Links and Resources
North Library
The North Library is the Theology departmental library. It is
named after Dr Wendy Sproston North, whose generous donation of
books formed the first substantial benefaction. It has since been
augmented several times over. A catalogue of contents is posted on
the Theology notice board.
Undergraduate and graduate students may borrow books by sending
their details and details of the titles they wish to borrow to the
Custodian.
Interdisciplinary
Spirituality Group
A research community for the study of spirituality as a
dimension of professional practice in health, social work, and
education. This group is to form a Centre for Spirituality Studies.
The centre will provide training for understanding and researching
spirituality in educational, health, and welfare professions.
The Hull & District Theological Society
Theology Society
The Hull University Union Theology Society arranges a variety of
social events throughout the year for the benefit of Theology
students and their friends. For up-to-date details, e-mail Natalie
McCamley or Jessica Chambers on h.u.t.s@hotmail.co.uk.
Theological resources on the internet:
The following are useful directories to sites of special
theological interest. We can't be held responsible for the quality
of some of the dodgy stuff out there, but everything on this page
is reliable!
The Internet
Theologian - a good starting point for beginners and
near-beginners, and for sharpening up your ability to separate the
wheat from the chaff.
Humbul Humanities Hub -
takes a bit of navigating, but well worth it.
Computer-assisted
Theology - an early version of the above, developed by Michael
Fraser at the Oxford University Computing Service. A bit dated, and
no longer maintained, but the annotations are useful.
Wabash
Center Internet Guide to Theology - a well set out and
comprehensive site
Theology Website a
resource for students, teachers, and anyone interested in
theological studies, interdenominational discourse and content;
Christian evangelical in tone. Includes the Quodlibet Journal,
Study Guides in Theology, New Testament, and Church History, and
Internet Resources on all things of theological interest.
New Advent: an enormous
resource for theology students. Its main parts include the 1908
Catholic Encyclopedia, with more than 11,000 articles on Catholic
topics. The text of St Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica, and
hundreds of letters, speeches, and books from the early Church
Fathers.
Christian Classics Ethereal
Library: Classic Christian books in electronic format. All
books are in the public domain. Includes the Encyclopedia of
Christainity, the wonderful Early Church Fathers.
Electronic Texts
and Images: Electronic texts and internet archives. Very strong
for Protestant Reformation and Catholic Reformation resources. Lots
of interest in the Historical Texts
Project. A mostly excellent resource.
The Vatican:
the massive Vatican website is a wonderful and often surprising
resource, but must be amongst the most difficult on the net to
navigate. Most often its best to start at the Holy Father
section. Under each of the Popes can be found.
Encyclicals, addresses, exhortations, constitutions, and so on;
which is not very meaningful to most students, unless you know
which Veritatis Splendor is, and which Gaudium et spes isn't.
That's the difficulty with this website. The Roman Curia
webpages are very useful, but again you need to know whether to
look under Congregations, Councils, Commissions, or something else.
Nonetheless, these pages are crammed with good stuff, and worth
exploring. Don't overlook the Pontifical
Academies which publish many conference proceeding on matters
from Globalisation, to New Age Spirituality, to Bio-Ethics.
The
Catechism of the Catholic Church is also on this site. Also, of
course, the
Document of the II Vatican Council.