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Religious Studies: Recommended Websites
General sites
- Official Faith WebsitesList of links to official denominational webpages
- Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA)Provides quantitative data on American religion, including awesome maps of religious affiliations
- Religious Landscape StudyTrustworthy info from the Pew Forum
- Public Religion Research InstituteStats and figures about religion in the U.S.
- Pew Forum on Religion and Public LifeInformation about religion and public affairs
- Internet Sacred Text ArchiveFree online books about religion
- Hartford Institute for Religion ResearchLinks for associations, research centers, etc.
- Pluralism ProjectHosted by Harvard, this projects seeks to inform Americans about the changing religious landscape. Contains stats, maps, and other helpful resources.
- AdherentsA compendium of religious membership figures and other facts. Not the easiest place to find what you want, but every fact is documented with a source.
- LGBTQ Religious Archives NetworkAn initiative which preserves history and encourages scholarly study of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) religious movements around the world.
Christianity sites
- Bible GatewayA tool for reading and researching Christian scripture online; loaded with features such as multiple translations and languages
- Christian Classics Ethereal LibraryA theological library containing 1,000 of the most important public-domain works for theological study
- New Advent: Catholic websitesLinks to resources and news of interest to Catholics
- Papal Encyclicals OnlineProvides access to papal encyclicals and other church documents, many in English
- Confessions of Augustine: An Electronic EditionOnline version of the text with commentary by James J. O'Donnell published by Oxford
- Database of Megachurchescontains information on all the megachurches compiled by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research
Hinduism Sites
- Classic Hindu Texts- Columbia UniversityProvides links to original source material
- Hinduism TodayOnline magazine covering facets of Hindu life and tradition. Also available through the Ethnic NewsWatch database.
- Sanskrit DictionaryOnline version of 160,000 term Monier-Williams' Sanskrit-English Dictionary, searchable in either English or Sanskrit.
- Virtual Religion: HinduismA collection of links to sites with helpful information about topics in Hinduism. Some links may be old.
Judaism sites
- Index of articles on Jewish studiesScholarly source, also called RAMBI.
- Judaica Sound ArchivesFeatures over 70,000 Judaica sound recordings (English and Yiddish, from the U.S. and abroad) of music, liturgy, humor, and theater
- Berman Jewish DatabankOffers open access to hundreds of quantitative studies of North American Jewry.
- Dead Sea Scrolls Digital ArchiveDigitized images of the original scrolls
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