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TARA: Teaching and Research Archive for the History of Christianity

Sponsored by the American Society of Church History

TARA: Teaching and Research Archive for the History of Christianity

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Beyond Ricci: Rare Books from the Jesuitica Collection at Boston College

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.

Crossings and Dwellings: Restored Jesuits, Women Religious, American Experience, 1814-2014

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.

Mapping Christianization On and Beyond the Frontiers: ArcGIS Crowdsourced Map Assignment

Assignment for students to map locations of Christianizing activity mentioned in late-antique primary sources using Esri StoryMaps.

The Migration of Faith: Clerical Exile in Late Antiquity

Ongoing digital project on the movement of banished Christian clerics in Late Antiquity, including a prosopographical database, utilizing quantitative as well as qualitative methods.

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