Comparative Religion
A Directory of Internet Resources for the Academic Study
of Religion
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- Societies & Associations
- Students of Religion
- World Scriptures
- Religious Tolerance
- Baha'i
- Paganism
- Studying Religion in the Electronic Age
- Directories
- Rock Art
- Asian Art
- Egyptian and Coptic Art
- Roman and Greek Art
- Islamic Art
- Christian and Jewish Art
- Ancient Near East
- Texts and Documents
- Reference Tools
- Mythology
- Zoroastrianism
- Institutes and Organizations
- Online Publications
- Islam
- Judaism
- Gnostic and Coptic Studies
- Christianity
Academic Departments of Religion
General Directories and Pages
- TELA [Scholars Press] The Electronically Linked Academy / a very important resource for the student of religion, includes a listing of new web sites of interest, AAR/SBL announcements and much more
- Table of Faiths (Mike Croghan) My favorite listing - can take a while to load but worth the wait
- The Eternal Web Religious Resources on the Internet (Ken McMullen, ATLA Reference Review, March 1996)
- A Guide to the Best Religious Studies Resources on the Internet great backgrounds!
- Religious Studies Web Guide (Saundra Lipton & Cheryl Adams)
- Virtual Library-Religion
- Harvard Divinity School Library broad listing of internet resources
- Religium Religious Studies Center (Arden Eby)
- Religio German directory of religious resources
- Links to Internet Resources for Theological Librarians (Sara Burns)
- Library of God The Information Home of Theological Librarians and other Information Seekers in Religion (Ron Critchfield)
- Computer Assisted Theology on the Internet (Michael Fraser, Oxford University)
Societies, Centers and Associations
- American Academy of Religion
- American Oriental Society
- American Philological Association
- American Schools of Oriental Research
- American Theological Library Association
- Ancient Egypt Studies Association
- Association of Asian Studies
- Association of Religion and Intellectual Life (ARIL)
- Canadian Society for the Study of Religion
- Center for the Study of Religion at UCLA
- Centre d'Histoire des Religions (Univeraite de Liege)
- Centre for Buddhist Studies (University of Bristol)
- Czech Institute of Egyptology (Charles University)
- Fachgebiet Religionswissenschaff Philipps-Universitat Marburg
- Harvard University Center for the Study of World Religions
- Institute for Ancient Near Eastern Studies Prague
- Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology (University of Memphis)
- International Association of Buddhist Studies
- International Institute for Asian Studies
- International Orginization for Targumic Study (Paul V. Flesher)
- The Religion and Public Education Resource Center California State University, Chico
- Society of Biblical Literature
- Society of Christian Philosophers
- Talen en Culturen van het Midden Oosten
Students of Religion
- Joseph Campbell
- Emile Durkheim The Durkheim Pages (Robert A. Jones)
- Rene GirardGirard Documentation database from the University of Innsbruck of monograph and journal cites to Rene Girard's mimetic theory
- William James
- Carl Jung(J.D. Walz)
- Rudolf Otto (Gregory D. Alles)
World Scriptures
- Center for Scientific Computing: Religious Texts various texts available via ftp
- Religious and Sacred Texts
- World Scriptures
See also individual religions
Religious Tolerance
- Declaration of the Parliament of the World's Religions
- Declarations of Religious Freedom
- Global Ethic Celebrating the Spirit (Berkeley Area Interfaith Council)
- Haven Website for relgious harmony
- Institut fur okumenische Forschung English version also available (Insitute for Ecumenical Research) Universitat Tubingen
- Interfaith.org This site exists to help bring local not-for-profit religious and spiritual organizations to the attention of the world community
- Jewish-Christian Relations (Fritz Voll)
- Movement for Beloved Community Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, Sri Lanka
- Ontario Centre for Religious Tolerance
- Origins The Meeting Place of Religions
- Religions Working Together
Baha'i
Paganism
- Arachne's Web Paganism & Wicca Pages (Carrie Carolin)
- Paganlink
Studying Religion in the Electronic Age
