A GUIDE TO RELIGIOUS STUDIES RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET
by John L Gresham MLS PhD
ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES
Best gateways to subject resources organized by religious studies disciplines
Archaeology / Biblical Studies / Church History / Church & State Studies (Religion & Politics) / Theology / Comparative Religions (World Religions) / Philosophy of Religion / Psychology of Religion / Sociology of Religion / Religion And Literature / Religion and Science / Religion in America / Future Studies and Religion
Archaeology and Ancient CivilizationsBiblical Studies
- ABZU: Guide to Resources for Study for the Ancient Near East by Charles E. Jones, archivist at Oriental Institute of Chicago.
Church History
- General
- Resource Page for Biblical Studies by Torrey Seland. Links to e-text Bible translations and versions in original and modern languages, reviews, bibliographies and many other biblical studies resources -- the site focuses on New Testament and early Christianity but also includes links relevant to entire Bible.
- Dr Goodacre offers the All-in One-Biblical Resources Search for searching online bibles, biblical listserv archives and other scholarly biblical resources.
- See also Biblical Studies on the Web for lots of online articles and well-designed search engine.
- Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament)
- For a site devoted to the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) see Exploring the Hebrew Bible a site especially useful to beginning students.
- New Testament
- New Testament Gateway by Dr. Mark Goodacre provides a well designed thoroughly annotated collection of links for New Testament students and scholars.
- Electronic New Testament Educational Resources by Prof. Felix Just, S.J. contains an excellent collection of online teaching/learning aids such as charts, chronologies, bibliographies, overviews, glossaries on all aspects of New Testament studies, especially useful to students.
Church State Studies (Religion and Politics)
- The Hall of Church History (subtitled, "Theology from a bunch of Dead Guys") Nice graphic presentation. The design reflects the author's own theological judgments but he links to sources reflecting a variety of views. See also the collection of links maintained by the American Society of Church History.
Theology (Christian)
- The J. M Dawson Institute of Church State Studies at Baylor University has a collection of Church-State Links that connects to primary source documents in the area of Religion and Politics as well as links on current issues (includes lots of political and religious advocacy organizations). The full-text of Notes on Church State Affairs an updated review of events around the world published in each issue of the Journal of Church and State is also available
- U.S. Department of State Office Office of International Religious Freedom issues an annual country-by-country report on church state relations and the state of religious freedom. Additional reports are provided by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
- Religion and Law Research Consortium Database of international religious laws
Comparative Religions
- Christian Theology Homepage "Fides Quaerens Internetum" includes links to web pages devoted to specific denominational and theological traditions as well as specific theologians (Augustine, Aquinas, Barth, Wesley, CS Lewis and others). Also links to theological associations, libraries and projects.
- Alcuin and Clemens Library produces and extensive well-organized collection of Internet Theology Resources with lots of links to primary sources.
- See also the Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resources for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion.
- For Catholic theology see also my list of Catholic Web Resources
- Leadership U Theology Library contains many good articles by evangelical theologians
Philosophy of Religion
- Academic Info: Religion by Mike Madin. Excellent well organized selective listing of resources organized by religious traditions designed for an academic audience. Good starting point for studying any of the major religious traditions
- See also Mysticism in World Religions for links to mystical traditions within the world's religions
- For specific religious traditions, see also the Finding God in Cyberspace Religious Traditions page.
Psychology of Religion
- Philosophy of Religion links selected by Scott Moore.
- Philosophers at FaithQuest contains several articles by contemporary Christian philosophers.
- Philosophy of Religion Papers from the World Conference on Philosophy in 1998
- Thomism
- Online Summa Theologica
- Concordance to search Summa
- Aquinas' Complete Works in Latin: Thomae Aquinatis Opera Omnia
- Maritain Center at Notre Dame includes articles by neo-thomist philosopher Maritain as well as papers of the Thomistic Institute, links to Aristotelian and Thomistic texts and sources and other resources
- Thomistic E-nstitute
- Other Thomas Aquinas links
Sociology of Religion
- Psychology of Religion Page by Michael E. Nielsen, PhD. Very helpful pointer to online resources as well as significant print resources.
- AmoebaWeb Psychology and Religion collection of links compiled by Douglas Degelman, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology at Vanguard University of Southern CaliforniaReligion and Literature
- Sociology of Religion links to professional societies, research resources, current articles, syllabi, bibliographies, sociological data sites.
Religion and Science
- English Literature and Religion a growing bibliographical database on this topic with links to online texts, other websites and library catalogs.
Religion in America
- Zygon Center for Religion and Science includes links to other sites. The Center for Theology and Natural Science includes a full-text document on Theology and Science by Robert J. Russell that provides a good overview of various ways of relating religion to science and other topics.
- Intelligent Design links from Intelligent Design Network.
Future of Religions
- American Religious Experience project at West Virginia University to collect articles and images of American Religious History on the web.
- World Network of Religious Futurists Futurists interested in religion and religion scholars interested in future studies intersect at this association's website with links to full-text articles and papers, information on conferences and links to organizations devoted to the futures of specific religious traditions.
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Updated 10/18/06