| Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life |
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| American Religious Experience |
West Virginia University |
| American Religion Data Archives |
Penn State; The intention of this site is "to preserve quantitative data
on American religion" while increasing and enhancing the use of such data |
| Center on Religion
and Democracy |
a nonpartisan research center at the University of Virginia, committed to
addressing the question of whether American democracy can be "properly woven
with the threads of new cultures, languages, backgrounds, interests and
ideas." Full-text materials are accessible in a variety of formats. |
| Interdisciplinary Encyclopedia
of Religion and Science |
an encyclopedia of Catholic theology and science, with scientific entries
usually reflecting a distinctively Catholic theological perspective |
| International Religious
Freedom Report |
U.S. Dept of State |
| Internet Sacred Text
Archive |
A nonprofit archive of electronic texts devoted to religion, mythology,
folklore, the occult, and esoteric texts |
| Ontario Consultants on Religious
Toleration |
the site offers more than 2,600 essays about world religion; science and
religion; religious hatred; and hot topics such as abortion, same sex marriage,
assisted suicide, and the death penalty. The site is the work of one author,
Bruce A. Robinson, a scientist and engineer. He focuses on non-mainline
denominations and Eastern religions; the content on the site is primarily
opinion; keeping these reservations in mind, users will find this an
interesting site to explore. |
| The Pluralism Project |
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| Religion Explorer |
a powerful crawler-based search engine that searches only religious sites;
its goal "to provide the freshest indices with the most powerful search
features which will allow anyone to find any information about religion
faster than any other search engine"; ads appear in the search results; no
information on how often the site is updated |
| Religion in Latin America |
Edward Cleary (Latin American Studies Director, Providence College) designed
this site, which is mostly of bibliographies classified under "History/Politics",
"Protestant-Afro-Indigenous" and "Theology". Nearly 300 of its more than 500
items were published during the 1990s. this site does not function as an
encyclopedia, but is a rich source of information rooted in Cleary's 40 years
of scholarship in Latin American Studies. |
| Religion, Religions,
Religious Studies |
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| Religious Movements
Homepage@the University of Virginia |
Focuses on the study of religion from the social movements perspective |
| Religionlink.org |
part of the Religionwriters.com site, this site includes a topical
index that links to more than 1,000 Web sites, covering categories
such as culture and society, government and public religion, and so on |
| Religionwriters.com |
a nonprofit trade association comprised of recognized religion journalists
from various print and broadcast media outlets, the site provides access
to the association's Web site, cinluding surveys, daily headlines, RNA press
releases and articles; the articles on current events contain background
information, with additional sources provided |
| Virtual Religion Index |
WWW Virtual Library: Religion |
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| Judeo-Christian |
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| Academic Jewish Studies
Internet Directory |
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| Bible Browser |
Brown University. Provides advanced searching capabilities, allowing readers to
find particular passages in scripture, based on keywords. |
| The Bible Gateway |
similar to above, offers additional editions/versions; offers
81 versions of the Bible in 29 languages |
| Bible Study Tools on Crosswalk.com |
well-organized with nine main components: Bibles, commentaries, concordances,
dictionaries, encyclopedias, lexicons, sermon helps, history, and other
resources. |
| BSW Research Center |
BSW (Biblical Studies on the Web); Rome, Italy |
| Catholic Encyclopedia |
The 1913 version of the CE; articles from the CE are
transcribed whole and entire |
| Catholic Web
Resources |
created by a theology teacher and librarian; this site is a gateway to other
Catholic internet sources; most links have annotations; well-maintained and
up-to-date |
| Christian Classics Ethereal Library |
A collection with the aim to create a "theological library containing 1,000
of the most important public-domain works for theological study." Can be
slow-loading. Calvin College |
| Counterbalance
Interactive Library |
a fascinating multimedia project dedicated to exploring the relationship
between religion and science. The Counterbalance Foundation, which sponsors
the site, works closely with the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences.
