Websites on Religion

The web contains a remarkable amount of information, both popular and scholarly, about religion. The following list contain links to various internet resources on a number of different aspects of religion.

• Mega Religion Websites (includes primary and secondary resources and links to other sources on the web)

• Religion Centers at Colleges, Universities, and Seminaries

• New Religious Movements

• Anti-Cult Websites

• Denominational Websites

• Websites of Various Religion Departments, Individual Scholars, or Particular Courses on American Religion

• Digital Library Resources (includes primary resources and possibly links to other sources on the web)

• Demographics, Polls, Surveys, Etc.

• Online Scholarly Journals

• Newspapers, Magazines, and other Media with Online Websites

• Religion and Media

• Scholarly and Professional Associations

• Guide to Online Library Catalogues

• Bible

Mega Religion Websites
(includes primary and secondary resources and links to other sources on the web)

• American Society of Church History, links to dozens of websites related to the history of Christianity, journals, historical societies, archival collections, and other useful resources

• Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resources for Teaching Religion and Theology, Wabash College

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Religion Centers at Colleges, Universities, and Seminaries

(listed alphabetically by institution)

• J.M. Dawson Institute for Church-State Studies
  Baylor University
• Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life
  Boston College
• Institute on Religion and World Affairs
  Boston University
• Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics
  Calvin College, MI
• Life Cycle Institute
  Catholic University of America
• Center for the Study of Religion and Society
  Creighton University, NE
• Center for the Study of Religion/Spirituality, and Health
  Duke University
• Institute for Global Engagement
  Eastern University
• Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Religion
  Emory University
• Law and Religion Program
  Emory University
• Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate
  Georgetown University
• Center for Christian Studies
  Gordon College, MA
• Hartford Institute for Religion Research
  Hartford Seminary, CN
• The History of American Christian Practice Project
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Initiatives in Religion and Public Life
  Harvard Divinity School
• The Pluralism Project
  Harvard University
• Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture
  Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis
• Polis Center Project on Religion and Urban Culture
  Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis
• Louisville Institute
  Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, KY
• Sider Institute for Anabaptist, Pietist and Wesleyan Studies
  Messiah College
• Erasmus Institute
  University of Notre Dame
• Center for the Study of Religion
  Portland State University, OR
• Center for the Study of Religion
  Princeton University

• Religion in the News
  The Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the study of Religion in Public Life, Trinity College, CN

• Resources for American Christianity
  Information & Reflection on Selected Projects Funded by the Lilly Endownment, Inc.

• Center for the Study of Religion
  University of California Los Angeles

• The Religion, Culture, and Family Project
  University of Chicago

• Martin Marty Center
  University of Chicago Divinity School
• Center for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society
  University of Pennsylvania
• Center for Religion and Civic Culture
  University of Southern California
• Centre for the Study of Religion
  University of Toronto

• Material History of American Religion Project
  Vanderbilt University

• Centre for Studies in Religion and Society
  University of Victoria
• Center on Religion and Democracy
  University of Virginia
• Religious Movements Project
  University of Virginia
• Center for the Study of Religious Freedom
  Virginia Wesleyan College
• Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion
  Wabash College

• The American Religious Experience
  West Virginia University

• Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals
  Wheaton College, IL
• American Religious History Resource Links
  Yale University
• Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion
  Yale University
• Program of Non-Profit Organizations
  Yale University

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New Religious Movements

• Center for Studies on New Religions

• Graduate Theological Union Library New Religious Movements Resources

• The Religious Movements Homepage, University of Virginia

• ReligiousTolerance.org

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Anti-Cult Websites

• Institute for Religious Research

• The Ross Institute for the Study of Destructive Cults, Controversial Groups and Movements

• Watchman.org

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Denominational Websites

• Official Denominational Web Sites
  Hartford Institute for Religious Research, Hartford Seminary

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Websites of Various Religion Departments, Individual Scholars, or Particular Courses on American Religion (alphabetical by institution)

• Brenda E. Brasher
  Mount Union College

• Religion in the News
  Trinity College

• “Gods of the City: Religion in New York” course
  Judith Weisenfeld, Vassar College

• Department of Religion: Links
  Wellesley College

• Exploring Religions
  Religion Department, University of Wyoming

• Mark Gstohl's Reformation Website
  Xavier University, Louisiana

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Digital Library Resources
(includes primary resources and possibly links to other sources on the web)

• AdHoc Image and Text Database on the History of Christianity

• African-American Religion: A Documentary History Project Amherst College

• ATLA Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative

• Christian Classics Ethereal Library
  Offers hundreds of e-texts of public domain material that can be downloaded  to one’s computer. It includes works from Augustine to John Wesley with hundreds of people in between.

• Creeds of Christendom

• Cyber Hymnal

• Documents on the American South

• Eikon: Image Database for Biblical Studies

• Library of Congress American Memory collection
       Nineteenth-Century Books~1850-1877
       Nineteenth-Century Periodicals~1850-1877

• Library of Congress Digital Library

• Making of America  University of Michigan and Cornell University
       Making of America Books    
       Making of America Journals

• Material History of American Religion Project

• Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive

• Religion and the Founding of the American Republic

• Wabash Center Guide - Image Collections

• Women and Social Reform Movements in the United States

• The Works of Augustine

• Works of Jonathan Edwards Yale University

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Demographics, Polls, Surveys, Etc.

• Adherents.com has links to demographic information on world religions.

• Barna Research Online

• The Gallup Organization

• National Study of Yocuth and Religion
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Online Scholarly Journals

• Christian Ethics Today: Journal of Christian Ethics
• The Journal of Southern History
• The North Star
  A journal of African-American religious history.

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Newspapers, Magazines, and other Media with Online Websites

• BeliefNet.com

• Books and Culture: A Christian Review

• Christian Century

• Christian History magazine

• Christianity Today

• Fort Worth Star-Telegram Religion Page

• PBS Religion and Ethics News Weekly

• Pew Forum and Religion and Public Life

• Religion New
  Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, an index of recent articles on religion in various newspapers

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Religion and Media

• Center for Media and Public Affairs -- religion news study
• Faith and the Media
  Web site created by media scholar Joyce Smith, Ryerson University, Toronto
• Garrett-Medill Center for Religion and the News Media
• Poynter Institute
• Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
• Religion News Service
• Religion Newswriters Association
• Worldwide Faith News
• Zondervan Religion News Links

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Scholarly and Professional Associations

• American Historical Association
• American Society of Church History
• American Academy of Religion
• Conference on Faith and History
• Council of Societies for the Study of Religion
• Religion and Politics Section, American Political Science Association
• Religion Newswriters Association
• Society for the Scientific Study of Religion

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Guide to Online Library Catalogues

• The ATLA Theological Library Online Catalogues

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Bible

• Bible Gateway offers a number of on-line Bible versions which can be searched by keywords or specific passages. Also included are texts in German, Swedish, Latin, French and Spanish. 

• Bible Websites (General) Wabash Center Guide Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resources for Teaching Religion and Theology, Wabash College

• Biblical Studies Foundation 

• EIKON Image Database for Biblical Studies is a faculty-library initiative at Yale Divinity School that provides digital resources for teaching and research in the field of Biblical studies

• Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts

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