LibGuides: Institute for Black Catholic Studies: OER

What are OER's?

OER stands for Open Educational Resources. They are Open Access educational resources which have been created by professors or experts in the field so that anyone can access them for free. Find out more about OERs in this Library Guide on Open Education Resources.

OER's Related to Theology and Religion

Merlot The MERLOT system provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers.
Open Textbook Library The Open Textbook Library provides a growing catalog of free, peer-reviewed, and openly-licensed textbooks.
Ethics For A-Level This accessible and wide-ranging textbook explores these questions and many more. Key ideas in the fields of normative ethics, metaethics and applied ethics are explained rigorously and systematically, with a vivid writing style that enlivens the topics with energy and wit.
Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology Different from other introductory textbooks, this book is an edited volume with each chapter written by a different author. Each author has written from their experiences working as an anthropologist and that personal touch makes for an accessible introduction to cultural anthropology.
Identity and Difference, Spring 2010 This course explores how identities, whether of individuals or groups, are produced, maintained, and transformed. Students will be introduced to various theoretical perspectives that deal with identity formation, including constructions of "the normal."
TheologicalStudies.org.uk A resource for students of theology. Includes detailed bibliographies and numerous free full-text articles and books.
Theological Perspectives of the Reformation Theological Perspectives of the Reformation is a multi-media website written by Mark Gstohl and Bart Everson of Xavier University of Louisiana. It is a component of a rich media project sponsored by Xavier's Center for the Advancement of Teaching.
Human Rights as Mashiach - A Jewish Theology of Human Rights The particularistic Jewish contribution to human rights theology is more of a program for future study than a complete theology. But the outline is clear. The approach is provocatively, but accurately, summed up in the statement that the global human rights movement is mashiach (the Hebrew word for "messiah" or "anointed one") and that a global order guaranteeing the International Bill of Rights as contained in the Universal Declaration and the two covenants is the foundation for the kingdom of God.'