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Academic Info maintains a religion gateway containing information
on world religions, religious studies, comparative religion at: http://www.academicinfo.net/
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Adherents.com lists over 40,000 adherent statistic citations for
various faith groups. A fascinating resource. See: http://www.adherents.com/
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Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) has extensive
information online about U.S. and international religious groups, public
opinion polls, etc. See: http://thearda.com/
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Beliefnet is an independent, multi-faith web site whose
editorial staff consists of leading "journalists in the
fields of religion, spirituality and morality." See: http://beliefnet.com/ |
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Chew the rag is an independent, refreshing blog "mixing religion and politics respectfully." See: http://chewtherag.net/
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CNN has a Belief Blog at: http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/ It covers a broad range of religious news, and posts a few entries each day.
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The Library of Historical Apoligetics has a collection of about 3,000 items on apologetics from the 17th century through the early 20th century. See: http://historicalapologetics.org/
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OnlineTheologyDegree.net maintains a list of the "25 best Q&A Sites for Theologians." See http://onlinetheologydegree.net/ (ReligiousTolerance.org is listed as #3.)
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The Pluralism Project at Harvard University maintains a data base
listing thousands of associations, congregations, missions, inter-faith
groups, study centers, and other religious centers at: http://www.pluralism.org/ that is searchable by state, tradition,
keyword and name.
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Religion Simplified describes the beliefs of many religions concerning the paranormal. See: http://www.religious-information.com.
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Religious Movements Homepage links to a group of essays prepared by Sociology classes at the University of Virginia lists many unusual faith groups. See: http://www.religiousmovements.org
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Religion Newswriters provides "Networking, tools & training for reporters who cover religion. See: http://www.rna.org |
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AdamAndEveIt.net takes a myth-busting, thought-
provoking approach to religion." Their goals are "...neither to preach nor
to convert, but to bring to light the essence of religion, and its universal
significance to modern day society." See: http://www.adamandeveit.net
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Al Bawaba (The Middle East Gateway) is "a
comprehensive Middle Eastern portal on the Internet." It has
a religion and philosophy section that contains links to dozens of
religious web sites. See: http://www.albawaba.com/
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Allexperts.com has groups of volunteers representing the Christian,
Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Unitarian, and Neopagan religions.
You can ask an expert any question on one of these religions (and others) and get a free
answer. See: http://www.allexperts.com/ |
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Arab American National Museum has a list of Arab American
resources at: http://www.arabamericanmuseum.org/
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Babylon is "an easy and intuitive translation and dictionary
software in over 50 languages. Clicking on any text in Word, Excel, emails,
instant messaging, web pages and other desktop applications etc gives
displays a definition of the term." See http://www.babylon.com for their home page. See also the following:
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Barefoot Christian Faith welcomes "... believers and skeptics alike to wander in the wilderness seeking God, asking questions, and walking the barefoot path." See: http://barefootchristianfaith.wordpress.com/
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Bible Walks provides photographs and additional information from
the Holy land. See: http://www.biblewalks.com/
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Calendar of Events, including religious conferences, worships,
special events, a religious calendar, is maintained by the Pluralism
Project at Harvard University at: http://www.pluralism.org/
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The Canadian Society for the Study of Religion (CSSR/SCER) provides
a forum for all who are involved in the academic study of religion, e.g.