- Offline "the uses of electronic resources for students of religion" - online articles from Religious Studies News
- Book Reviews from J. of Biblical Literature and Critical Review of Books in Religion
- Center for Computer-aided Egyptological Research
- Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences: Religious Studies (Martha Fleming)
- Gramcord Institute computer assisted study of biblical languages
- Internet & Electronic Media a resource for religionist engaged in critical analysis (Todd Blayone)
- Bible Analysis and Related Software reviews of Hebrew and Greek software packages (Harry Hahne)
- Recursos en Internet para la investigacion y la docencia en Historia de las Religiones reprint of article from Revista de Ciencias de las Religiones, 1, 1996 (Francisco Diez de Velasco)
- Religious Studies List-Serves
- Short list of Discussion Forums for Theologians (Michael Fraser)
- Bibliographies in Religious Studies on the Net (Saundra Lipton)
- Register of Leading Asian & Pacific Studies Electronic Journals (T. Matthew Ciolek)
- Religion and the Internet (David E. Gordon)
- Scholarly Citations of Internet Sources (Melvin E. Page)
- What's New in WWW Asian Studies Newsletter
- World Lecture Hall religious studies syllabi online
Other Sites of Interest
- Archiv "Religionsgeschichtliche Schule" (Alf Oezen)
- Blavatsky Net continuing research and verification of Theosophy
- Comparative Religion in Finland
- Dissertations Abstracts: Philosophy and Religion (University MicrofilmsInternational)
- The Encyclopedia Mythica
- Folklore & Mythology Pages on the Net (California State University, Stanislaus)
- The Incantator's Studies in Siberian shamanism and the religions of the Finno-Ugrian peoples (Audo Linthrop)
- The Left Hemisphere Skepticism, Religion, and Secularism on the WWW
- Marburg Journal of Religion
- Mysticism in World Religions
- Mythology, Folklore, and a Little Bit of Religion (Sarah Craig)
- Myths and Legends
- One World Global Calendar Festivals, celebrations, holydays
- New Age Links
- Psychology of Religion Page (Michael Nielsen)
- Religion, Mythology and Philosophy
- Religious Atheisms (Tom Kunesh)
- Scientific Pantheism an empirical religion for the third millennium (Paul Harrison)
- Scientology
- Spiritual Surfers Online edition of the PBS series Life on the Internet
- Spirituality & Consciousness (Rene K. Muller)
- Yale Divinity Library
Not Religion But Still Useful
- ArchNet (University of Connecticut)
- History Resources (University of Kansas)
- WebCats Library Catalogues on the World Wide Web
- Philosophers (University of Idaho) searchable database of your favorite philosopher
- Philosophy E-texts
- Metaphor Center (Tim Rohrer, University of Oregon)
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Women and Religion
- Dignity Canada Dignite Canada's national organization of gay and lesbian Roman Catholics
- DIOTIMA "materials for the study of women and gender in the ancient world"
- Status of Women in Ancient Egyptian Society (Peter A. Piccione)
- Reflections on Women ancient Egyptian art from the British Museum
- Women in Greek Mythology
- Hijab
- Women in Islam
- Women in Islamic Society
- Women in the Quran and the Sunna
- Sinai Bedouin Women Reflections on Fieldwork Among the Sinai Bedouin Women (Ann Gardner)
- Lilith
- Jewish Feminist Resources
- Kol Isha - The Voice of Women (Union of Jewish Students)
- Women's Memoirs and the Study of Holocaust History (essay by Andreas Lixl-Purcell, University of North Carolina)
- Home Page of the Immaculate
- The Mary Page
- Matrix A collection of resources for the study of women's religious communities, 500-1500
- Sisters Between: Gender and the Medieval Beguines an essay by Abby Stone
- Femina Religion & Spirituality
- Feminist Theology Page provides brief bios and links to prominent feminist theologians
- SisterSpirit
- United Methodist Women
- Under Shekhina's Wings Cross Cultural Women's Spirituality
- Women of the Golden Dawn : Rebels and Priestesses (Mary K. Greer)
- CoGWeb Covenant of the Goddess Web Page
- Sprited Women A Women's Spirituality Magazine
Bibliographies
- Women in Religion - Bibliography zip file
- Bibliography of Women and Buddhism (William Bodiford)
- Bibliography of Women in the Ancient Near East (Terry G. Wolfong)
- Bibliography of Women in Byzantium (Thalia Gouma-Peterson)
