Online Resources: Religious Literacy

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These resources will help the curious learn about a particular religious tradition

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)
• Holocaust Encyclopedia (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)
• Encyclopedia of American Jewish History

Christianity:

• Yale Sources for Christianity
• 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
• Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
• Theology Resources from VoiceNation
  

Islam:

• Islam
• Islamic Studies
• Muslim Students Organization USA and Canada)
• "Islamic Fundamentalism," by John L. Esposito
• The Oxford Dictionary of Islam

Hinduism:

• Indian Culture
• Hindu.org
• British Library Oriental & India Office
• hindunet.org
• Devi: The Great Goddess
• India Today article on the Indus River Valley Civilization
• Journal of South Asia Women Studies
• Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago

Chinese Religions:

• Chinese Alchemy

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
• Exploring Religious America (2002 PBS survey)
• NativeReligion.org

Other Religions and Religious Movements:

• The Baha'i Faith
• Zoroastrianism
• Iran Studies at Harvard University
• Western Alchemy
• Shamanism
• Theosophy
• Astrology

Pluralism/Religious Dialogue:

• Pluralism Project (Harvard)
• Polylog: Forum for Intercultural Philosophy
• Inter-Religio
  "A network of Christian organizations for interreligious encounter in East Asia"

Religion and 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

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