Web Sites
- 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."
General Religious Studies 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
Buddhism Resources
Christianity Resources
Islam Resources
