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Religious Studies Resources


Web Sites

General Religious Studies Resources

The Religious Movements Home Page
From the University of Virginia. Includes profiles of religious movements and world religions of all sizes. Provides history, founders, beliefs, sacred texts and links to other websites. A great starting point for research.
Virtual Religion Index
VRI covers a wide variety of information on religion, from schools with Religious Studies departments to information on specific denominations.
The Association of Religious Data Archives (ARDA)
Provides data sets on a variety of topics relating to religion, including church membership, national and state profiles and surveys concerning religious issues.
The Internet Sacred Text Archive
Provides the full-text of books about religion, mythology, folklore and the esoteric.
Adherents.com
Statistics and religious geography. From the FAQ: "Adherents.com is here for students, researchers, journalists or anybody else who wants statistical information about the size or spread of a specific faith group, or wants a general idea of the religious makeup of a specific country, continent, state or province."

Buddhism Resources

BuddhaNet
Created by the Buddhist Dharma Education Association, this site offers introductory information about Buddhism, a directory of centers worldwide, and other Buddhism-related information.
Tibetan Buddhism
Created and maintained by the Office of Tibet.
DharmaNet International
Provides extensive information about Buddhism
Kalavinka Dharma Treasury
Provides full-text of sacred Buddhist books

Christianity Resources

Christianity
Provides an introduction to Christian beliefs, denominations, traditions and important figures
Christian Classics Etheral Library
Provides full-text access to classic Christian literature
World Wide Study Bible
Allows users to access a variety of Biblical translations and commentaries of the Old Testament, New Testament and Apocrypha

Islam Resources

The Qur'an
Electonic version of M. H. Shakir's translation of the Holy Qur'an
Dictionary of Islamic Philosophical terms
Defines terms from Muslim philosophical works that are in Arabic
The Sufi Literature Archive
Contains electronic texts relating to Islamic mysticism