World-Wide Web Resources
Religion

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General Resources

  • Adherents.com, a growing collection of over 32,000 adherent statistics and religious geography citations. Researchers can use this site to answer such questions as "What are the major religions of Taiwan?", "How many Hindus are in South Africa?" or "What percentage of Bolivians are Protestant?"

  • American Academy of Religion Syllabi Project, The American Academy of Religion (AAR) Syllabi Project, an initiative of the AAR's Committee on Teaching and Learning, compiles syllabi and other pedagogical resources for the academic study of religion.

  • American Religion Data Archive (ARDA), project funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc. and acts to preserve quantitative data on American religion, to improve access to this data, to increase the use of the data, and to allow comparisons across data files. The ARDA collection includes data on churches and church membership, religious professionals, and religious groups (individuals, congregations and denominations).

  • American Religious Identification Survey

  • Association for Religion and Intellectual Life, covers the thought and writing from various world religions, including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism. With feature articles, book and movie reviews, music, and graphics.

  • The APS Research Guide, to Resources for Theological and Religious Studies.

  • Information on World Religions, from the Ontario Centre for Religious Tolerance. Describes 63 religions, including large ones like Christianity and Islam, and some smaller but interesting ones, like Satanism, Wicca and Zoroastrianism.

  • Internet Resources for the Academic Study of Religion, from Muhlenburg College.

  • Religion Online[Frames], an extensive digital library of over 250 book chapters, monographs, speeches, and articles on the socio-cultural aspects of Christianity. The texts, written by religious scholars, are arranged into twenty subject sections, such as Church and Society, Church History, Comparative Religion, and Sociology of Religion, among many others.

  • Religion & Philosophy Resources on the Internet, from Mugar Memorial Library, Boston University.

  • Religion-Online: "full texts by recognized religious scholars."

  • Religion Resources, from Academic Info.

  • Religious Internet Resources, annotated, collection of Internet resources for religious research from the Library of the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) consortium in Berkeley, California.

  • Religious Studies Page

  • Virtual Religion Index, from Rutgers University.

  • The Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resources for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, selective, annotated guide to a "variety of electronic resources of interest to those who are teaching or studying religion and theology at the undergraduate or graduate level."

  • World Religions

    • Specific Religious Sites

  • African Traditional Religion

  • Al-Islam and Muslims provides information about Islamic beliefs, history, and civilization, for Muslims and non-Muslims.

  • Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, KY.

  • Bahá'í Faith Page

  • Bhagavad Gita

  • Bhagavat Gita, A complete Sanskrit version of a principle text of Hinduism. Adobe Acrobat for PDF format or Ghostview for PostScript viewing are required.

  • The Bible Gateway, scripture passage and concordance searches in several versions and languages.

  • Bible Tutor, from Luther Seminary.

  • Biblica, journal from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome Starts with the first issue of Vol. 79. Includes summaries of articles which appeared during the period 1990-1997.

  • Buddhism, directory of information about Buddhism. Provides access to information on Buddhist art, classes, coursework, journals, periodicals, texts, and reference materials. Includes the electronic Buddhist Text initiative, Buddhist literature, and an introduction to Buddhism. Features the Buddhism Virtual Library, CyberSangha, Dzogchen Foundation, the Dunhuang Web, and other Buddhism-related sites.

  • Buddhist Studies

  • Calculation of the Ecclesiastical Calendar, calculates church dates after 325 AD.

  • Campus Crusade for Christ International

  • The Catholic Encyclopedia

  • Catholic Online

  • Catholic Online Saints & Angels, The Saints section of this site is searchable and browsable (Index) by saint (more than 450).Also has pages with: calendars, a FAQ, lists of patron saints, Black saints and Irish saints.

  • Christian Appalachian Project, Inter-Denominational Volunteer Program in Kentucky.

  • Christian Articles Archives, articles and short stories available for personal inspiration, church newsletters, speakers' illustrations, and magazines (both print and e-zines).

  • Christian Broadcasting Company

  • Christian Classics Ethereal Library

  • Christian Web Sites, from Gainesville College.

  • Christus Rex

  • Church History.com (Requires a free registration.)

  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, from Nerd World.

  • The Claretian Missionaries, one of the largest Roman Catholic religious orders in the world, an international organization of priests, brothers and lay people who work to spread the Christian gospel and to help those who are in need.

  • Confucianism in Japan

  • CrossSearch, Online Christian Resource Directory.