anthropologists, historians, phenomenologists, philosophers, psychologists,
sociologists. See: http://www.ccsr.ca/cssr/
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Christian Depot has a listing of the books of the Bible, a list of all
of the major denominations in the US, the text of some Presbyterian and Reformed
catechisms, Christian art, etc at: http://www.edepot.com/cath.html
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Christian-Reincarnation has a web site dealing with reconciling
belief in reincarnation and Christianity. See: http://www.christian-reincarnation.com/
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CrossDaily.com has Christian greeting E-cards, games, graphics, etc. at: http://news.crossdaily.com
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Early Christian Writings includes translations of books from the Christian Scriptures (New Testament), Gospels and epistles that never made it into the official canon, Apocrypha, Gnostics, and Church Fathers. See: http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/
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Facing Bereavement offers "guidance and advice on how to get
through" the death of a loved one. It is a British web site, but the vast
bulk of its information is universal. See: http://www.facingbereavement.co.uk
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The Glossary Directory maintains lists of links to glossaries
on a wide range of topics at: http://www.glossarydirectory.com/
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The Holocaust Chronicle web site contains the full contents
of the book by the same name, See: http://www.holocaustchronicle.org/ Read
reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store
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Ved Sutra has Hindu information "... from Ganesh to Sai Baba, from Krishna to Ram. VedSutra contains information about Hinduism, Hindu Gods and Hindu Mythology.
See:
http://vedsutra.com/
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Vijai Singh has a site: In Search of the One True Religion which
advocates a spiritual path which integrates religion and science. See: http://www.geocities.com/
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The Internet Sacred Text Archive promotes religious tolerance
and scholarship by publishing on the Internet public domain texts from
a great variety of religious traditions. Almost 200 megabytes is
available as of 2001-FEB. See: http://www.sacred-texts.com/
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John Mark Ministries lists many resources for
pastors/leaders: 950 articles, booksales, etc. See: http://www.pastornet.net.au/
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Nurel (New Religions) provides reliable information about groups that
are often called "cults, sects, new religions, or [by] some similar name."
The Web site "is not anti-cult, counter-cult, or pro-cult. It is an academic
resource linked to the electronic journal/discussion group NUREL-L." See: http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/
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View the Pluralism Project at
Harvard University.
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Planetary Resources: Exploring religion, old and new, has an
extensive list of religious and spirituality links. See: http://www.lightandlife.com/
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Religion Depot features a religion discussion forum, a live chat,
mailing list, and individual sections dealing with world religions such as Buddhism and
Christianity. See: http://www.edepot.com/religion.html
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Religions in Renewal links "members of groups within the major
established religions or ideologies who are seeking respectfully and gradually to reform
their traditions from within while remaining loyal to the spirit of their path."
See: http://www.usao.edu/
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James Richards has a web site at http://00.gs which has many pages of links to such esoteric topics as states of
consciousness, history of religions, ancient alphabets, etc.
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Search engines:
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Sites for Teaching lists educational websites according to their quality as assessed by visitors. See: http://www.sitesforteaching.com
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Spirit and Sky maintain a directory of over 100,000 links to
spiritual web sites at: http://www.spiritandsky.com/
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Stress-FamilyHealth has an essay on how "religion and stress
can work to your benefit or detriment." See: http://www.stress-familyhealth.net/
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The Unification of Science, Religion and Humanity "is a mulit-faith book that shows how science and religion are uniting to bring world peace. It is available free of charge at: http://www.angelfire.com/
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The Department of the Army has a website listing aspects of religious support in the Army, that may be of general
interest to the public. See: http://www.globalsecurity.org/
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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom monitors religious freedom outside the USA. They advise the executive
and legislative branches of government on how best to promote it. See: www.uscirf.gov/
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Virtual Religion Index lists hundreds of links to websites that cover a wide range of topics. It is maintained by Rutgers
University. See: http://virtualreligion.net/
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Washington Post maintains an archive of "On Faith" essays,
written by "... distinguished figures from the academy, the faith
traditions, and journalism." See: http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/
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The World Network of Religious Futurists™ is dedicated to advancing the future of religion. See http://www.wnrf.org/
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YourDictionary.com provides hyperlinks to specialty online dictionaries. See their links to religious dictionaries and glossaries
at: http://www.yourdictionary.com
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The WorldPeace Peace Page at: http://www.johnworldpeace.com/ has excerpts from many of the world's sacred texts.
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Xplore at: http://www.xplorewithjamespeter.com/ is a web site by James Peter that is devoted to övercoming "religious fundamentalism, superstition, intolerance, and human suffering" |