- Collaborative Bibliography of Women in Philosophy
- Matrix Bibliography of Women's Religious Communities, 500-1500
- Women and Judaism Reading List
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Art, Cultural Heritage and Religion
General Art Directories
- Electronic Images of the sacred (Sandra Lipton)
- Library of Congress Thesaurus of Graphic Materials
- WebMuseum
- World Art Treasures
- Art History on the Web (Dakota State University)
- Art of Latin America art section from the Latin American Network Information Center
Rock Art
- Rock Art
- AURA Australian Rock Art Research Association
- American Rock Art Research Association
- Chumash Rock Art
- The Patton Valley [Oregon] Petroglyphs
- Indian Ruins of the [U.S.] Southwest (Mike Holer)Tourist information but still useful
- Paleolithic Engravings of the Cao Valley, Portugal
Asian Art
- Asian Art Online exhibit and journal
- Alamkara 5000 Years of Indian Art
- Images of India
- World Art Treasures - India
- The Other Place--A Beginning a Hindu art gallery
- Gallery of Hindu Pictures (GHEN)
- Goa in Pictures
- Buddhist Studies and the Arts
- Himalayan Buddhist Art
- Photographs of Buddhist sites (University of Idaho)
- Zen Art
- From Ritual to Romance "Paintings Inspired by Bali" (Singapore Art Museum)
Egyptian & Coptic Art
- Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology (University of Memphis)
- Reflections on Women ancient Egyptian art from the British Museum
- Thebes Photographic Project (Tom Van Eynde)
- Temple in the Palace of Rameses III
- The DigSite "Excavation of a Coptic monastary dating from 385 AD"
- An Introduction to the Coptic Art of Egypt
- Coptic Churches in Old Cairo
Roman and Greek Art
- Monastaries and other Points of Interest in Greece takes a few minutes to load but worth the wait (Domocritus University)
- ROMARCH "web resource on the art and archaeology of Italy and Roman provinces, ca. 1000 BC - AD 700"
- Ancient Monuments Laboratory
- Megalithic! over 250 ritual monuments within the British Isles
Islamic Art
- Isfahan's Islamic Architecture
- Middle East Photograph Archive (University of Chicago)
- Photo-narrative Muslem life 19th Russian Empire
- Dome of the Rock (Said Nuseibeh)
Christian and Jewish Art
- Ancient Palestine Gallery
- Christus Rex Et Redemptor Mundi great Vatican Site
- Byzantine Images (Paul Halsall)
- Mythology in Western Art
- History of Art in the Middle Ages
- Library of Congress Vatican Exhibit
- Mission Churches of the Sonoran Desert
- Israeli and Jewish Museums on the Web
- Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives Jewish images and synagogues of the U.S. Southwest
Other Sites of Interest
- African Art "Aesthetics and Meaning" (University of Virginia)
- Ceramiques traditionnelles du Mali
- Javanese Mask Collection
- Native American Art, Literature and Archaeology
- Native Hawaiian Temples
- World History of Dance
- Yuruba and Akan Art
Cultural Heritage
- Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (signed 1972, entered into force 1975)
- International Council on Monuments and Sites
- Risk Map of Cultural Heritage in Italy
- Candian Heritage Information Network text available in French and English
- Australian World Heritage Areas
- Native American Repatriation Bibliography Brian Gill
- Virtual Past Cultural heritage information of Australia and the Pacific (Charles Sturt University, Albury, Australia)
- ArchNet (University of Connecticut)
Eastern Religions
General Directories
- Asian Classics Input Project
- Register of Leading Asian & Pacific Studies Electronic Journals (T. Matthew Ciolek)
- What's New in WWW Asian Studies Newsletter
- WWW Virtual Library Asian Studies
China
- Astrology in Chinese Culture (William L. Cassidy)
- Chinese Language-Related Information Page
- Chinese Philosophy Page
- Works of Confucius
Japan
Taoism
Jainism
Sikhism
Hinduism
Directories
- Bhakti Yoga Home Page
- Dvaita Home Page the web resource for Sri Madhvacharay's doctrine
- Facets of Religion: Hinduism
- Hindu Tantrik Home Page
- The Hindu Universe
- Yoga Paths
Texts and Documents
- Center for Scientific Computing: Indian Texts selection of texts available via ftp
- English Documents on Hinduism and Sanskrit
- Funet Finnish ftp site for Indian texts including an Urdu dictionary
- Bhagvad Gita - Sanskrit
