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Adherents.com: Religion Statistics: Collection of statistical information about religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, and movements arranged alphabetically by name and according to geographical area. Summary data provides a list of the world's major religions and their major branches, the largest religious groups in the US, and the largest communities of various religions throughout the world.
Author: Adherents.com
Subjects: religion, religious studies
DeweyClass: 200
Resource type: documents, reference data
Ancient Near East and the Mediterranean World: A product of digitisation and preservation initiatives by the Library of the University of Chicago. Provides digital access to a selection of the Library's renowned Ancient Near East and Classics Collections. Preserved materials relate to the study of the ancient Near East and cover such topics as the archaeology, art, history, language, law, and the religions of Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, Egypt, Nubia, Persia, and other ancient peoples of Anatolia and the Fertile Crescent. Classics materials span the time from the rise of Bronze Age Aegean culture through the period in the Middle Ages and include volumes relating to the history, art and archaeology of the classical world. Also contains information on organising and coordinating large scale digitisation projects.
Author: University of Chicago
Subjects: archaeology, digitisation, history education, preservation, religion
DeweyClass: 956
Resource type: book collection, document collection
ARIL / Cross Currents Online: ARIL is a global multi-faith network committed to 'bringing into closer relationship the passions of the heart with the life of the mind'. Selected full text articles from the current edition of the journal Cross Currents are available.
Author: Association for Religion and Intellectual Life
Subjects: religion
DeweyClass: 210
Resource type: journal
Civilisations: Interactive resource graphically depicting the rise and fall of civilisations. Utilising the latest web technology, Civilisations reveals the sweep of historical forces that influenced the spread of great empires, religions and ideologies over 5000 years. Such civilisations include Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, Sikhism, Rome, British Imperialism and Communism. The interactive map with which users are presented is wholly customisable and allows users to display information that is pertinent to them, such information displayed according to the type of civilisation, geographic area, population and political affiliations. Civilisations also offers comprehensive information pertaining to religions and ideologies. Requires Flash Player 6.
Author: BBC
Subjects: christianity, hinduism, islam, political science, religion, roman history, sikhism
DeweyClass: 291.177
Resource type: documents, interactive data, reference data
David Hume: The Natural History of Religion: Full text of David Hume's 1757 historical survey of the development of monotheism, Christianity, and organised religions.
Author: Hume, David
Subjects: christian history, religion
DeweyClass: 210
Resource type: article
Frontline: Apocalypse!: Collection of material concerned with apocalypticism throughout time, tracing the expectations of early believers, crusaders of the Middle Ages, and followers of New Age philosophy. Provides essays and interviews by historians and biblical scholars on the Book of Revelation, Jews and the birth of apocalyptic thought, and the rise of the Antichrist as a central figure in end time scenarios. Contains a pictorial chronology of artistic representations of the apocalypse throughout Western history, and a round table of scholars discussing apoctalypticism and the American psyche.
Author: Public Broadcasting Service
Subjects: alternative religions, christian history, jewish history, religion
DeweyClass: 210
Resource type: documents
Glasgow Buddhist Centre: The Glasgow Buddhist Centre has been making meditation and Buddhism available to the people of Glasgow since 1973. It has a varied programme of courses and drop-in classes at which you can learn to practise meditation and Buddhism in a friendly and comfortable environment.
Author: Glasgow Buddhist Centre
Subjects: buddhism, religion
DeweyClass: 294.3
Resource type: documents
Internet Sacred Text Archive: Collection of primary texts relating to Ancient, eastern and western religion and mythology, covering Shintoism, Hinduism, I Ching, Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, Judaism, Mormonism, Bahai'i, Islam, Zoroastrianism, and esoteric, occult, and fringe religions.
Author: Hare, J. B.
Subjects: alternative religions, baha'i faith, buddhism, christianity, hinduism, islam, jainism, judaism, religion, sikhism, taoism, zoroastrianism
DeweyClass: 200
Resource type: document collection
Overview of Religion in Victorian Britain: Provides an overview of nineteenth-century British religious denominations, trends and writers. Features an introductory timeline of religion and philosophy, and resources presented in categories such as denominations, dissension, and Biblical interpretation. A bibliography is complemented by links to primary literature of the period, as well as excerpts of contemporary poetry and prose within the text itself. Religion in Victorian Britain is written by graduate students and scholars from the UK and USA.
Author: Landow, George P., Brown University
Subjects: religion, religious studies
DeweyClass: 200
Resource type: directory
Religion and Psychoactive Sacraments: An Entheogen Chrestomathy: Bibliographic information and short extracts from over 350 books, dissertations and journals on the topic of entheogens - psychoactive plants and chemicals used in a religious context. Excerpts are chosen to present a diversity of ideas and commentaries about entheogens. Includes a title and author index, and a subject index which allows searching of the full text of all entries.
Author: Roberts, Thomas B. & Hruby, Paula Jo
Subjects: consciousness, pharmacology, religion
DeweyClass: 154.4
Resource type: bibliography
Religion, Religions, Religious Studies: Information and links for study and interpretation of religions. Provides general guides, treatment of all major religious traditions, information about new religions and links to religious studies material.
Author: Thursby, Gene R.
Subjects: alternative religions, buddhism, christianity, hinduism, islam, jainism, judaism, religion, sikhism, taoism, zoroastrianism
DeweyClass: 200
Resource type: index
Religious Movements Page: Alphabetical listing of religious groups from around the world, ranging from Adidam to Zoroastrianism. Profiles summarise the history, beliefs, and contemporary issues associated with the various orders. Additional information is available in the form of Web pages and bibliographies.
Author: Religous Movements Page: The University of Virginia
Subjects: alternative religions, religion, religious education, religious studies
DeweyClass: 200
Resource type: document, index
Topica: Religious Studies: An automated catalogue of numerous mailing lists relevant to religion, with descriptions and subscription details.
Author: Topica
Subjects: religion
DeweyClass: 200
Resource type: mailinglist index
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.
Author: Smith, Mahlon H
Subjects: ancient history, islam, judaism, moral philosophy, religion
DeweyClass: 200
Resource type: index
WWW Virtual Library: Religion: Index of resources about religion, includes Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, ancient religions, atheism and pantheism.
Author: Voogt, Casper
Subjects: buddhism, christianity, hinduism, islam, jainism, judaism, religion, sikhism, taoism
DeweyClass: 200
Resource type: index