For a long time I've thought about putting up a major post with links to various resources related to the Da Vinci Code. I have put off doing so (apart from a few brief mentions ) because I always felt I needed more time to visit various websites to cull out the very best. I've decided I need to go a more modest route and simply link to sites that I have found helpful, realizing there are probably many more out there that are also very good.
Following Hugh Hewitt's directive, a comprehensive and accurate commentary on many historical and theological aspects related to the Da Vinci Code can be found at Mark D. Roberts' website. Roberts is an evangelical pastor and Harvard-trained Ph.D. in New Testament with personal experience studying the Nag Hammadi gnostic materials. It's an excellent site.
The other day I came across a fine Roman Catholic website which offers an exceptionally useful and comprehensive FAQ. Although it is quite weak on the Gnostic Gospels and gnostic materials in general, that can be easily remedied by looking at the material at Mark D. Roberts' site or at the next site.
A really excellent study (a two-part series with extraordinary links), perhaps the best on the internet, has been produced by Roman Catholic scholars Carl E. Olson with Sandra Miesel here and here They are also the authors of the book, The Da Vinci Hoax: Exposing the Errors in the Da Vinci Code.
The Da Vinci Dialog has (at last count) forty-one essays on a variety of topics related to the book. It's worth scanning.
Sometimes a mediocre website has some unique links at the end that make it worth checking. I found that to be the case at this site. As an example, the site has a link to Prof. Ben Witherington's helpful article that was published in the Biblical Archaeology Society's publication.
Campus Crusade for Christ has a website devoted to the Da Vinci code, as does Focus on the Family. Dr. D. James Kennedy produced an excellent one-hour television program examining the claims of the Da Vinci Code which he is making available in either DVD or VHS along with a book.
Columbia International University's psychology professor, Stephen Farra, has both a short version and a long version of a paper noting the correspondence between the underlying thought-stream in the novel and Wiccan beliefs. Speaking of Wicca, the other day I purchased Brooks Alexander's book, Witchcraft Goes Mainstream. It is proving as good as I expected. I first gained a high regard for Alexander's work many years ago when he was associated with the Spiritual Counterfeits Project.
Opus Dei defends itself agaisnt the The Da Vinci Code's vicious allegations here and an Opus Dei priest maintains a blog here.
Here is a wonderful modern "Screwtape" audio presentation that really deserves to be heard. It's exceptionally creative and unique!
So that will about do it. Every blessing to everyone reading this blog.