TARA: Teaching and Research Archive for the History of Christianity
Sponsored by the American Society of Church History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPUKxHs6BOg On November 17, 2023, the BU Center for Global Christianity and Mission and ASCH co-hosted a webinar on the book “Catholicism: A Global History: by John McGreevy, Provost of the University of Notre Dame. Participants included: – John McGreevy (Notre Dame ) – Jennifer Scheper Hughes (UC Riverside)- Jean Luc Enyegue S J (Jesuit … Read more
The China Historical Christian Database (CHCD) is a new digital tool for the study of Chinese Christianity from 1550 to 1950. The CHCD is hosted by the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. The CHCD quantifies and visualizes the place of Christianity in modern China (1550-1950). It provides users the tools to … Read more
Visual presentation of photos showing the complex interaction or encounters between Basel Missionaries – usually Swiss or German – and West Africans, Indians, and Chinese between 1850 and 1950.
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.
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.
This website and database aims to introduce readers to the Jesuitica Collection at the Burns Library, Boston College, by highlighting books written about China by Jesuit missionaries.
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.
The CCT-Database includes primary and secondary sources concerning the cultural contacts between China and Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (from 1582 to ca. 1840).
The Archives of the House of the Superior General of the Society of Jesus includes digitized versions of primary and secondary sources related to Jesuits and their mission activities.