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EmergentSpirit’s Yahoo Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/emergentspirit EmergentSpirit’s Recommended Reading List & Resources for Further Study EmergentSpirit's Youtube Page http://www.youtube.com/emergentspirit SOME AREA CONGREGATIONS WHICH HAVE WORKED COOPERATIVELY WITH EMERGENTSPIRIT Central Congregational United Church of Christ -- Atlanta, Georgia http://www.central-ucc.org Episcopal Church of the Atonement -- Sandy Springs, Georgia http://atonement.episcopalatlanta.org/index.html St John's Lutheran Church -- Atlanta, Georgia http://www.stjohnsatlanta.org Unity North Atlanta Church -- Marietta, Georgia http://www.unitynorth.org SOME EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CENTERS SHARING A SIMILAR VISION Common Ground – Deerfield, Illinois http://www.cg.org Interweave – Summit, New Jersey http://www.interweave.org Miriam’s Well – Saugerties, New York http://www.miriamswell.org South Points Association for Exploring Religion - Birmingham, Alabama http://www.spafer.org LOCAL ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS Columbia Theological Seminary – Decatur, Georgia http://www.ctsnet.edu/index.asp Emory University Department of Religion – Atlanta, Georgia http://religion.emory.edu Emory University Graduate Department of Religion http://www.gdr.emory.edu Emory University Candler School of Theology http://www.candler.emory.edu University of Georgia Department of Religion – Athens, Georgia http://www.uga.edu/~religion Georgia State University Department of Religious Studies – Atlanta, Georgia http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwphl/ReligionFramesIndex.html Interdenominational Theological Center – Atlanta, Georgia http://www.itc.edu University of West Georgia Department of Psychology (Transpersonal & Humanistic) – Carrollton, Georgia http://www.westga.edu/~psydept RESOURCES FOR THE GENERAL STUDY OF RELIGION Academic Info Religion Gateway http://www.academicinfo.net/religindex.html Adherents.com http://www.adherents.com American Academy of Religion http://www.aarweb.org Beliefnet http://www.beliefnet.com Comparative Religions Page http://www.milligan.edu/bible/pkenneson/comprel.htm Dept of Religious Studies at Kenyon College Online Resources http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Religion/Rsrc/INDEX.HTML Faith.com http://www.faith.com Information Resources for Study & Interpretation of Religions http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/rel Internet Sacred Text Archive http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm Mircea Eliade’s From Primitives to Zen http://www.mircea-eliade.com/from-primitives-to-zen/index.html Religion on the World Wide Web http://www.virginia.edu/relig/links.html Religious Movements Homepage Project http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu ReligiousTolerance.org http://www.religioustolerance.org The Virtual Religion Index http://virtualreligion.net/vri Voice of the Shuttle: Web Site for Humanities Research (Links) http://vos.ucsb.edu Web Jump Station for the Anthropology of Religion http://www.as.ua.edu/ant/Faculty/murphy/419/419www.htm CHRISTIANITY General Sites of Interest Christian Classics Ethereal Library http://www.ccel.org The Ecole Initiative http://www2.evansville.edu/ecoleweb Fides Quaerens Internetum (The Christian Theology Page) http://people.bu.edu/bpstone/theology/theology.html Historic Documents of the Church http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil//writings.htm Internet Christian Library http://www.iclnet.org Internet Resources for the Study of Judaism & Christianity http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~jtreat/rs/resources.html#orgs National Council of Churches USA http://ncccusa.org New Advent Website (Writings of the Church Fathers, plus more) http://www.newadvent.org/fathers Research Guide for Christianity – Yale University Divinity School Library http://www.library.yale.edu/div/electext.htm The St Pachomius Library (Eastern Orthodox Material) http://www.voskrese.info/spl/index.html World Council of Churches http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/english.html WCC Church & Ecumenical Links http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/links/church.html Theological Resources The Center for Progressive Christianity http://www.tcpc.org/template/index.cfm The Christian Humanist http://christianhumanist.net/default.aspx Don Cupitt’s Web Site http://www.doncupitt.com/doncupitt.html Ekklesia Think Tank http://www.ekklesia.co.uk FaithFutures http://www.faithfutures.org The Foundation for Contemporary Theology http://www.contemporarytheology.org John Shelby Spong’s “A Call for a New Reformation” http://www.dioceseofnewark.org/jsspong/reform.html John Shelby Spong’s Web Site http://www.johnshelbyspong.com The Progressive Christian (Magazine) http://www.tpcmagazine.org Progressive Christian Beliefs http://progressivetheology.wordpress.com Radical Faith http://homepages.which.net/~radical.faith/index.htm Sea of Faith Network http://www.sofn.org.uk St. Marks Centre for Radical Christianity http://www.stmarkscrc.co.uk The Bible & Other Early Jewish and Christian Literature Albert