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Christianity
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General Resources

American Religion Data Archive (ARDA) http://www.thearda.com
American Religion Data Archive contains statistical and polling data about American religion and religious attitudes.

Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative http://www.atla.com/digitalresources/
The CDRI database provides access to digital images of woodcuts, photographs, slides, papyri, coins, maps, postcards, manuscripts, lithographs, sermons, shape-note tune books, and various forms of Christian art, architecture, and iconography.

Encyclopedia of the Orient http://i-cias.com/e.o/index.htm
An encyclopedia covering North Africa and the Middle East.

Inscriptions from the Land of Israel http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/Inscriptions/
A collection of "all of the previously published inscriptions (and their English translations) from the Land of Israel from the Persian period through the Islamic conquest (ca. 500 BCE - 640 CE)."

The North Star http://northstarjournal.org/
A journal of African-American religious history.

Religion Religions Religious Studies Page http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/rel/
"Information resources for study and interpretations of religion."

Religious Movements http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/
History, beliefs and sacred texts of religious movements large and small are chronicled here.

Religious Studies Resources http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2730
Scholarly websites for research collected by the Voice of the Shuttle at UC Santa Barbara.

Virtual Religion Index http://virtualreligion.net/vri/
An extensive searchable database of all aspects of religion from a worldwide perspective.

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Buddhism

Buddhist Digital Library and Museum http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/DBLM/index.htm
Maintained by The Center for Buddhist Studies, National Taiwan University

Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/DBLM/index.htm
Electronic Resources for the Study of Buddhist Texts

Dharma.net http://www.dharmanet.org/
Gateways to Buddhism is an online clearinghouse for Buddhist study and practice resources.

Resources for the Study of Buddhism http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/Buddhism.htm
Full text resources on general and specific Buddhism, as well as links to collections of online Buddhist texts.

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Christianity

Ecclesiastical Calendar http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/ec-cal.html
A tool for calculating dates of major holidays in the Christian tradition.

The Catholic Encyclopedia http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/
"Proposes to give its readers full and authoritative information on the entire cycle of Catholic interests, action and doctrine."

All in One Biblical Resources http://www.bham.ac.uk/theology/goodacre/multibib.htm
A tool for searching different versions and translations of the Bible. Also includes websites for research in religion and religious history.

Hall of Church History http://www.gty.org/~phil/hall.htm
Browsable hypertext of events and creeds in the history of the Christian church.

New Testament Gateway http://www.ntgateway.com/
Web directory of internet resources related to the New Testament. Includes annotated links to information on a wide range of topics.

The Gutenberg Bible http://www.bl.uk/treasures/gutenberg/homepage.html
Digitized images of the first printed Bibles, published in the 15th century.

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Hinduism

The Bhagvat Gita http://www.iconsoftec.com/gita/
A principle text of Hinduism, the Gita is provided in its entirety in Sanskrit; links to an English version in HTML.

Hinduism http://hinduism.about.com/religion/hinduism/mbody.htm?once=true&
From About.com, this site provides links to the full-text of the Upanishads, a Hindu calendar, information on Hindu sects, and history.

Hindunet.org http://www.hindunet.org
A comprehensive site concerned with Hindu religion and culture. Provides links to full texts of the Vedas and the Ramayana, information on gods and goddesses, and history.

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) http://www.iskcon.com/
"Offers an all-inclusive study guide and research data on the Hare Krishna movement: its origin, structure, philosophy, temples, and programs.

Study of Hindu Religion http://www.us-hindus.com/
Provides information on the principles and practices of Hindu religion, yoga, and philosophy.

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Islam

Al-Islam http://www.al-islam.org/
The Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project is an effort to digitize important Islamic resources and make them available to the masses through the Internet.

AMON-NIAP http://www.amon-niap.com/
National Institute of Applied Philosophy has articles about Islam and Judaism in the context of current political and social events. This site is run by UNCW Professor Emeritus Dr. Moshe Anon.

Islam: Empire of Faith http://www.pbs.org/empires/islam/
This site from PBS offers a timeline, information on Islamic culture, and profiles of famous Muslims.

Musalman.com http://www.musalman.com/
An Islamic portal that offers an Islamic search engine, Muslim news and a multimedia gateway.

Nation of Islam http://www.noi.org/
Official site of the Nation of Islam.

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Judaism

The Jewish Calendar http://www.ou.org/chagim/default.htm
Dates of all major and minor Jewish holidays and fast days, with explanations.

The Jewish Encyclopedia http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/index.jsp
The complete contents of the 12-volume encyclopedia, originally published between 1901-1906.

The Jewish Virtual Library http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/
Site maintained by and about the American-Israeli Cooperative. Provides information about religion, vital statistics, and more.

Judaism 101 http://www.jewfaq.org/
An online encyclopedia of Judaism, covering Jewish beliefs, people, places, things, language, scripture, holidays, practices and customs.

The Torahnet Page http://uahc.org/torahnet/
Guided review of Torah resources on the net

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The websites above are suggestions to aid in your research. They are not intended to be a specific endorsement of content, other than that the Randall Library believes it to be a useful research resource. They are not a comprehensive list of resources for this topic and should not be the reseracher's only resource. The Randall Library is not responsible for the validity or relevance of content on the websites above, nor does it purposefully mean to mislead the researcher towards a specific topic, philosophy, or concept.

Last Update: July 26, 2007