  • Ecclesiastical Calendar, allows you to enter a year and receive the dates of various Christian Ecclesiastical celebrations, such as Easter and the movable celebrations associated with it.

  • First Church of Cyberspace, Central Presbyterian Church, Montclair, NJ.

  • The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies

  • Free Daism

  • Hare Krishna

  • Hindu Resources

  • The Holy Bible, King James Version. From The Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia.

  • The Holy See, Vatican Web Site.

  • Islam and Muslims,

  • Islamic Gateway

  • Islamic Resources

  • Islamic Server, from the Muslim Students Association at USC, Los Angeles. Islamic reference materials; includes extensive Qur'an and Hadith collections.

  • IslamiCity in Cyberspace

  • Jainism

  • Jewish Study with a Buddy

  • Journal of Hebrew Studies

  • Krishnamurti Foundation of America

  • Lexington Theological Seminary, Kentucky.

  • Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

  • Mennonite Information Center

  • Messianic Jewish Alliance of America

  • Monastery of Christ in the Desert

  • Muslim Life in American

  • New Advent Catholic Page

  • New Church Outreach, theological writings of Swedenborg, with short talks, sermons, advice, addresses, books, and computer programs.

  • Newman Centers/Catholic Student Organizations

  • Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism

  • Order of Saint Benedict

  • The Orthodox Christian Page in America

  • Patrologiæ Græcæ (J.-P Migne), contains more than 160 volumes of Greek material (with Latin translations) relevant to the study of the history of the Christian Church from its beginnings through the Council of Florence in 1439. Provides images and print versions of all pages. Accessible via campus computers. Also available off-campus for UK faculty, students and staff; follow these proxy server access instructions.

  • Patrologia Latina Database (PLD), electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina, published between 1844 and 1855, and the four volumes of indexes published between 1862 and 1865. The Patrologia Latina comprises the works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216. From Chadwyck Healey. Available from UK campus machines and via the proxy server.

  • ,dedicated to educating the public about Paganism and building community.

  • Patron Saints Index

  • Presbyterian Church USA

  • Rastafarianism

  • Religious and Sacred Texts

  • The Religious Broadcasting Page

  • The Religious Freedom Page

  • The Relgious Movements Homepage, from the University of Virginia.

  • Scrolls from the Dead Sea, the Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship.

  • , FAQs and content focusing on Amazonian Ayahuasca Shamanism.

  • , a multi-disciplined shamanic spiritual center which offers teachings, lectures, classes, workshops and ceremonial opportunities.

  • , promotes research and understanding of Shinto, Japan's indigenous religion.

  • The Shroud of Turin, hosted by a member of the team that performed the first detailed scientific examination of the shroud in 1978. Provides over 90 photographs and the latest research news.

  • St. Pachomius Library, offers the literature of the early Christian Church in electronic form. The Library's archives contain non-copyrighted English translations of the Church Fathers, the acts of the Christian martyrs, the proceedings of the Councils, and the lives of the early saints. Includes Greek sources to A.D.1200, Byzantine writers A.D.1200+, Western sources to A.D. 1100, Syriac writers, lives of saints, liturgical documents, and African Orthodoxy. Provides a global index.

  • Tables of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists (TOCS-IN), references to articles published in 153 journals on Classics, Archaeology, Religious and Near Eastern Studies, and a few others, starting with 1992. The archive contains over 11,000 articles, fully searchable, with links to those which are available (texts or abstracts) on the Internet.

  • The Taoism Information Page, this virtual library offers a large number of Taoism resources. Users will find links to general introductions to Taoism, translations and other information for the Tao Te Ching, the Chuang-tzu, and the I Ching. Other resources include links to information on Feng Shui, Confucianism and Buddhism, Taoism and Chinese Culture, and Taoism and Martial Arts.

  • Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion: The Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resources.

  • The Unbound Bible, collection of searchable Bibles that consists of 7 English versions, Greek and Hebrew Versions, 4 ancient versions, and versions in 15 other languages. All are searchable and can be viewed in "parallel views."

  • Union Seminary Quarterly Review, journal of religion and theology published by Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University.

  • Vanderbilt University Divinity Library, providing online resources for religious and theological research.

  • The Vatican

  • , reference for witches and pagans. More than 365 days of festivals and feasts, it explores folklore of ancient and modern history, legend, and lore.

  • Zen Buddhist Texts

    • This page was last updated 21 June 2005. To suggest additions or corrections to this list, send mail to Brad Carrington at bcarring@uky.edu.

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