HIS/MHT 556/557 World Christianity: Open Access Books & Digital Collections

Edited collection of essays, 2021. "In twelve chapters scholars from various academic backgrounds (anthropology, religious studies, history, missiology, intercultural studies, theology, and patristics) as well as of multiple cultural and national belongings investigate methodological issues (e.g. methods, use of sources, choosing a unit of analysis, terminology, conceptual categories,) relevant to World Christianity debates."

"A community-driven discovery service that indexes and provides access to scholarly, peer-reviewed open access books and helps users to find trusted open access book publishers."

Online library and publication platform.

"Scribd gives you instant access to ebooks, audiobooks, articles, podcasts, sheet music, and documents. 30-days FREE trial." Learn more -

An online library of e-books. A 7-day FREE TRIAL, after which an affordable subscription is required. Up to 15 titles can be downloaded through the app.

Browse the A-Z index, or use the search box.

Simultaneous viewing of English, Greek, and Latin texts of the Old and New Testamemts.

"The most complete collection of documents from the first two centuries with translations and commentary. Includes the New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, and Church Fathers."

"The Christian Classics Ethereal Library" is a digital library of hundreds of classic Christian books and primary sources (Early Church Fathers down to 325 AD). Search by genre, or browse by: titles, authors, topics, genre, and more.

A French-language site with available English translation.

"The Gnostic Society Library (a section of The Gnosis Archive), contains a vast collection of primary documents relating to the Gnostic tradition as well as a selection of in-depth audio lectures and brief archive notes designed to orient study of the documents, their sources, and the religious tradition they represent."

"A collection of material ancient and modern about the ancient Christian Latin writer Tertullian and his writings." Use the "additional fathers" section to find editions for other writings.

"The Atla Websites on Religion LibGuide is a growing, selective, annotated collection of web resources for the study of religion." It includes resources related to Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Protestantism, Christianity in China, links to Open Access Aggregators, and more.

Search for titles (articles, e-books, reviews), authors, Bible passages, ISBN/ISSN, and more. Open access and non-open-access resources.

Use the available subject headings (controlled vocabulary) for precise results in the catalogue searches.

Repository of Latin texts. Browse the Latin database or look up the various Latin dictionaries (https://mlat.uzh.ch/dictionaries). Click on "Select dictionaries" to choose a dictionary.

"From its origins on the shores of the Eastern Mediterranean to its expansion to every corner of the globe in modern times, discover how the production of biblical texts enabled Christianity to become the diverse faith it is today." Manuscripts and supplemental articles.

Ongoing digitization project of the Vatican Library that includes over 17,000 manuscripts.

The collection includes primary sources from Early Christianity, manuscripts, texts, tools, images, and more. The site contains both open access and non-open-access materials.

"Manuscripts Online enables you to search a diverse body of online primary resources relating to written and early printed culture in Britain during the period 1000 to 1500. The resources include literary manuscripts, historical documents and early printed books which are located on websites owned by libraries, archives, universities and publishers."

Online texts of various Christian creeds and confessions.

Bio-bibliographical introductions to each of the saints of the 8th to 10th centuries included in the project. Find more resources on Byzantine studies, Hagia Sophia, Syriac Studies, Ukrainian Resources.

Byzantine collections: seals, coins, manuscripts. Pre-columbian collection. Rare Book Collection, and more.