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» Further Resources
FRONTLINE: "From Jesus to Christ"
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/teach/
This Teacher's Guide for FRONTLINE's film offers a range of historical background information about the rise of Christianity.
FBI Helps LC Restore Jefferson Draft Letter
http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9806/danbury.html
This scholarly article from the Library of Congress offers the religious and political background for President Thomas Jefferson's 1802 Letter to the Danbury Baptists.
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1865)
http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres32.html
Lincoln's address, in the direst moments of the Civil War, reads almost like a sermon. Students might want to read and evaluate both the language of the address and the historical events that prompted its tone.
"Faith-Based Initiatives"
http://pewforum.org/faith-based-initiatives/
This Web site, with many links, explores the rules and ramifications of some of President Bush's ideas for faith-based initiatives.
Bush Will Allow Religious Groups to Receive U.S. Aid
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/13/politics/13BUSH.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5070&en=137f477ab639e3f7&ex=1081483200
This 2002 New York Times article gives a good overview of the constituencies who support and oppose President Bush's proposal for allowing religious groups to administer federally-funded programs.
Pluralism Project
http://www.pluralism.org/about/mission.php
This link leads to the mission statement of this rich Web site, which is a fine resource for teachers. "The Pluralism Project: World Religions in America is a decade-long research project, with current funding from the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, to engage students in studying the new religious diversity in the United States." It focuses on "particularly the communities and religious traditions of Asia and the Middle East that have become woven into the religious fabric of the United States in the past twenty-five years."
Isaiah Berlin on Pluralism
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/vl/notes/berlin.html
This is an excerpt from an essay on pluralism by renowned philosopher Isaiah Berlin. He speaks about the difference between "relativism" and "pluralism," concluding: "for all human beings must have some common values or they cease to be human, and also some different values else they cease to differ, as in fact they do. That is why pluralism is not relativism."
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