Primary Texts Links for RE 201

 

 Part I (below)  Part II  Other interesting links

 

For F 9/16 The Anglican/Episcopalian Tradition
Henry VIII's Act of Supremacy
Elizabeth I's Act of Uniformity
You might also wish to check out the website of the Episcopal Church in the USA

 

For M 9/19 The Puritan Tradition
Mayflower Compact
Maryland Toleration Act
 
Optional readings about the "Quaker" tradition:
Religious Society of Friends website
Story of William Penn
 

For F 9/23 The Baptist Tradition
Check out the Baptist General Conference website (the Baptist denomination to which our guest speaker belongs).
Also read around on Southern Baptist website (especially "Faith and Message" and "Faith and Facts" pages) and on Baptist World Alliance website.
Try to find information about each of the 6 categories of religious expression that we've covered in class.
 
 
For M 9/26 The Reformed Tradition
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Reformed Church in America
World Alliance of Reformed Churches
 

For W 9/28 The Lutheran Tradition
Martin Luther's Reformation "Breakthrough"
See Dr. Kleinhans's Lutheran Heritage page
 

For F 9/30 The Roman Catholic Tradition
 
For M 10/3 The Methodist Tradition
Excerpt from John Wesley's journal; on line photo exhibit
United Methodist Church
 
 
 
Part II
 
For W 10/12 The Revivalist Evangelical Tradition

For M 10/17 The Public Religious Tradition
 
For W 10/19 The Amish
 
For F 10/21 Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
http://www.disciples.org/
 
 
For M 10/24 Latter Day Saints (Mormons)
http://www.mormon.org/
 
For W 10/26 Eastern Orthodoxy
 
For M 10/31 African American Christianity
 
For W 11/2 Jehovah's Witnesses
http://www.watchtower.org
 
 
For F 11/4 Seventh Day Adventists
http://www.adventist.org
 
 
For M 11/7 Today's group presentation is about Pentecostalism.
Please also read around on these websites from "holiness" traditions:
Church of the Nazarene
Christian and Missionary Alliance

 

For W 11/9 Religion and the Crisis of Authority
 
For F 11/11 Salvation Army
 
 
For M 11/14 Christian Science
http://www.tfccs.com
 
For W 11/16 Muscular Christianity
 
For F 11/18 Unitarian Universalism
www.uua.org -- Pay attention to the "About Us" section.

 

For M 11/28 Fundamentalist and Neo-Evangelical Traditions
http://www.nae.net