A GUIDE TO RELIGIOUS STUDIES RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET
by John L Gresham MLS PhD
Bahai / Buddhism / Christianity & Christian Denominations / Hinduism / Islam / Jainism / Judaism / New Religions / Sikhism / Taoism / Zoroastrianism / Others
Bahai
- A Bahai Faith Page by Glen Little. Well organized collection of Bahai texts, organizations, and other information. See also Baha'i Academics Resource Library by Jonah Winters.
Buddhism
- Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library by Matthew Ciolek. Buddhist sacred texts, bibliographies, articles, poetry, and other documents. Links to other Buddhist sites. Includes a search engine. This well maintained site continues to be THE portal to Buddhist resources on the net.
Christianity
& Christian Denominations/Traditions
- Best Gateways to Catholic Information on the Web collection of links to Roman Catholic gateways selected by yours truly. These sites will lead you to Catholic documents, organizations, news and more.
- ICLnet Internet Christian Library contains the following collections: Guide to Early Church Documents; A Guide to Christian Resources on the Internet, Guide to Christian Literature on the Internet, Directory of Christian Organizations, Guide to Christian Missions on the Internet and Software Library.
- CrossSearch.com search engine for Christian web sites.
- Anabaptists.org and Mennonite Connections on the WWW contain information on Mennonites, Amish and other heirs of anabaptism.
- Anglicans Online An unofficial but excellent source of news, information and documents related to Anglican Church of Canada, Church of England, U.S. Episcopal Church and others in the Anglican Communion. Includes Anglican Resources A-Z index to online resources. For a different perspective on current events among Anglicans see Virtuosity Online: The Voice for Global Orthodox Anglicanism
- Orthodox WorldLinks from TheoLogic. Well organized collection of links. See also Orthodox Christian Information Center.
- Lutherans.net Lutheran portal. See also Project Wittenberg for online texts of sermons, catechisms, hymns and prayers by Luther and Lutherans.
- Pentecostal Charismatic Theological Inquiry International Excellent resource for scholarly study of pentecostal/charismatic theology with links to e-journals, societies, archives and more.
- World Council of Churches Homepage for W.C.C with links to many other denominational web sites. See also ECUDOCS collection of ecumenical documents maintained by Boston Theological Institute
- See Other Christian Theological Traditions at the Christian Theology Page
Hinduism
- Hindu Universe Website for the Global Hindu Electronic Network, a project of the Hindu Student Council. Links to Hindu scriptures and writings, Hindu festivals, organizations, news. See also the collection of links at Hinduwebsite.
Islam
- Islamic Studies, Arabic and Religion Web Page well organized information and links designed by Dr. Godlas, professor of Islamic Studies and Arabic language. Includes texts, background, language resources and special topics such as Sufism. Includes a search engine.
- Jain Principles Tradition and Practices Texts, images, outline of Jain history, links to other sites on Jainism and also links on vegetarianism.
Judaism
- Judaism and Jewish Resources by Andrew Tannenbaum. Huge collection on Jewish religion and culture: e-texts, e-journals, newsgroups, current news on Israel, links to museums and libraries specializing in judaica, Chasidic resources and more. Well maintained Jewish portal since 1993.
New Religions
- New Religious Movements Links from GTU, follows a helpful organizational scheme based on J. Gordon Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions
- Religious Movements Page from University of Virginia is quite extensive with glossary, profiles of religious movements, and other resources.
- For academic articles, news on new religious movements, scholarly conferences and other information visit CESN: The Center for Studies On New Religions.
- Sikhism Articles, excerpts from sacred writings, prayers, audio and video.
Taoism
- Taoism Information Page part of the WWW Virtual Library
- Zoroastrianism Page Directory of Zoroastrian sites on the web.
- See WWW Virtual Library Facets of Religion
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Updated 10/18/06