- Bhagvad Gita - English
- Mahabharata
- Ramayana
- The Naalaayina Dinya Prabandham
- Poems of Andal
- The Sanskrit Index
- Sanskrit Subhaashhit Sangrah
Reference Tools
- Indology Internet Resources for Indological Scholarship
- Learning Sanskrit books and courses
- Online Sanskrit Dictionary
- Tamil Language Page
- Tamil Learning Resources
- Funet Urdu dictionary
- Malayalam Home Page
- Bengal Language and Literature
- WWW Sanskrit Directory
Online Publications
- Back to Godhead
- Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies
- The Hindu
- The Hindu : Religion Section
- Hinduism Today
- India News Digest
- International Journal of Tantric Studies
- South Asia Graduate Research Journal (University of Texas at Austin)
- Varta-Bharati
Art
Other Sites of Interest
- Hare Krishna (ISKCON)
- Internet Temple
- Introduction to the Bhagavad Gita
- Rig-Veda Interpretation (Poorna Pragnya)
- Mirabai Page
- The Rabbi and I (Bill Glick) a fictional encounter detailing the possible ancient link between Hindu and Jewish traditions
- Spirituality, Yoga, Hinduism Page
- Srivaishnava Home Page
- Shiva Darshan a multimedia presentation
- U. G. Krishnamurti
- Upanisadic Philosophy (Sreedhar Chintalapaty)
- Vedic Culture
- What is Vedic Literature originally published as a booklet by the Bhaktivedenta Academy under the title 'Four books are not enough' (Nathan Parker)
- India Related Links
Buddhism
Directories
- Buddhist Studies
- Global Resources for Buddhist Studies
- Buddhism Resources on the Internet (Chien-Wen Shen)
- Hsaun Peng's Buddhist Resource File
- Buddhism Resources in Chinese (Chien-Wen Shen)
- The Buddhism World
- BuddhaNet Australia's Buddhist Information Network (Univ. of Western Sydney)
- Mind Only Cafe links to material on Asian studies, Tibetan Buddhist studies and the philosophy of Indian Yogacara Buddhism (Joe Wilson)
- Netspace Resources on East Asian Philosophy and Religion (Charles Muller)
Texts and Documents
- CyberZen nice collection of texts, including some in Sanskrit
- IRIZ Zen Text Files
- Zen Texts
- Zen Buddhist Texts and Documents
- Electronic Buddhist Archives
- Tibetan Buddhist Hyper Texts (University of Virginia Tibetan language program)
- The Dhammapada
- Numata Center for Buddhist Translation & Research (Berkley, CA)
- Electronic Buddhist Text Research Institute (Taejangkyong Research Institute)
- Diamond Sutra "The world's earliest dated printed book"
Reference Tools
- Dictionary of East Asian CJK Buddhist Terms (Charles Muller)
- Chinese Language-Related Information Page
- Indology Internet Resources for Indological Scholarship
- Online Sanskrit Dictionary
- Tibetan Audio Pronunciation Guide in the experimental stage (12/21/95)
- WWW Sanskrit Directory
Tibet
- Mind Only Cafe links to material on Asian studies, Tibetan Buddhist studies and the philosophy of Indian Yogacara Buddhism (Joe Wilson)
- Tibetan Buddhism Dzogchen Foundation
- Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library
- Tibet Research Information Resources
- Ligmincha Institute For the Study of the Religions and Cultures of Tibet
Zen
- Electronic Bodhidarma International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism in Kyoto, Japan
- Korean Tripitaka Input Project
- Schools of Zen Buddhism includes a nice timeline of schools and lineages
- Zen Garden
- Zen Ancestors
Shin
Online Publications
- Buddhist Door
- International Journal of Tantric Studies
- Journal of Buddhist Ethics
- Journal of Korean Buddhist Studies (edited by Charles Muller)
- Tricycle : The Buddhist Review
Art
- Buddhist Studies and the Arts
- Himalayan Buddhist Art
- Photographs of Buddhist sites (University of Idaho)
- Zen Art
Other Sites of Interest
- Buddhist Web (Dongguk University, Korea) will eventually connect 31 head temples of Jogyejong, Korea
- Centre for Buddhist Studies (University of Bristol)
- Engaged Buddhist Dharma Page (great for human rights links)
- Electronic Buddadharm Society and Buddhist Soc. of the U.S. text in both English and Chinese
- Chinese Buddhist Resources List requires 'Chinese Big5'
- International Association of Buddhist Studies
- List of Thai Buddhist Temples in the United States
- Thai Buddhism Information Homepage
- Bibliography of Women and Buddhism
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