General Resources - Religion and Spirituality

 

Adherents.com

http://www.adherents.com 

A collection of adherent statistics. In addition to the main statistical database, other sections include topical summaries and religious affiliations of famous individuals.

 

The Association of Religion Data Archives

http://www.thearda.com 

"The ARDA allows you to interactively explore the highest quality data on American and international religion using online features for generating national profiles, maps, church membership overviews, denominational heritage trees, tables, charts, and other summary reports." Browse topics, get statistics, and view denominational profiles.

 

BBC--Religion & Ethics

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions 

Several articles on featured religions. From the British Broa dcasting Corporation.

 

Beliefnet

http://www.beliefnet.com 

Information about different faiths, sacred texts, definitions, news, and inspiration.

 

Encyclopedia of Religion and Society

http://hirr.hartsem.edu/ency/index.html 

Prepared by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research, this online encyclopedia offers a browsable table of contents, articles, and references.

 

Interfaith

http://www.interfaith.org

"This is a strictly neutral and non-commercial project, that seeks to properly and without bias represent the various religions of the world, for comparative analysis, religious study, and spiritual reading." Offers information about various religions and their sacred texts.

 

Interfaith Calendar

http://www.interfaithcalendar.org 

A calendar of sacred dates for many religions. Also includes a section of definitions, links to other calendars, and more.

 

Internet Guide to Religion

http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/resources/guide_headings.aspx 

A directory of websites prepared by the Wabash Center. Browsable by religious thought, faith, geographical area, the Bible, and other subjects.

 

Internet Sacred Text Archive

http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm 

An "archive of online books about religion, mythology, folklore and the esoteric on the Internet." Browse by topic or search titles, authors, or subjects.

 

Ishwar.com

http://www.ishwar.com 

"12 Religions. 41 Texts. 146 eBooks. 6,000 Pages." Sacred texts can be searched, shared, or downloaded.

 

Links to Multifaith and Religion Sites

http://www.conjure.com/religion.html 

A directory of links to websites arranged topically.

 

Official Denominational Web Sites 

http://hirr.hartsem.edu/denom/homepages.html 

A directory of links to official religious organizations and groups.

 

Overview of World Religions

http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/index.html 

Strives to " provide a systematic interactive resource of religions of the world." Information about religions is presented in the form of flow charts and some of these can be viewed in greater detail. Individual events can be selected in order to access a more descriptive overview.

 

PBS Religion & Ethics Newsweekly

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/index_flash.html 

"An online companion to the weekly television news program." Explore current headlines and stories, locate information about special topics, or sign up for the newsletter. Also provides lesson plans for teachers. 

 

The Pluralism Project

http://www.pluralism.org/index.php 

Weblinks, statistics, news, and a directory of religious centers.

 

Religion Explorer

http://www.religionexplorer.com 

"Religion Explorer is a powerful crawler based search engine that searches only in religion related sites."

 

ReligionFacts

http://www.religionfacts.com 

Intends to "provide free, reliable information — "just the facts" — on the various answers that have been given to these near-universal questions, as well as the rituals and customs that go along with them." Users will find glossaries, information about symbols, a religion chart, and information about different faiths.

 

The Religious Movements Page

http://tinyurl.com/6kvlpr

"Provides a foundation for understanding how religious groups emerge, grow, stagnate, reinvigorate themselves, and sometimes die." Offers a glossary and profiles of religious groups.

 

The Revealer

http://www.therevealer.org 

"A daily review of religion in the news and the news about religion." Articles, links, and an article archive search.

 

Sound & Spirit

http://www.wgbh.org/programs/programDetail.cfm?programid=226

A supplement to the weekly radio show. Listen online, find out about upcoming programs, or browse a list of programs that have already aired. 

 

Speaking of Faith

http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org 

An online companion to the radio program. Listen to entire archived shows, or playlists, read program details, find links to other resources, and more.

 

Virtual Religion Index

http://virtualreligion.net/vri 

Links to other sites of related interest. Both searchable and browsable by topic. 

 

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