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This Subject Guide contains links to a few key indexes in Religious Studies plus significant online resources and print materials housed in the Library’s first floor reference section. Web Resources below contains links to sites with substantial academic content. These may assist you on research papers and other class assignments as well as lead to additional useful sites. Look at the Library's Databases for many other valuable scholarly databases in the social sciences, arts, and humanities. For more web resources, try a Google Scholar search with appropriate keywords for your specific needs.
Liaison
Liaison in charge: Don Welsh
Research: Getting Started @ Swem
Database/Article Indexes
Print Resources
Background Information
Bibliographies
Web Resources
- Encyclopedia Mythica
Mythology, folklore, mysticism, and more. Contains well over 4,000 definitions of gods and goddesses, supernatural beings and legendary creatures and monsters from all over the world. Some of the mythologies included are: Chinese, Etruscan, Greek, Latvian, Native American, Norse, Persian, and Roman. Searchable.
- Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christianity
Browsable and searchable links to entries in a variety of online religious dictionaries and encyclopedias.
General
- Academic Info : Religion Gateway
This site is a well-organized and useful collection of resources for religious studies. From Academic Info., "Your Gateway to Quality Educational Resources."
- Bibliographies in Religious Studies on the Net
Large collection of links. Nice collection maintained by Saundra Lipton of the University of Calgary.
- CDRI: Digital Resources for the Study of Religion
A repository of digital resources contributed by member libraries.
- Religion Facts
This is "strives for both neutrality and accuracy in the presentation of each religion's history, beliefs, texts, practices, etc."
- Religion Explorer
This is a powerful crawler-based search engine that searches only in religion-related sites.
- Religion Online
Full Texts by Religious Scholars. Topics include Bible, Theology, Ethics, Church and Society, Communication, Cultural Studies, Homiletics, Pastoral Care, Missions, Comparative Religion, Sociology of Religion, and Religious Education.
- Religious Worlds
This site offers information about religious tracitions that developed in Asia.
- Virtual Religion Index
Comprehensive directory covering general resources and subject specific areas including American religions, ancient near east studies, sociology of religion, biblical studies, Buddhist tradition, Christian tradition, comparative religion, East Asian studies, moral and ethical values, Greco-Roman studies, Hindu tradition, Islam, Jewish studies and theology.
- Yahoo! Society and Culture: Religion & Spirituality
Yahoo's Directory of religious subjects.
Meta-sites
- The Argus Clearinghouse
A selective searchable collection of topical guides which have been rated by editors. This is one of the better sources for finding evaluated personal pages.
- Internet Scout Report
Internet resources listed are chosen by the editorial staff of the Scout Report, and can be searched or browsed by Library of Congress Subject Headings or Classification.
- Librarians Index to the Internet - Religion
See the listed entries or search other terms.
Other
- Adherents.com
Includes nearly 45,000 references from predominantly scholarly sources of religion demographics.
- AdHoc Image and Text Database on the History of Christianity
This is a web-searchable database that contains electronic images and texts related to the history of Christianity.
- American Theological Library Association (ATLA)
Membership info, current news, conferences, and catalog of products. In addition, their Reference Desk has alphabetical lists (with abstracts available) of their Bibliography and Monograph series, as well as the reviews from their mailing list, ATLANTIS.
- Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library
Comprehensive site known as "The Internet Guide to Buddhism and Buddhist Studies."
- Descriptions of 63 Religions, Faith Groups & Ethical Systems
Provided by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance, this site offers basic information on 63 different religions, faith groups, and ethical systems.
- Diotima
Serves as an interdisciplinary resource for anyone interested in patterns of gender around the ancient Mediterranean and as a forum for collaboration among instructors who teach courses about women and gender in the ancient world. Includes biblical studies content.
- Early Christian Writings
A collection of documents from the first two centuries with translations and commentary
- From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians
This PBS Frontline site, a complement to the series that recently aired on that network, contains a wealth of information about the contemporary world of Jesus.
- Internet Sacred Text Archive
a vast archive of sacred and philosophical texts from a number of public-domain sources."
- Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
This site "seeks to promote a deeper understanding of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs."
- Pluralism Project: Religious Diversity in America
This Harvard University project was created to study and document religious diversity in the United States.
- RAMBI
A selective bibliography of articles in the various fields of Jewish studies and in the study of Eretz Israel. Material listed in Rambi is compiled from thousands of periodicals and from collections of articles - in Hebrew, Yiddish, and European languages- mainly from the holdings of the Jewish National and University Library.
- The International Association for Religious Freedom
The International Association for Religious Freedom reports on legislation, persecution and other topics related to religion in countries throughout the world.
- World Scripture
An online version of World Scripture: A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts, this site contains over 4,000 scriptural passages from 268 sacred texts and 55 oral traditions, organized into 164 different themes common to all traditions.
