On-line Resources for Religious Studies
- General
- Texts, Audio-Visual, Reference works
- Judaism
- Christianity
- Islam
- South Asian Traditions
- East Asian Traditions and Buddhism
- American Religion
- Other traditions
- Pluralism, Dialogue
- Classics, Literature
- Religion and Science
- General Journals
- On-line Journals in Judaism
- On-line Journals in Christianity:
- On-line Journals in American Religions:
- On-line Journals in Islam
- On-line Journals in Asian Religions:
General
- American Academy of Religion (AAR) This is the major academic organization in Religious Studies. It and the Society for Biblical Literature (SBL) hold a joint Annual Meeting that generally draws between 7,000 and 9,000 scholars.
- Midwest Region of the AAR One of the ten regional divisions of the AAR, each of which holds an annual meeting.
- North American Association for the Study of Religion (NAASR) A smaller group focusing on the social scientific study of religion.
- International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR) Another academic organization, which holds an international meeting every five years and regional meetings in intervening years. The NAASR is a member association.
- Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) Focuses on research on religion using social-scientific methods.
- Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion (CSER) Works "to promote humanistic and critical approaches to the study of religion, and to foster the public understanding of religion in the United States and abroad."
- Religious Studies Programs in Canada and the United States Compiled by Gene Thursby, University of Florida.
- World Wide Web Virtual Library: Religion Surprisingly sparse.
- Religion / Religions / Religious Studies An excellent, annotated collection of links for the study and interpretation of religions, by Gene Thursby, University of Florida.
- Virtual Religion Index (Rutgers University) An extensive collection of classified, annotated links.
- Comparative Religion Resources (University of Washington Libraries) Organized by format, not topic.
- Guide to Internet Resources (Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion)
- Academic Info: Religion Gateway Lightly-annotated links.
- Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance An unusually extensive and balanced collection of essays on religious and ethical traditions, including many small ones.
- AAR New Religious Movements Group Contains bibliographies, links to journals and other sites, etc.
- Why Study Religion? A site for high school and college students, sponsored by the American Academy of Religion.
- Center for Studies on New Religions "An international network of associations of scholars working in the field of new religious movements," based in Torino, Italy. Contains good articles.
- Religious Movements An extensive and nicely-designed site at the University of Virginia
- Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
- Pew Charitable Trusts Centers of Excellence
- Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs (Boston University)
- Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Religion (Emory Univeristy)
- Center for Religion and Media (New York University)
- Center for the Study of Religion (Princeton University)
- Center for Religion, the Professions and the Public (University of Missouri)
- The Erasmus Institute (University of Notre Dame)
- Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society (University of Pennsylvania)
- Center for Research on Civic Culture (University of Southern California)
- Center on Religion and Democracy (University of Virginia)
- Center for Religion and American Life (Yale University)
- Religion News Service
- Religion Newswriters Association (links to stories and resources)
- Los Angeles Times Religion Page
- ACF NEWSOURCE Religion archives
- PBS Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
- PBS Faith and Reason
- "Exploring Religions" Online textbook covering Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism.
- Mircea Eliade, From Primitives to Zen (1967) An anthology of religious texts and secondary accounts, thematically organized.
- Divining America: Religion and the National Culture National Humanities Center: curriculum enrichment for high school teachers.
Texts, Audio-Visual, Reference works
- Routledge online dictionaries and encyclopedias on religion
- Oxford Reference Online
- Concise Dictionary of Religion, by Irving Hexham (1994)
- Other Religion Dictionaries
- Electronic Reference Books on Religion (ABC-CLIO): includes some introductory texts
- Encyclopedia Mythica
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Internet Sacred Text Archive
- World Scripture: A Comparative Anthology Of Sacred Texts, ed. Andrew Wilson (1991)
- "World's philosophy and religion in quotes" (indexed by subjects, authors, traditions, and texts)
- Hebrew Bible (Jewish Publication Society)
- Christian Bible (many versions)
- Sacred Books of the East
- Electronic Text Center (UVA)
- Religion Index (index to journal articles and multi-author books, 1949-present)
- Religious Studies Digital Image Archive
- "The Question of God" (PBS series, focusing on Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis)
- U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Judaism
- Resources on Western Religions (University of Pennsylvania)
- Judaism and Jewish Resources
- Judaism (Jewish Virtual Library)
- Center for Online Judaic Studies
- Shamash: The Jewish Network
- Chabad Lubavitch of Cyberspace
- God and Sexuality (Bard College)
- Antisemitism (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)
Christianity
- Christianity sources (Yale Divinity School)
- Online Encyclopedia of Early Church History
- Christian Classics Online
- "From Jesus to Christ" (PBS series)
- The Jesus Seminar
- Directory of Ecumenical Study Centers
- Catholic Resources
- Catholic Information Center
- The Vatican
- Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica
- The Catholic Encyclopedia
- Institute of Sino-Christian Studies
Islam
- Islamic Studies, etc.
