TARA: Teaching and Research Archive for the History of Christianity
Sponsored by the American Society of Church History
https://youtu.be/9Tx9FkyNmfo On April 17, 2023, ASCH hosted a roundtable discussion of Mark Noll’s new book, “America’s Book: The Rise and Decline of a Bible Civilization, 1794-1911,” which examines the Bible in American History from the Revolutionary war to WWI. Discussion Participants: Anthea Butler (University of Pennsylvania) Grant Wacker (Duke University) Dennis Dickerson (Vanderbilt University) Gary … Read more
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s PBS documentary, The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song, plus its accompanying Penguin Press book, reached an unprecedentedly large audience as it surveyed three-plus centuries of African American and American religious history across the whole of the nation. In this roundtable discussion, five distinguished scholars reflect on … Read more
The historical images in the International Mission Photography Archive come from Protestant and Catholic missionary collections held at a number of centers in Britain, Europe, and North America. The photographs record missionary endeavors and reflect the missionaries’ experience of communities and environments abroad.
This roundtable discussion of Jon Butler’s God in Gotham: The Miracle of Religion in Modern Manhattan took place on January 13, 2021. The book forum was part of a series of virtual History Book Club gatherings co-hosted by the University of Minnesota History Department and the American Society of Church History. Check out the recorded … Read more
Vivarium is the home of digitized manuscripts, art, rare books, photographs, and other resources from two Benedictine monastic and educational communities in central Minnesota. It is a searchable database delivering a variety of digital objects, with collections including material from the institutions’ history as well as their manuscript holdings.
Highlights some of the rare and unique resources that are available as bibliographic citations and finding aids for the history of women religious through the Catholic Resource Research Alliance (CRRA)’s consortial database, the Catholic Portal.
The Hesburgh Libraries at the University of Notre Dame have several exhibits of material from their digital special collections, some Catholic-themed.
Using historical maps, books, objects, and textiles, Crossings and Dwellings tells the story of European Jesuits and women religious who arrived in America’s borderlands to serve indigenous and immigrant populations.
Loyola University Archives and Special Collections hosts several digital collections on Catholic and Jesuit themes.
Loyola University Archives and Special Collections hosts several digital collections on Catholic and Jesuit themes.