Eighteenth-Century Resources -- Religion & Theology

This page, edited by Jack Lynch, is part of the larger collection of Eighteenth-Century Resources on the Net.

Religion and Theology

Apart from electronic texts by individual theologians (see, e.g., Law), there's little on the Net right now. See also Philosophy.

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.