- Muslim Students Organization (USA and Canada)
- "Islamic Fundamentalism," by John L. Esposito
South Asian Traditions
- Hindu Resources Online
- British Library Oriental & India Office
- "The Hindu Universe"
- Devi: The Great Goddess
- Indus River Valley Civilization (article)
- Journal of South Asia Women Studies
- Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago
East Asian Traditions and Buddhism
American Religion
- Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
- Americans United for Separation of Church and State
- Religious Freedom (People for the American Way)
- Freedom Forum Religion News Stories
- Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy
- Ethical Culture Society
- American Religion Data Archive
- 1996 Survey of Religious Beliefs in North America Selected results of a major survey .
- Exploring Religious America (2002 survey)
- NativeReligion.org (law and Native American religions)
Other traditions
Pluralism, Dialogue
Classics, Literature
- Classical Mythology
- BABBLE (synoptic text viewer)
- English Literature and Religion
- Star Wars: The Religion
Religion and Science
- Science, Ethics, and Religion (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
- Institute on Religion in an Age of Science
- Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
- Vatican Observatory
General Journals
- Religion Index
- EBSCO Religion and Philosophy Database
- Directory of Open Access Journals: Religion
- Project Muse: Religion journals
- Journal of the American Academy of Religion
- History of Religions (Selected tables of contents online)
- Religious Studies (also online since 2001)
- Religion (also Online through OhioLink)
- The Journal of Religion
- Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (more full text available through Consort)
- Journal of Religion & Society
- Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion (online only)
- Journal of Religious Ethics (Online since 1999)
- Journal of Comparative Religion
- Journal of Contemporary Religion (Online through OhioLink since 1998)
- The Annual Review of Women in World Religions (BL458 .A56, not in periodicals)
- Online Journals in Religious Studies and Theology
- Internet Journal of Religion: This is actually five different online scholarly journals.
- Journal of Religion and Film
- Journal of Religion and Health (Online since 1998)
- Journal for Peace and Change
- Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions (complete table of contents; only a few articles available online to non-subscribers)
- Killing the Buddha (An online "religion magazine for people made anxious by churches").
- International Journal for Philosophy of Religion (also online since 1996 through OhioLink)
- International Philosophical Quarterly: IPQ
- Contintental Philosophy Review
- Journal of the History of Ideas (also online since 1996 through OhioLink)
- Parabola ("myth and tradition" -- more popular than scholarly)
- Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes (religion, civilization, and art)
- The Hibbert Journal: A Quarterly Review of Religion, Theology, and Philosophy (1902-1968)
- Review of Religion (1936-1958)
- Reviews of Religion & Theology (online since 1999)
- Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science (Online through OhioLink)
- Environmental Ethics
On-line Journals in Judaism
- Judaism
- The Jewish Quarterly Review
- The Jewish Law Annual (296.18 J55, not in periodicals)
- American Jewish History
- Modern Judaism
- Women in Judaism
- Jewish Social Studies: A Quarterly Devoted to Contemporary and Historical Aspects of Jewish Life (1978-1993)
- The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
- TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism (covers Christianity also)
On-line Journals in Christianity:
- Christian Century
- Cross Currents (Christianity and intellectual life)
- Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers
- Journal of Bible and Religion (1933-1966)
- Journal for Christian Theological Research
- Journal Of Early Christian Studies
- Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture (Online since 2000)
- Religion in Life
- Theology
- Theology Today
- Vox Benedictina: A Journal of Feminine and Monastic Spirituality (1990-1993)
- Logos & Pneuma: Chinese Journal of Theology (some abstracts online)
On-line Journals in American Religions:
On-line Journals in Islam
- The Islamic Quarterly
- Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies
On-line Journals in Asian Religions:
- Buddhist-Christian Studies (online since 1999)
- Contemporary Buddhism (online through Consort)
- Inter-Religio (Interreligious dialogue in East Asia -- Online only)
- The Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies
- Asia-Pacific: Perspectives
- Journal of Chinese Religions (Online through OhioLink since 2000)
- Journal of Chinese Philosophy
- Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy (table of contents)
- Late Imperial China
- Japanese Journal of Religious Studies (full text online)
- Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies: articles on religious studies
- Journal of Indian Philosophy (online through OhioLink since 1997)
- Philosophy East & West (online through OhioLink since 1990)
- Journal of Asian Studies
- Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
- Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies