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Religion Resources
This is a very selective listing. Please send suggestions to Eileen Saner.
| Bible | Ethics and Church History | Ministry and Worship | Spirituality | Missions World Religions |
General Resources
- Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resources for Teaching Theology and Religion
- Links to a wide variety of resources with emphasis on materials for teaching.
- Religious Studies Web Guide
- These internet resources for the academic study of religion may browsed by format (bibliographies, images, etc.) or by religious group/topic.
- Virtual Religion Index
- Links to religion resources. Sponsored by the Rutgers University Religion Department.
Special Topics
- Women and Theology
- Links prepared by Christine Larson, reference librarian at Earlham College
- apocalypse!
- The evolution of apocalyptic belief and how it shaped the Western world. The site accompanies a PBS television special.
- Calculation of the Ecclesiastical Calendar
- Program for calculating the date of Easter and other movable Feasts in the Catholic and Orthodox traditions.
- Science & Theology News
- The online edition of a monthly international newspaper that reports research findings, funding opportunities and discussions on the relationship among religion, science and health.
Images
- Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative
- A repository of digital resources contributed by libraries of the American Theological Library Association. Phase One of the Initiative has focused on visual materials, including digital images of woodcuts, photographs, slides, papyri, coins, maps, and manuscripts. Phase Two and Phase Three will add text and sound files. The purpose of this database is to provide resources for theological teaching.
Research Projects
- American Religion Data Archive
- An online data archive that stores and distributes data sets from the leading studies on American/Canadian religion. An explanatory article appeared in the ATLA Newsletter (v. 47, no. 2, 2000, p. 20-23). Church and church membership data can be mapped online for the nation or individual states and summary membership reports for all participating denominations can be compiled by counties, states, metropolitan areas and the nation.
- Resources for American Christianity
- Information and reflection on selected projects funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc.
- Faith Communities Today
- Research findings from surveys conducted with congregations in the United States of various faith traditions.
- New!! The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
- The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, launched in 2001, seeks to promote a deeper understanding of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. Site includes resources and comparative data on religion and law, domestic policy, world affairs and politics (including the 2008 U.S. Presidential campaign). Religious demographic profiles include statistics for a growing number of countries around the world.
- Theological Schools of North America
- Links to dozens of seminary websites.