The site's ultimate aim is to fuel creative thinking by encouraging dialogue
between the religious and scientific world views |
| Digital Quaker Collection |
The Earlham School of Religion, a graduate theological school for the Society
of Friends, has provided access to a wealth of journals, letters, and monographs
on this site. Advanced searchers are able to search using Boolean or
proximity operators, the index, and biblical references. |
|
Documents of the II Vatican Council |
online texts of the 16 documents of the Second Vatican Council |
| Early Church Fathers |
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| The
Gutenberg Bible at the Ransom Center |
one of 21 copies of the complete Gutenberg Bible; digitization began in
2002, with the intention of offering the public cover-to-cover access to a
unique copy; related sites are the
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| The
British Library's Gutenberg Bible Finally, for
a single all-purpose link there is
Gutenberg Digital which provides access to the Goettingen Gutenberg
and adds more than twice the amount of contextual information than either
of the other sites. |
| Hagiography Database |
Dumbarton Oaks Center, Harvard University; contains nearly 100 translations
of early medieval saints' lives; unsurprisingly, this is a very research-intensive
site, which requires some knowledge of the periods history in order to
be used effectively |
| Jesus Real
to Reel: Bibliography & Web Resources for Religion/Theology and Film |
Queen's Theological College, Ontario; exhaustive bibliographies and links to
online articles; no particular religious or political slant pertains to the
resources listed, which range from studies grounded in film and cultural theory
to those written from a firmly Christian viewpoint. |
| Jewish Encyclopedia.com |
Jewish Encyclopedia (12 volumes, 1901-1906) was edited by
Moravian-born author and editor Isidore Singer (1859-1939), whose goal was to
create the first "encyclopedia of the history and mental evolution of the Jewish
race". The Web version is a full, unedited reproduction of the original, down
to the illustrations and photo captions. Hyperlinks within the transcribed entries
take visitors to related topics elsewhere in the encyclopedia. An available
Google search links browsers to Internet sources on the selected topic.
An excellent 21st-century approach to a timeless resource. |
| Jewish Women's Archive |
accessible, attractive, interactive format; navigation is intuitive |
| Judaism and Jewish Resources |
Straightforward organization, easy to navigate |
|
Missionary Periodicals Database |
from the Currents in World Christianity web site housed at Yale
Divinity School. One reviewer describes it as: "Timely and well conceived,
this resource provides a focused point of bibliographic access to a body
of literature that has tended to be unwieldy and fragmentary." |
| New Testament Gateway |
Old Testament Gateway both
sites associated with Dr. Mark Goodacre, Duke University; some reference
materials are older editions of revised works; caveat emptor. |
| Religion-Online |
A growing digital library of more than 1500 English-language Christian
theological classics including essays, monographs, speeches, etc. Project is
directed by William F. Fore (retired, Yale Divinity School) |
| Resource Pages for Biblical Studies |
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| The RJ&L Religious Liberty Archive |
A law firm has set up an extensive repository of information and resources about
"state and federal laws pertaining to religious freedom in the United States." |
| Society of Biblical Literature |
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| The Unbound Bible |
an online resource created with one purpose: to provide the Bible to the nations of the world; this is a collection of searchable Bibles; 10 English versions; several Greek and Hebrew versions; 4 ancient versions, and 42 versions in other languages. |
| Wabash Center: Guide to Internet Resources for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion |
includes useful explanation of how sites are selected; exceptional sites
have been designated; provides access to a great number of syllabi |
| World Wide Study Bible |
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| Yale Divinity
School Library: Research Guide for Christianity |
well-organized and comprehensive |
| Yale Divinity
Digital Image & Text Library |
valuable and more user-friendly than many other digital libraries |
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| Other World Religions |
| Exploring Ancient World Cultures |
A well-organized site with a significant amount of information and
ancient texts focusing on religion, including early Christianity and Islam. |
| Buddhanet.net |
primarily for believers; the site does provide access to many
full-text primary and secondary materials for both the Therevada and Mahayana
traditions |
| WWW Virtual Library:
Buddhism |
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| Introduction
to Islam |
Hosted by the Middle East Institute, this Web site is essentially the
electronic version of the author's book of the same title (1985). The author
is M. Cherif Bassiouni (DePaul University College of Law). Easy to navigate;
comprehensive coverage |
| Islam and Islamic Studies |
University of Georgia |
|
Middle East Area Studies: Islam |
Columbia University |
| Quran Browser |
Brown University |
| WWW-VL: Taoism |
English-language scholarly and philosophical information |
| WWW-VL: Zen Buddhism
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