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About.com's page of links and brief essays on all aspects of Hinduism.

Fully searchable gateway high quality resources for the study of Judaism.

"Adherents.com is a growing collection of over 41,000 adherent statistics and religious geography citations -- references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc."

"Al-Khazina is an interactive database for the study of Islamic Culture, particularly in the early centuries. We developed it for use in university courses on a wide range of topcs in Islamic civilization,and fromintroductory through advanced levels."

"Follow the history of American Methodism -- all its splits and mergers and name changes -- using links to other Methodist denominations and denominations without Methodist in their name that have a Methodist heritage." From 1771 until 1939 and "Union".

American Academy of Religion is an organization which fosters and encourages the study of religion.

This official homepage of the American Baptist Churches.

This database seeks "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)." Includes annotated links to other related resources.

The American Society of Church History is a society promoting scholarship and research in church history, with a particular focus on the American scene.

An exhibition exploring "the various ways Jesus and his teachings have shaped the development of Western Civilization," it is lavishly illustrated with artwork from museums, churches, and monasteries. Available in English, French, and Italian.

Home site for the Assemblies of God denomination.

Site present numerous materials on the life and works of St. Augustine.

Audio interviews with prominent 20th Century religious thinkers. Includes links to supporting material.

Latin Vulgate bible with a English translation using the King James bible for its text.

Over 250 entries. Can be sorted chronologically, alphabetically, or by date.

Directory of resources and features concerning Buddhist teachings and lifestyle.

Collection of links to a varity of resources.

From the Vatican's official website.

Catholic news and media, organizations, Lectionary calendar, bookstore, index of saints, and free webmail.

Mercer University site includes links and related resources.

Articles, monographs, and other research on ideological struggles within the Muslim world.

Classic Christian books in electronic format, searchable by author, title, or type other features include an encylopedia of Christianity.

Outlines the history and beliefs of the Christian Science Movement. Includes links to other resources, and a select bibliography.

"This website gives contact information, such as names, addresses, phones numbers, e-mail addresses and website addresses for UK-based religious organisations. It is not an official publication of The Church of England."

Provides "original translations of traditional Buddhist stories, verses, analogies, and teachings not otherwise available in English."

"This site is devoted to bringing to one place on the internet the key books and writings of human spiritual and religious thought. Covering the major world religions of the world, alternative spiritual systems, and ancient mythologies, this is an ever expanding work in the making."

An international organization of cooperating, autonomous Wiccan (witchcraft) congregations and solo practitioners.

"The Daoist Studies website contains scholarly information about Daoism, including books on Daoism, conferences, scholars, a bibliography and general resources for learning about China's indigenous, organized religion."

Since 1991, this sit has provided an online clearinghouse for Buddhist study and practice resources. It is home toDharmanet's own in-house databases and collections, as well as providing links to all online Buddhist resources, large and small.

Digital facsimile images from the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin.

Directory of links to sites with information about Catholic heresies.

"Early Christian Writings is the most complete collection of documents from the first two centuries with translations and commentary. Includes the New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, and Church Fathers."

"Early Jewish Writings is the most complete collection of Jewish documents from antiquity with translations, introductions, and links."

A hypertext encyclopedia of early church history. Its sections include documents, a glossary, articles, images, and a chronology.

Provides annotated links to online academic journals, from the Guide to Internet Resources for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion of the Religious Studies department at Wabash College.

"This site constitutes a bibliography of the philosophical literature of India during its classical phase and the secondary material on this literature that is available (for the most part) in English."

The official website of the Episcopal Church, USA.

Official website of the Evangelica Lutheran Church in America.

Questions and answers from Religious Tolerance.org.

A guide to religious studies resources on the Internet.

A large colleection of primary texts and resources relating to Gnosticism and the Gnostic tradition.

Events and creeds in the history of the Christian Church. Annotated Web links are offered for specific topics: Church Fathers, Medieval Churchmen, Heretics, Eastern Orthodox, Catholics, Reformers, Puritans, Anabaptists, Armenians, Cultists, etc.

Hindu scriptures, introduction to Hindu Dharma, list of temples in North Americia, festivals information, and comparative anthologies.

"Hinduism Today is an award-winning,Macintosh-generated, full color monthlynews magazine articulating Indianspirituality for 135,000 readers around the world. It was founded January 5, 1979, by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswam."

The Vatican's resource for the study of Catholicism past and present. Available in Dutch, English, Spanish, French, Italian, or Portugese.

Collection of links to resources in jainism, Sikhism, and Zoroastrian traditions.

This site, based at Hanazono University (Kyoto, Japan) is an academic research institution devoted to the study of Zen Buddhism,and serving the needs of researchers, students, teachers, and practitioners of Buddhism.

"Into His Own is designed as a tool for the historical study of Christian scriptures."