- Sacred Texts
- Adherents.com
A large collection of statistical and geographical information about religions and faith groups around the world.
- All Things Spiritual Directory
Links to information about various world religions and religious topics.
- American Religion Data Archive
"The ARDA collection includes data on churches and church membership, religious professionals, and religious groups (individuals, congregations and denominations)."
- BBC: Religion & Ethics |
BBC: Religions
The first site includes religion and ethics news, messages boards, history of and facts about religions around the world. The second looks at specific world religions, discussing their history, beliefs, and practices. Both sites include links.
- BeliefNet
"Our mission is to help people like you find, and walk, a spiritual path that will bring comfort, hope, clarity, strength, and happiness.... we provide you inspiring devotional tools, access to the best spiritual teachers and clergy in the world, thought-provoking commentary, and a supportive community."
- Divining America: Religion and the National Culture
Though primarily aimed at teachers, this site has plenty of information for the general student of religion and American culture.
- Encyclopedia of Religion and Society
Online version of a 1998 one-volume encyclopedia of religion.
- Interfaith Calendar
"Primary sacred times for world religions." For the current and next five yeara.
- Open Directory: Religion and Spirituality
Extensive subject-organized links to sites about religions and related topics on the web.
- Patheos
"Patheos connects seekers, students, and believers to faith communities, scholars, and resources for deeper exploration and greater understanding of faith practices, wisdom traditions, and spirituality."
- Pew Forum on Religion and Public LIfe
"The Pew Forum ... seeks to promote a deeper understanding of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs.... by delivering timely, impartial information to national opinion leaders, including government officials and journalists."
- Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly
Companion to the PBS "TV newsmagazine program devoted entirely to the news of religion and spirituality, and major ethical issues." Includes articles, audio clips, news, videos, and tv schedules.
- ReligionFacts.com
"The general goal is to combine the benefits of a print encyclopedia of religion with the unique capabilities of the Web to create a convenient, one-stop online resource for information on religion."
- Religious Tolerance.org
From the the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance (OCRT), information about religions and movements plus discussions of current moral issues. "hot topics", church and state issues, and laws about religion worldwide.
- Sacred Contexts
"Videos, podcasts, and interactive features to complement the British Library's online gallery of sacred texts."
- Sacred Destinations
"A catalogue and travel guide to more than 1,500 (and counting!) sacred sites, holy places, pilgrimage destinations, historical religious sites and religious buildings and artifacts around the world."
- Virtual Religion Index
Information on religions old and new, including sections on comparative religion, art and archaeology, Bible studies, ethics and moral values, and psychology of religion.
- Wabash Center Internet Guide to Religion
"A selective, annotated guide to a wide variety of electronic resources of interest to those who are involved in the study and practice of religion."
