RELG 402 - World's Living Religions
Documents
This page links to documents collected from around the web and other places. Too often websites go down and important resources become unavailable, so these documents are linked to this page as a resource for the study of religions and religious leaders.
The groups are presented in the order in which they are studied during the course.
General Helps
- Reflective Writing - Guidance Notes for Students, by Pete Watton, Jane Collings, Jenny Moon, of Exeter University, Britain
Documents relating to the Samaritans
- Samaritan Educational Guide by Shomron & Osher Sassoni, 2004
- History of the Samaritans - article by Benyamim Tsedaka, 2011
- Differences Between Samaritan-Israelites and Jews - from WWW.The-Samaritans.com
- Brief Theoretical Points of view about the Samaritan Sect of Nablus - article by Atef Nagi (Samaritan Priest) and Yusef Abu-el-Hassan (Cohen, Nablus), probably written before 1968
- The Celebration of Passover by the Samaritans - article by Ya'aqov Ben Uzzi Ha-Cohen (Ya'aqov the son of Uzzi the Cohen), written before 1987
- Mount Gerizim, The One True Sanctuary - article by Jacob, son of Aaron, High Priest of the Samaritans, 1906
Documents relating to Messianic Judaism
- Why Messianic Judaism? - paper by Rabbi Bruce L. Cohen
Documents relating to the Branch Davidian group at Waco, TX
- Branch Davidians Profile and timeline, by Dr. Catherine Wessinger. An account of the history, siege, and repercussions of the siege of the Branch Davidians at Waco
- Branch Davidian Deaths - who bears the responsibility?. Paper by Dr. Catherine Wessinger, published 2009
- Branch Davidian Survivors, by Dr. Catherine Wessinger, published in 2013
- Branch Davidian Siege, paper presented by Dr. Catherine Wessinger, 2014
Documents relating to the Covenant, the Sword, the Arm of the Lord
- The Covenant, the Sword, the Arm of the Lord - FBI document, dated July 2, 1982, regarding a paramilitary NRM. View this for an overview of the methods and documentation used by the FBI
Documents relating to Heaven's Gate
- Approaching Heavens Gate - introductory essay for a book of essays. Also deals with UFO religions and other NRMs
- Heaven's Gate: End-time prophets in a post-modern era - Article by George D. Chryssides
- Heaven's Gate as a Post-modern Group - Article by George D. Chryssides
- Suicide, Suicidology, and Heaven's Gate
- Aspiring for the Stars - Dr. Catherine Wessinger interviews Dr. Benjamin E. Zeller
Documents relating to Jim Jones, Jonestown, and the Peoples Temple
- Peoples Temple - paper given by Rebecca Moore, 2006
- Peoples Temple - testimonies - Lecture given by Rebecca Moore, 2013
Rebecca Moore's two sisters and her nephew (a son of Jim Jones) died in the Jonestown massacre
Documents relating to the Bahai'i
- Bahá'í History By Moojan Momen and Peter Smith (1993)
Documents relating to the Druze
- The Faith of the Mo'wa'he'doon Unitarian Druze, by Moustafa Moukarian, 1988
- About the Faith of the Mo'wa'he'doon Druze, by Moustafa F. Moukarim, 1995
- Lecture about the Mo'wa'he'doon Druze, by Moustafa F. Moukarim, 2000
Documents relating to Hinduism
- The Swaminarayan Family of Religions - Paper by J. Gordon Melton, 2011
- The Hindu Monastic - by the Hindu Academy
Documents relating to Buddhism
- Questions and Answers with Ajahn Chah, a Thai Buddhist monk
- Buddhist Spiritual Practice, by Ayya Khema, a Buddhist nun
- Bowing in Buddhism, by Taizan Maezumi Roshi, a Zen Buddhist monk
- A Buddhist Shrine, by Lama Choedak
- The Buddhist Right View of Life, by Lama Choedak
- The Dhammapada, translated by John Richards
Documents relating to Zen Buddhism and Zen Taoism
- The Tao of Breathing - by Geoff Dawson
- Tao - The Gateless Gate, (part 1) - translated and interpreted by Stan Rosenthal
- Tao - The Gateless Gate, (part 2) - translated and interpreted by Stan Rosenthal
- Tao - The Gateless Gate, (part 3) - translated and interpreted by Stan Rosenthal
- Zen Taoism, essay by Stan Rosenthal
- Zen FAQ, by Mark Vetanen
- Zen Lecture, by Alan Watts, transcribed by Alan Seaver
- Zen Precepts, translated by Robert Aitken Roshi.
- Zen Taoist Precepts, translated and interpreted by Stan Rosenthal
- Historical Roots of Zen, by Stan Rosenthal
- Glossary of Japanese Zen terms, by Stan Rosenthal
- Zen Vows, by the Southwest Chogye International Zen Academeia
- Zen Gardens - Garden Mastery Tips from Clark County Master Gardeners, 2003
- The Tao of the Self - by Stan Rosenthal
- The Tao teh ching, (part 1) - translated and interpreted by Stan Rosenthal
- The Tao teh ching, (part 2) - translated and interpreted by Stan Rosenthal
- The Tao teh ching, (part 3) - translated and interpreted by Stan Rosenthal
- The Tao teh ching, (part 4) - translated and interpreted by Stan Rosenthal
- The Tao teh ching, (part 5) - translated and interpreted by Stan Rosenthal
- The Tao teh ching, - translated and interpreted by Peter A. Merel
Documents relating to the Navajo
- Navajo Religion - Article by James F. Downs, 1972
Documents relating to the Hopi
- Kachinas - pamphlet by the Museum of Anthropology, University of Missouri-Columbia
Documents relating to the Plains Indians
- The Plains Indian Sundance - article by Elizabeth Atwood Lawrence, Tufts University
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