Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Augustus Caesar and the Pax Romana
This site provides a lecture about Augustus Caesar and the Pax Romana. The first part of the lecture is about his life and triumphs.
Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
Religious Tolerance: Christian History
This site provides an interpretation of early Christian history as seen by religious liberals and historians. Includes Pauline Christianity, Jewish Christianity, and Gnostic Christianity. Details early movements by each branch to revolt...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: World Belief Systems
A teacher-compiled site for students taking the high school Regents Examination in New York. Site offers exam preparation materials for nine world religions--animism, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism,...
University of California
Ucla: Manas: About India
This is a robust site from UCLA with lots of information about Indian cultures, religions, social life and organization, history and politics. Don't expect a zillion pictures, but an in-depth look at the cultures and history.
Other
World Council of Churches
The World Council of Churches is a fellowship of 337 churches in more than 120 countries from a variety of Christian traditions. This resource includes ecumenical links, news and resources links, and information on WCC's mission and...
Other
The Epistles of the Bible
A listing of the major and minor letters written in the Bible. Click on the epistle and the complete text is given. Also includes links to other sections of the Bible.
CommonLit
Common Lit: The Ten Commandments
A learning module that begins with "The Ten Commandments," accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...
Other
The Vatican: Baptism and Christian Life
This site from The Vatican contains the Roman Catholic Church's view and attitude towards the sacrament of Baptism and does so through a Papal letter in preparation for the Jubilee.
Other
Al Islam: Slavery in Ancient Times
This resource gives a history of slavery from pre-Islamic Times and its continuation under Islam.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Thomas Aquinas
This site from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy provides a look at the life and writings of Thomas Aquinas. It gives an in-depth summary of his greatest work, the "Summa."
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Christianity, an Introduction for the Study of Art History
This article is an introductory historical summary of Christianity.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Arrival of a Portuguese Ship
In 1543, three Portuguese travelers aboard a Chinese ship drifted ashore on Tanegashima, a small island near Kyushu. They were the first Europeans to visit Japan. In 1548, Francis Xavier, a Jesuit, arrived from Goa to introduce...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Jacobites
The Jacobites, today numbering some half a million, adhere to a branch of Christianity that is most commonly known as the Jacobite church. They are to be found mostly in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey. The Jacobites were one of...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Grade 6 Social Studies: Spread of World Religions
This instructional task asks young scholars to explain the impact that religion had on cultural diffusion in the Eastern Hemisphere. It contains a set of authentic source documents. Students engage with the sources to build their...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Crucifix (Kongo Peoples)
Kongo kings, having adopted Christianity as the state religion, commissioned locally made crucifixes for use as emblems of leadership and power. This crucifix demonstrates how Kongo artists adapted and transformed Western Christian...
Harvard University
Harvard University: Geoffrey Chaucer Page: William Langland "Piers Plowman"
Provides the text to William Langland's "Piers Plowman".
BBC
Bbc: The Story of Africa: Christianity
A brief article describing Christianity's roots within Africa.
Luther Seminary
Bible Tutor: Hebrews
This site from The Bible Tutor provides a short, but informative introduction to the book of Hebrews that describes the message and significance of the book. Links are also provided for additional information on related subjects.
Luther Seminary
Bible Tutor: 1 John
This site from Bible Tutor provides an excellent introduction to 1 John that highlights the main message of the book. It gives links to well-known verses from 1 John.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Ancient History Sourcebook: Christian Origins
A comprehensive timeline of Christianity.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Edicts Against Christians
This site from the Fordham University provides some primary source documents on Emperor Diocletian. Great information, and it shows the level of persecution against the Christians in ancient Rome.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: "Abraham Our Father" and Theirs?
This article provides a description of how Abraham is viewed in Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. It explains similarities and differences in each religion with regard to Abraham and belief in God. The article is written from a Jewish...
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Christianity as a Cultural Revolution
A lecture regarding Christianity as a cultural revolution.
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: Teddy's Button
This ebook version of Amy Le Feuvre's "Teddy's Button" has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.