Helpful Links
PTCEE has selected some useful free links for your studies.
- They are ecumenical in scope, reflecting different theologies and church traditions.
- These resources are for you to read, reflect on and – if you wish – react against. In this way, our theological education goes deeper and wider, equipping us for the present age.
- Feel free to suggest other internet study resources that you find helpful and we can take a look and possibly add them.
- PTCEE will be regularly updating Helpful Links
Happy exploring!
Shape of the Christian Year
Distance Learning Skills – a free online course from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/gothedistance
Free online tutorial to help develop Internet research skills.
http://www.vtstutorials.co.uk/tutorial/religiousstudies/
A useful ‘umbrella’ site pointing to other links
https://theologicalstudies.org.uk/
General Knowledge
Be cautious when using Wikipedia – not regarded as a reliable academic source
Try encyclopedia sites such as:
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/subject-information
Biblical Studies
Oremus Bible Browser. New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
Bible Gateway Bible Browser offering many other translations. It is always very interesting to compare how words have been translated in different English versions, then to compare with Pacific language translations.
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary, plus other dictionaries and concordances
https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/bbd.html
A navigation tool for the Old Testament
http://bible.ort.org/books/glosd1.asp
Bible study guides of various levels from the Bible Society
http://bibleresources.americanbible.org/
Making Biblical Scholarship Accessible Since 2001
https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/
Church History
https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/study
https://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/
Many Christian Classics eg. Journal of John Wesley, Martin Luther’s ‘Table Talk’ etc. can be found at
Ministry
A journal interested in theology for practical Christian ministry
https://wordandworld.luthersem.edu/
Theology and Ethics
Global Digital Library on Theology and Ecumenism. Register for free, remember your username and password and search a huge collection of theology and ethics articles
http://www.globethics.net/web/gtl
https://theologyontheweb.org.uk/
http://www.theologicalbooknetwork.org/Resources
Mission
Oxford Centre for Mission Studies has a number of free titles to download from its Regnum series
http://www.ocms.ac.uk/regnum/list.php
English skills
Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/
Cambridge Dictionaries – various
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
English practice
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-and-vocabulary
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/writing-skills-practice
Bible Browser. New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
https://www.studylight.org/
Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary
https://www.
Global Digital Library on Theology and Ecumenism
South Pacific Association of Theological Schools (SPATS)