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Extensive collection of Islamic resources. Includes three translations of the Qur'an. Also contains an extensive glossary of Islamic terms and concepts.

Official website of the Jehovah's Witnesses, presented by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.

"This website contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906. The Jewish Encyclopedia, which recently became part of the public domain, contains over 15,000 articles and illustrations."

A searchable, browsable portal to resources related to Judaisim

"The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to both disciplinary and interdisciplinary scholarship of a cutting-edge nature that deals broadly with the phenomenon of religion and cultural theory."

This site provides "an online encyclopedia of Judaism, covering Jewish beliefs, people, places, things, language, scripture, holidays, practices and customs."

Site emphasizing the early history of Methodism in Kansas.

Provides an in-depth look at various aspects of Hinduism. Site mounted to accompany an exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History, running through February 24, 2002.

Mennonite Life is an illustrated, on-line quarterly, published by Bethel College devoted to exploring and developing Mennonite experience.

A broad collection of web articles devoted to all aspects of religion, myth, occultism, and spirituality.

Columbia University Libraries guide to online resources.

Links to the web pages of various religious bodies, from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research at Hartford Seminary.

The official website of the Presbyterian Church in the United States.

Full text of works by and about MArtin Luther and other Lutherans.

"The Quaker Archives database is a combined name index to many of the older documents in Leeds University Library's Carlton Hill archive, the nature of which is described in the guide to the Quaker Archives accessible below. The database contains nearly 40,000 records, most of them indexing the names of those individual Quakers who are recorded in minute books of West and North Yorkshire Meetings of the Society of Friends, dating from the late 17th to the early 20th century. Altogether some seventy minute books have been indexed for the database, and a list of indexed documents is also available below. It must be stressed that the records in the database - which are derived from old typescript indexes - provide (on the whole) little more than page references to archival documents. In this way the database is essentially a finding list for use alongside the Carlton Hill archive."

An overview of history, belief, and customs. From the BBC.

From the Deaprtment of Religious Studies at the Univcersity of Virginia.

University of Virginia website includes profiles on more than two hundred religious groups. "These Profile pages provide links to significant websites on each group, selected because they offer content that will better help the reader understand specific issues or traditions. In addition, each Profile page presents a print bibliography for those who wish to explore a particular group in depth."

Provides extensive information on many aspects of the Society of Friends.

Provides links to academic web resources, from the University of Pennsylvania Library.

Presents serious, scholarly studies of early Christian writings and their social world.

Links to general and specialized Buddhist resources, including material on Zen, Chinese Buddhism, Yogacara Buddhism, and various Buddhist sutras.

"Mobilizing students for a new Enlightenment."

An educational nonprofit organization whose "adopted mission is to defend andpromote metaphysical naturalism, the view that our natural world is all that there is, a closed system in no need of an explanation and sufficient unto itself. To that end we publish the very best secular books, essays, papers,articles and reviews."

Introduction to Sikhism and Sikh history, culture, and philosophy.

"A Synoptic Gospels Primer is an electronic gateway for English speakers into the history of literary analysis of gospels that were originally composed in Greek."

Collection of relevant links.

A Catholic directory of Web resources from the Department of Theology at Spring hill College in Mobile, Alabama.

"This site catalogs thoughts of world-renowned intellectuals regarding Hinduism, recommends books for further reading, and provides useful links for further research."

Includes over 300 biographies.

The Official home page of the United Methodist Church.

Official home page of the United Church of Christ.

"This Virtual Religion Index is a tool for students with little time. It analyzes & highlights important content of religion-related websites to speed research."

"This Research Guide for Christianity provides pointers to the print and microform collections, online databases, internet resources, and other resources for conducting research in Christian studies at Yale University."

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