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Web Resources - Religion
General Sources
Buddhism----Christianity----Hinduism----Islam----Judaism----Mythology----Other Religions
General Sources
- ABZU: Guide to the Ancient Near East--this guide from the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute is a prime resource for history, religion, art and archaeology.
- Adherents.com -- comprehensive source for statistics on religious adherents. Search by religion or location.
- American Religion Data Archives--a collection of both membership data for the different congregations, and an extraordinary amount of opinion survey data.
- American Religious Experience--encourages the development and publication of American religion manuscripts and images on the World Wide Web.
- Academic Info on Religion--a comprehensive set of links to documents, religious texts, and more for all religions.
- American Association of Pastoral Counselors
- Bible Browser--nine translations, with advanced search features
- BeCaL - Belief, Culture and Learning Information Gateway--Here you will find peer-reviewed educational and research resources concerning belief, culture and values.
- Early Church Online Encyclopedic Documents Page--a meta-index covering several existing document sites, Catholic and Islamic.
- Grief Net
- Image Database for Biblical Studies--from the Yale Divinity School, this site provides teaching and research images from the field of biblical studies.
- Internet Sacred Text Archive--A nonprofit site containing the single largest religious text archive on the internet.
- OnLine Instructional Materials in Religion
- Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance--a collection of essays on divisive religious issues, sponsored by an objective nonpartisan group interested in bringing people together.
- The Pluralism Project--Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University. Developed by Harvard University to study and document the growing religious diversity of the United States, with a special view to its new immigrant religious communities. It includes images, research, calendars and many other links.
- Religion Religions Religious Studies--Information and links for study and interpretation of religions.
- Religions of the World--Minnesota State University's guide to the world religions.
- Religious Freedom Restoration Act
- The Religious Movements Homepage @ the University of Virginia -- One of the primary goals of this site is to promote religious tolerance and appreciation of the positive benefits of pluralism and religious diversity; contains profiles of some 200 groups.
- Religious and Sacred Texts -- Another good online source for full text religious writings.
- Religious Studies Page : An outstanding index to WWW religion links, all faiths.
- Religious Studies Web Guide: an enormous collection of links.
- VIRTUAL RELIGION INDEX--if I was only going to list one religion site, this would be it. It has everything, for all religions: religious texts, libraries, psychology and sociology of religion, ethics and moral values, biblical studies, comparative religion
- Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resources for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion
Buddhism
- Academic Info Religion: Buddhist Studies--An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources on Buddhism
- Buddhanet.net--Strives to provide Buddhists from all traditions with tools to help them develop their practice.
- Buddhism Links from Gene Thursby's excellent Religious Traditions Page. From here you can get to everything else important.
- Buddhist Studies URLs: Substantial Scholarly Buddhist Sources
- Resources for the Study of Buddhism--Provides links to general sources on Buddhism.
- World Wide Web Virtual Library of Buddhist Texts
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Christianity
- Religions of the World--Minnesota State University's guide to the world religions.
- Religious Studies Web Guide--An enormous collection of links.
- Resource Pages for Biblical Studies--Intended to be a resource for the study of early Christian writings and their social world.
- VIRTUAL RELIGION INDEX--If I was only going to list one religion site, this would be it. It has everything, for all religions: religious texts, libraries, psychology and sociology of religion, ethics and moral values, biblical studies, comparative religion
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Hinduism
- Academic Info Religion: Hinduism --
An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources on Hinduism
- Hinduism Links---From Gene Thursby's excellent Asian Traditions page.
- Hindu Universe--Provides links to over 17,000 sites on Hinduism.
- Hindu Web Universe--An excellent site with search capability for Hinduism sites on the web.
- Introduction to Hinduism--An excellent explanation, interspersed with hypertext links to important Hindu texts and other links.
- Bhagavad Gita As It Is--A scholarly edition with word for word transliterated
Sanskrit and English translation.
- The Brahma-Samhita--Traditional vedic prayers.
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Islam
- Academic Info: Islamic Studies--An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources on Islam and the Muslim World
- Islamic Texts and Resources Metapage --A linking page with many interesting Islam links.
- Islamic Thought--Extensive links to Islamic history, jurisprudence, theology, science, comparative religion, more. Includes a lot of full-text material.
- Muslim Women's League--Many full-text articles & speeches and related links.
- The Quran--In English .
- Quran Browser--A tool to search the Quran (Koran) by passage or word part.
- The Islam Page--A good resource for any information on Islam. Contains over 20 pages of links.
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Judaism
- Academic Info Jewish Studies--An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources on Judaism, includes texts as well.
- Academic Jewish Studies Internet Directory--includes access to an article database, as well as an excellent set of links.
- Anti-Racism Resources--Includes A Virtual Tour of Auschwitz and a Cybrary of the Holocaust.
- FAQ on Hasidic Culture and Customs
- Jewish Virtual Library--A living encyclopedia of Judaism.
- Judaism 101--An online encyclopedia of Judaism, covering Jewish beliefs, people, places, things, language, scripture, holidays, practices and customs.
- Judaism and Jewish Resources--Good overall index to news, mailing lists, archaeology, museums, holocaust studies, Israel, the arts, books, more.
- a Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust--Includes a Timeline of anti-Semitism from 1918 on up, and has many links to documents, photos, glossary definitions, and other sites.
- Time-Line for the History of Judaism--3000 B.C.E. to the present.
- The Ultimate Jewish/Israel LinkLauncher--4,601 Links!
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Mythology
- Bulfinch's Mythology
- Classical Mythology--A source on classic mythology covering both Greek mythology and Roman lore.
- Encyclopedia Mythica--Over 1500 definitions of gods, legendary creatures, worldwide. Searchable.
- Non-Graeco-Roman Mythology
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Other Religions
- Adherents.com--Comprehensive source for statistics on religious adherents. Search by religion or location.
- African Traditional Religion---Country by country statistics, bibliography, maps, other links
- Asian Traditions--Includes links to religious traditions such as Confucianism , Jainism, Shinto, Sikhism and Taoism.
- Academic Info China Studies:Religion & Philosophy--An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources, including texts.
- Gateway to Sikhism--One of the best resources on the internet for researching Sikhism.
- Jainism: Jain Principles, Tradition, and Practices -- Colorado State University site on Jain study.
- Sikhism--Many helpful links on Sikhism.
- Taoism Information Page
- Taoist Restoration Society
- The Tibetan Book of the Dead
- Witchcraft Bibliography Project--Citations on historical witchcraft
- Zoroastrianism--A good selection of websites and books along with the salient facts
- Zoroastrianism Page-- Single best resource for Zoroastrianism information.
- Yahoo guide to different Faiths and Practices
All links on this page checked February, 2000.
Send comments, or suggestions for additional links to David O. Bradshaw.