General Resources - Religion, Spirituality and Philosophy
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.
The ARDA: QuickStats, QuickLists
https://www.thearda.com/ql2010/
Contains links to information about various religious traditions within the U.S. and other nations.
The Arda: QuickStats, U.S. Surveys
https://www.thearda.com/quickstats/
"Browse dozens of topics and see responses from major national surveys, demographic patterns, and changes over time."
BBC--Religion & Ethics
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions
Several articles on featured religions. From the British Broadcasting Corporation. "This page has been archived and is no longer being updated." (But still provides good background material.)
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.
Holidays and Observances
https://www.njla.org/holidays-and-observances-calendar
A calendar and information about holidays by category, such as by religion or other group (such as ethnicity or other kind of group, like veterans, women).
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.interfaith-calendar.org/2020.htm
Holy days of many religions and denominations.
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 "classic" Religions. 34 Texts. 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.
On Being
http://www.onbeing.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.
PBS Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/
"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.
Pew Research Center: Religion
https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/new-jersey/
Statisitics about religion within New Jersey.
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."
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.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
https://plato.stanford.edu/index.html
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP), which as of March 2018, has nearly 1,600 entries online.
U.S. Religion Census
http://usreligioncensus.org/
Information and statistics about religion within the United States.
Virtual Religion Index
http://virtualreligion.net/vri
Links to other sites of related interest. Both searchable and browsable by topic.
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