Schweitzer’s The Quest of the Historical Jesus (Online Text) http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/schweitzer Bede’s Library – Did Jesus Exist? http://www.bede.org.uk/jesusindex.htm Bible Research: Internet Resources http://www.bible-researcher.com/index.html TheBibleGeek.org http://www.thebiblegeek.org Earl Doherty’s The Jesus Puzzle Web Page http://pages.ca.inter.net/~oblio/jesus.html Early Christian Writings http://www.earlychristianwritings.com Early Jewish Writings http://www.earlyjewishwritings.com The Gnosis Archive http://www.gnosis.org Gnosticism - Academic Info Page http://www.academicinfo.net/gnostic.html The Gospel of Thomas Home Page http://home.epix.net/~miser17/Thomas.html Historical Jesus Theories http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/theories.html Jesus Myth: The Case Against an Historical Christ http://www.rationalrevolution.net/articles/jesus_myth_history.htm The Jesus Project http://www.jesus-project.com Jewish Roots of Eastern Christian Mysticism http://www.marquette.edu/maqom Marcus J. Borg’s Web Site http://www.united.edu/portrait/borg.shtml The New Testament Gateway http://www.ntgateway.com The Old Testament Gateway http://www.otgateway.com The Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls http://orion.mscc.huji.ac.il Resource Pages for Biblical Study http://www.torreys.org/bible Robert M. Price Home Page http://robertmprice.mindvendor.com Society of Biblical Literature http://www.sbl-site.org Wesley Center’s Noncanonical Literature Site http://wesley.nnu.edu/biblical_studies/noncanon/index.htm Westar Institute & The Jesus Seminar http://www.westarinstitute.org SCIENCE, SKEPTICISM, AND THE CHALLENGE TO TRADITIONAL RELIGION American Humanist Association http://www.americanhumanist.org/index.html Atheist Alliance http://www.atheistalliance.org Atheist Nation http://www.atheistnation.net Atheists for Jesus http://www.atheists-for-jesus.com Atlanta Freethought Society http://www.atlantafreethought.org Bertrand Russell – Complete Works Online http://www.davemckay.co.uk/philosophy/russell The Brights http://www.the-brights.net Center for Inquiry http://www.centerforinquiry.net Charles Darwin – Complete Works Online http://darwin-online.org.uk Charles Darwin’s Views on Religion http://darwiniana.org/religion.htm#Religion Daniel C. Dennett’s Home Page http://ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/incbios/dennettd/dennettd.htm David Hume – Complete Works Online http://www.davemckay.co.uk/philosophy/hume Friedrich Nietzsche – Collected Works Online http://www.davemckay.co.uk/philosophy/nietzsche Positive Atheism – Historical Works http://www.positiveatheism.org/tochist.htm RichardDawkins.net http://richarddawkins.net Richard Dawkins – Links to Articles & Interviews http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#External_links Richard Dawkins’ “The Root of all Evil?” (Pt. I) http://www.atheistnation.net/video/?video/00004/atheist/the-root-of-all-evil-pt1 (Pt. II) http://www.atheistnation.net/video/?video/00004/atheist/the-root-of-all-evil-pt2 Sam Harris’ Home Page http://www.samharris.org Sam Harris – Links to Articles & Interviews http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris_%28author%29#External_links Skeptic Magazine http://www.skeptic.com The Skeptic’s Annotated Bible http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com The Skeptic’s Dictionary http://skepdic.com RELIGIOUS PLURALISM: THEOLOGY & DIALOGUE Center for Global Ethics http://astro.temple.edu/~dialogue/geth.htm Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University http://cmcu.georgetown.edu A Christian Buddhist Gathering Page http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Temple/6198/christianbuddhist.html The Dalai Lama's Official Web Site at Emory http://www.dalailama.emory.edu East-West Contemplative Dialogue http://www.innerexplorations.com/ewtext/east-wes.htm Emory-Tibet Partnership http://tibet.emory.edu The Empty Bell: A Contemplative Sanctuary http://www.emptybell.org/home.html Fethullah Gulen’s Official Website http://www.fgulen.org The Global Dialogue Institute http://global-dialogue.com The Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies – Baltimore, Maryland http://www.icjs.org/home.html The Interfaith Alliance http://www.interfaithalliance.org Interfaith Calendar http://www.interfaithcalendar.org Interfaith Dialogue Links http://www.geocities.com/jej89/interfaith.html International Council of Christians & Jews http://www.iccj.org/en/index.php The Islamic Speakers’ Bureau of Atlanta http://www.isbatlanta.org The Istanbul Center for Culture & Dialogue – Norcross, Georgia http://www.istanbulcenter.org Jewish-Christian Relations http://www.jcrelations.net/en John Hick – Official Site http://www.johnhick.org.uk MacDonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at Hartford Seminary http://macdonald.hartsem.edu Monastic Interreligious Dialogue http://monasticdialog.com/index.php North American Interfaith Network http://www.nain.org The Pluralism Project at Harvard University http://www.pluralism.org Rumi Forum for Interfaith Dialogue http://www.rumiforum.org/home/home.php The Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies http://www.humboldt.edu/~sbcs Society for Hindu-Christian Studies http://www.ucalgary.ca/~shcs World Commission on Global Consciousness & Spirituality http://globalspirit.org World Council of Churches – Interreligious Relations & Dialogue http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/interreligious/index-e.html MYSTICS, MYSTICISMS & INTERSPIRITUALITY Aldous Huxley – Somaweb.org http://somaweb.org Andrew Harvey – Official Site http://www.andrewharvey.net/andrewharvey The Bede Griffiths Trust http://www.bedegriffiths.com Carl McColman's Main Web Site http://www.anamchara.com Center for Action & Contemplation – Albuquerque, New Mexico http://www.cacradicalgrace.org Christian Mystics http://www.christianmystics.com Claritas Institute for Interspiritual Inquiry http://www.claritasinstitute.com/index2.shtml The Cloud of Unknowing – Online text http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/cloufrm.htm Contemplative Outreach http://www.contemplativeoutreach.org Darrell Grizzle's Main Web Site http://wildfaith.homestead.com/index.html Desert Fathers – The Apophthegmata http://www.scourmont.be/studium/bresard/06-apoph.html Desert Fathers – Paradise of the Desert Fathers http://www.cin.org/dsrtftin.html The Eckhart Society http://www.eckhartsociety.org Eknath Easwaran & The Blue Mountain Center http://www.easwaran.org Frithjof Schuon & the Perennial Philosophy http://www.frithjof-schuon.com/start.htm Gratefulness.org (Site of David Steindl-Rast) http://www.gratefulness.org Huston Smith's Official Site http://www.hustonsmith.net Inner Explorations http://www.innerexplorations.com Integral Multiplex http://www.integralinstitute.org/public/static/multiplex.aspx Integral World: Exploring Theories of Everything http://www.integralworld.net InterSpiritual Dialogue Network http://www.isdac.com The Interspirituality of Brother Wayne Teasdale http://home.comcast.net/~brotherwayne/index.htm Julian of Norwich sites http://www.umilta.net Ken Wilber’s Official Website http://www.kenwilber.com Ken Wilber’s Shambhala Website http://wilber.shambhala.com/index.cfm Matthew Fox & Creation Spirituality http://www.matthewfox.org/sys-tmpl/door The Meister Eckhart Site http://www.ellopos.net/theology/eckhart.htm Monastery of the Holy Spirit – Conyers, Georgia http://www.trappist.net Mysticism Resources Page http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/mys/index.htm Roots of Western Mysticism Resources http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~janzb/mysticism Rumi – The Masnavi http://sacred-texts.com/isl/masnavi/index.htm St. John of the Cross – Collected Works http://www.carmelite.com/saints/john/works/index.shtml Shalem Institute – Bethesda, Maryland http://www.shalem.org Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality http://sscs.press.jhu.edu Spiritual Directors International http://www.sdiworld.org Stephen Batchelor’s Site http://www.stephenbatchelor.org Sufi Order of Atlanta http://sufiatlanta.homestead.com The Thomas Merton Center http://www.merton.org Thomas Merton Internet Bibliography http://www.qsl.net/kc5nzr/merton Upper Room Ministries http://www.upperroom.org What is Enlightenment? Magazine http://www.wie.org PSYCHOLOGY, MYTHOLOGY & CONSCIOUSNESS Association for Transpersonal Psychology http://atpweb.org Clifton Snider’s Brief Outline of Jungian Psychology http://www.csulb.edu/~csnider/jungian.outline.html Explore Transpersonal Psychology – Site by Michael Daniels http://www.mdani.demon.co.uk/trans/humtrans.htm Encyclopedia Mythica http://www.pantheon.org Folklinks Folk & Fairy Tales http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folklinks.html Folklore, Myth & Legend http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/storfolk.html The Golden Bough – Online Text http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/frazer International Association for Jungian Studies http://www.jungianstudies.org Joseph Campbell Foundation http://www.jcf.org Jung: Analytical Psychology & Culture http://www.cgjungpage.org Jung Society of Atlanta http://www.jungatlanta.com The Magic Web: Mythology & Folklore http://www.mindspring.com/~jadcox/Mythology_and_Folklore.html Michael Nielsen’s Psychology of Religion Pages http://www.psychwww.com/psyrelig/index.htm Mythic Imagination Institute – Marietta, Georgia http://www.mythicjourneys.org Myths & Legends http://home.comcast.net/~chris.s/myth.html Parabola Magazine http://www.parabola.org Thomas Moore – Official Site http://www.careofthesoul.net Transpersonal Psychology - Site by John Davis http://www.naropa.edu/faculty/johndavis/tp/index.html William James - Comprehensive Resource Site http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/james.html RELIGION, SOCIETY & POLITICS Call to Renewal http://www.calltorenewal.org Christian Alliance for Progress http://www.christianalliance.org CrossLeft http://www.crossleft.org CrossWalk America http://www.crosswalkamerica.org Jay’s Leftist and Progressive Internet Resources Directory http://www.neravt.com/left The Network of Spiritual Progressives http://www.spiritualprogressives.org Progressive Christians Uniting http://progressivechristiansuniting.org Sojourners Magazine http://www.sojo.net Tikkun Community http://www.tikkun.org |