Internet History Sourcebooks

Religion Since 1945

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Religion Since 1945

WEB Religious Tolerance Page
This is an excellent source for information about a myriad of religious groups, and about discussions of major issues.
WEB Comparative Religion [At U. Academic Info]
An very full guide to information on the Internet.

WEB The Documents of The Second Vatican Council [At Christusrex]
Especially important is the statement on religious liberty.
WEB Catholic Documents [At Internet Archive, from American]
Pope Pius XI: Mortalium Animos, 1928 [At this Site]
A papal document which opposed ecumenism.
Pope Paul VI: On the Regulation of Birth (Humanae Vitae), (25 Jul 1968) [At the Vatican]
A document which rocked the relationship between Catholic laity and the hierarchy in Western countries.
The Ottaviani Intervention, 1969 [At this Site]
A rearguard action against modernization the Roman Catholic church.
Evangelicals and Catholics Together: The Christian Mission in the Third Millennium, 1994 [At EWTN]
Interesting US statement in which conservative Catholics and Evangelicals adopted a common statement. Points to the important "liberal/conservative" split in many US churches.
A Modern Relic Certificate, 1952 [At this Site]
Many traditional Catholic religious practices persist - such as the use of relics..

WEB The Christian Religion [At Religious Tolerance][Summary]
The Barmen Declaration, 1934 [At Sacred Texts]
A call to resistance against the theological claims of the Nazi state, In 1934 the emerging "Confessing Church" adopted this declaration drafted by Reformed theologian Karl Barth and Lutheran theologian Hans Asmussen.
Paul Tillich: The Courage to Be, 1952, excerpts [At this Site]
Souther-ptist Convention: Statement on Religious Liberty, adopted 1963, [At UTM]
Evangelism Code of Ethics, 1989, [At IVP]
Harvey Cox: The Warring Visions of the Religious Right, The Atlantic Monthly, November 1995 [At The Atlantic, subscription required]
Charles Trueheart: Welcome to The Next Church, The Atlantic Monthly, August 1996 [At The Atlantic, subscription required]
On consumerist Christianity.

WEB Jewish History Sourcebook
Judaism [At Religious Tolerance][Summary]
The Documents of Jewish Belief [At Internet Archive, from netaxs.com]
Martin Buber Page [
Martin Buber: I and Thou, excerpt [At Buber.de]
Reform Judaism: A Centenary Perspective, 1976 [At Sacred Texts]
The Sacred Cluster: Core Beliefs of Conservative Judaism, 1995 [At JTSA]
Mordecai Kaplan: The Thirteen Wants - Reconstructionist Judaism [At Sacred Texts]
R. Schneur Zalman of Lyady: Tanya [At Chabad]

WEB Islamic History Sourcebook
WEBIslam [At Religious Tolerance][Summary]
WEB About Al-Islam and Muslims [At Unn.uk]
A wide variety of sources and texts from a Muslim point of view.
Malcolm X: On His Pilgrimmage to Mecca [At Dawanet]
Sherif Abdel Azeem: Women in Islam Versus Women in the Judeo-Christian Tradition [At USC]

Cullen Murphy: Religion and the Cultural Elite, The Atlantic Monthly, April 1994 [At The Atlantic, subscription required]
Glenn Tinder: Can We Be Good Without God?, The Atlantic Monthly, December 1989 [At The Atlantic, subscription required]

NOTES:

Dates of accession of material added since July 1998 can be seen in the New Additions page..

The date of inception was 9/22/1997.

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