Biblical and Theological Resources Discipleship Encounters A simple and effective discipleship tool designed by Jerry and Nancy Reed

Libraries Pitts Theological Library http://www.pitts.emory.edu Vanderbilt Divinity Library http://divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu

General Religious Web Pages Institute of Christian Leadership www.iclnet.org The Biblical Studies Foundation www.bible.org

Biblical Gateways Computer Assisted Theology info.ox.ac.uk/ctitext/theology Religious Studies with a strong focus on Bible www.torreys.org/bible/ New Testament Gateway: www.ntgateway.com Bibelwissenschaft (A German site for biblical studies) www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk The Gramcord Institute www.gramcord.org Internet Resources for the Study of Judaism and Christianity ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~jtreat/rs/resources.html www.academicinfo.net/religindex.html www.vocations.org/library/linkss.htm http://www.religion-online.org Religion Online Database: More than 3,600 articles and chapters. Topics include Old and New Testament, Theology, ethics, History and Sociology of Religion, Communication and Cultural Studies, Pastoral Care, Counseling, Homiletics, Worship, Missions and religious education. http://dmoz.org/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity/ The Open Directory Project seeks to be an Internet wide database of links on every topic under the sun, maintained by the general public. Its Christianity section provides academic, social and devotional headings and at last count 51,700 links. http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~religion/vri/index.html Virtual Religion Index

Biblical Studies biblicalstudies.info/ www.ccel.org/ hermeneutics.kulikovskyonline.net/ www.bsw.org www.isatex.de www.arts.ualberta.ca/JHS/ religion.rutgers.edu/iho/index.html www.textweek.com/pauline/paul.htm http://www.ot-studies.com/ Excellent general website for OT studies, with many links to hosts of valuable sites elsewhere.

Jewish Resources shamash.org/trb/judaism.html hobbes.jct.ac.il/efi/torah.html

Archaeology http://www.geocities.com/jim_lancaster.geo/archaeology.html Provides interesting info on archaeology of Canaan www.ibiblio.org/expo/deadsea.scrolls.exhibit/intro.html

Greco-Roman World and Greek www.ibiblio.org/bgreek/archives www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~fisher/gnt/ www.perseus.tufts.edu www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/welcome.html

Textual Criticism and Ancient Manuscripts ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~jtreat/rs/resources.html#mss www.skypoint.com/~waltzmn/ members.aol.com/dvdmoore/html/txtcrt.htm www.earlham.edu/~seidti/iam/interp_mss.html

Documents from the Church's History http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/christian-history.html www.ccel.org newadvent.org/fathers http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/

Image Database http://research.yale.edu/divdl/eikon http://www.bibleplaces.com/index.htm Best source for photos of Bible sites

Chiasmus www.chiasmus.com

Pastoral Care, Pastoral Theology and Pastoral Psychology and Mental Health American Association of Pastoral Counselors http://www.aapc.org/ Association for Clinical Pastoral Education http://www.acpe.edu/ Mental Health Net http://mentalhelp.net/ Christian Association for Psychological Studies http://www.caps.net/ Person. Religion, Culture section of AAR http://home.att.net/~pcr-aar/ Nelson’s Psychology of Religion web page www.psychwww.com/psyrelig Society of Pastoral Theology http://www.geocities.com/societyforpastoraltheology/ Links to Psychological Journals: An Index of Psychology and Social Science Journals Online http://www.psycline.org/journals/psycline.html Online Psych (including Jung links) http://www.apsa.org/ Jean Fitzpatrick’s Pastoral Psychotherapy Page http://www.pastoralcounseling.net/

Faith and Health Ministry Links Center for Religion/Spirituality and Health http://www.cchf.org/ Health Ministries Association http://www.healthministriesassociation.org/ Interfaith Health Program Rollins School of Public Health Emory University http://www.ihpnet.org International Center for the Integration of Health and Spirituality http://www.nihr.org International Parish Nurse Resource Center http://ipnrc.parishnurses.org/

Spiritual Formation www.practicingourfaith.org This is a website developed out of the excellent book, Practicing our Faith, edited by Dorothy Bass. www.praythenews.com Learn from the Carmelites of Indianapolis how they combine their contemplative prayer life with an active interest in the world around them. You can light a candle and ask the sisters there to pray for you and your ministry as well. www.jesuit.ie/prayer This site by the Irish Jesuits invites you to use your computer to invite you into a “sacred space” for a desktop prayer time. The website is in eight languages and provides helpful guidance for your prayer.

Homiletics www.evangelicalhomiletics.com This is the web site of the Evangelical Homiletics Society, and organization that is open to pastors, professors of preaching, and seminary students. The papers from their annual meeting are available through this site. http://www.wlu.ca/~wwwsem/ah/aboutah.shtmll Web site for the Academy of Homiletics, an organization for teachers of preaching. You can get access to the latest scholarship in the field of homiletics. www.preaching.com This is from Preaching Magazine, edited by Michael Duduit. It offers a weekly email newsletter with pulpit helps, and also sends you notice of upcoming continuing education events. http://www.4lpi.com/index.php Through this web site you can subscribe to Word and Witness, a lectionary resource edited by William Willimon, dean of Duke University Chapel.

Justice Ministries www.thewitness.org www.sojourners.org www.wordandworld.org www.afsc.org www.bcm.org www.theotherside.org www.aarweb.org www.sbl.org

Youth Ministry Studies Youth Specialties www.youthspecialties.com

Congregational and Leadership resources www.alban.org The Alban Institute provides resources for congregations including links to books, articles, research and conferences. Topics include everything from leadership to stewardship. Many articles are free to download. www.christianitytoday.com/leaders Christianity Today has a resource called Leadershipjournal.net with articles on everything from administration to worship. www.covchurch.org/greenhouse The Covenant Worship Greenhouse is a site building a database of original resources for worship created in covenant Churches around the country. A great source for liturgies as well as contemporary praise music. http://www.cyberhymnal.org

Theological Resources http://info.ox.ac.uk/ctitext/theology General Theology Gateway