Dateline: March 22, 2000
When was the Gospel of Matthew written? When did the Buddha live? When were the Vedas written? When were the Salem Witch Trials? When did Constantine convert to Christianity?
So many questions... so difficult to find quick answers to them. One of the best ways to learn about religion is to study religious history, but too often events are studied in isolation. This new feature will present comprehensive timelines of religious history.
There are two different ways to go through the timelines. The first is from the "overviews" - short general timelines which list major events from Europe, the Middle East and Asia in three columns. Clicking on any event will take you to a specific chronology where you can learn more and see other events happening at the same time:
- Overview #1: 8000 BCE - Year 0
- Overview #2: Year 0 - 2000 CE
The second means of going through the timelines is picking a specific timeline you want to read. Although the major religions are separated, important dates of all the religions are mixed into all the timelines - that way, when you are reading about the history of Islam, you can also see what important things were happening with Christianity or Buddhism. In addition, important non-religious events and people are included as reference points.
Christianity
- New Testament
- Early Christianity
- Medieval Chrisitanity I: 476 - 800
- Medieval Chrisitanity I: 800 - 1200
- Medieval Christianity II: 1200 - 1300
- Medieval Christianity II: 1300 - 1500
- Modern & Reformation: 1500 - 1600
- Modern & Reformation: 1600 - today
- Salem Witch Trials
- European Persecution of Witches
- The Inquisition (coming soon)
- Christian Councils
- Jerry Falwell's Past
- Jesus' Genealogy: Errors
- Gospel Timeline: Errors
Other Religions
- Old Testament
- Buddhism (coming soon)
- Hinduism I: 8000 BCE - 1500 CE
- Hinduism II: 1500 - today
- Early Islam: 570 - 1500 (coming soon)
Other Chronologies
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