of Religion website; includes several entries on evil.

http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Faith/1112-96/philos1.html
Catholic.net website entry on the problem of evil.

http://www.comparativereligion.com/evil.html
Comparativereligion.com on the problem of evil in world religions.

http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/2002/02/15_evil/
Publicradio.com site on the problem of evil, with audio program and bibliography.


2. Religion and Science

http://www.polkinghorne.org
The official John Polkinghorne website containing extensive bibliographical and biographical information as well as links to related websites.

http://www.starcourse.org/jcp/bibliography.htm
A Bibliography of Science and Religion

http://www.templeton.org/
The John Templeton Foundation website.

http://www.issr.org.uk/
The International Society for Science and Religion website.

http://www.iras.org/home.html
Institute on Religion in an Age of Science website.

http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0591-2385
Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science.

http://www.metanexus.net/metanexus_online/index.asp
The Metanexus Institute website.

 

3. Other Religions

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/
BBC website with basic information about major religions.

http://www.adherents.com/
Adherents.com website includes world religions statistics, charts, etc.

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/religion/
Minnesota State University website on religions of the world.

http://wri.leaderu.com/
World Religions Index: contains much information about a range of religions.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/var_rel.htm
ReligiousTolerance.org website with information about numerous religions and essays on the question of tolerance.

 

4. Evangelism and Tolerance

http://www.evangelize.org/
The Foundation for Evangelism website.

http://www.worldmethodist.org/wmcmain.htm
The World Methodist Council's World Evangelism website.

http://www.pcusa.org/nmd/development.htm
The Presbyterian Church (USA) evangelism webpage.

http://www.gbod.org/evangelism/
The General Board of Discipleship's evangelism webpage (United Methodist).

http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/internet/evangelism.htm
Wabash Center evangelism site, containing a number of helpful articles and links.

 

5. The God of the Old Testament

http://www.otgateway.com/
The Old Testament Gateway.

http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/texts/OT.htm
Religionfacts.com Old Testament website.

http://www.science.co.il/Bible.asp
Israel Science and Technology webpage on the Hebrew Bible.

http://www.myjewishlearning.com/texts/bible/Primer_Bible520.htm?GL=true
My Jewish Learning website on the Hebrew Bible.

http://crosswalk.com/
Crosswalk.com on-line Bible study and search tools.

 

6. Jesus and Christianity

http://www.ntgateway.com/
Mark Goodacre's New Testament Gateway, contains many useful links to a broad range of materials, including on-line articles about Jesus and history.

http://jhj.sagepub.com/
Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus website.

http://www.veritas.org/3.0_media/talks/272
"The Jesus of Myth and History," Veritas Forum.

http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/subjects/re/bible/historical.htm
Trinity College, Australia, website with numerous links to Jesus programs, websites, historical sources, etc.

http://www.textweek.com/mtlk/jesus.htm
Textweek's extensive list of links to historical Jesus resources.

http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/menus/historical.html
From an Evangelical perspective: on-line materials about Jesus by Dr. William Lane Craig.

 

7. Resurrection

http://www.ntwrightpage.com/
"An unofficial website dedicated to the Bishop of Durham." Contains a very extensive list of links to Wright's lectures, writings, essays, and more.

http://www.ntwrightonline.com/
N.T. Wright book website.

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Resurrection/
ABC News program "The Resurrection: Searching for Answers"

 

8. The Gnostic Gospels

http://www.benwitherington.com/
Ben Witherington website, including a page on his book The Gospel Code (http://www.benwitherington.com/Books.htm# )

http://www.iep.utm.edu/g/gnostic.htm#SH2b
The Internet Enclopedia of Philosophy website on Gnosticism.

http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/gnosticism.html
Virginia University Gnosticism webpage, with links to numerous Gnosticism sites.

http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=280&letter=G
Jewish Encylopedia article on "Gnosticism."

 

9. The Sins of the Church

http://www.silk.net/RelEd/churchhist.htm
Church history: a Roman Catholic perspective.

http://www.churchhistory.org/churchhistory.html
American Society of Church History website.

http://www.theologywebsite.com/history/
TheologyWebsite.com church history page.

http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=346
United Methodist Church history, including discussion of slavery.

http://www.pcusa.org/101/101-history.htm
Presbyterian Church history.

 

10. Forgiveness

http://www.doj.gov.za/trc/
Website of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

http://www.forgivenessweb.com/
Forgiveness.web, "The Internet's Most Comprehensive Forgiveness Resource."

http://www.forgiving.org/
Forgiving.org website.

http://www.forgivenessday.org/
Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance website.

http://www.wisdomquotes.com/cat_forgiveness.html
Quotations on the subject of forgiveness.

http://www.mvfr.org/
Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation website.

http://journeytowardforgiveness.com/
Journey Toward Forgiveness documentary information.

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5277.html
Ohio State University site on family forgiveness.