Study of Religions
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- Oxford Journals Archive
- Referencing using the Harvard System
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- Using the library
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General
- Adherents.com: statistics for a wide range of religions and religious traditions
- American Academy of Religion
- BUBL Religions Index
- Catholic Encyclopaedia: Devil: part of the New Advent site
- Catholic Encyclopaedia: Demonology: part of the New Advent site
- Encyclopedia Mythica: mythology, folklore, legend
- Inter Faith Network
- Internet Sacred Text Archive
- Multifaith and Religion sites
- Religion Gateway: from Academic Info
- Religion Subject Index: part of the Academic Info independent. directory service aimed at colleges and universities
- Religious Studies Web Guide: from the University of Calgary and Library of Congress
- Religious Texts and Resources: maintained by the Department of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
- Sacred and Other Religious texts: links from the Internet Public Library
- Virtual Religion: index formerly maintained by Rutgers University
Journals
Journals the library subscribes to are listed on the journals web page. Full text journals of interest to Study of Religions are also available from Academic Search Elite, JSTOR and the Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection.
- Journal of Buddhist Ethics: 1994 onwards
Buddhism
- BuddhaNet: Buddhist information network
- Buddhist Studies: guide to Buddhism and Buddhist Studies
- Journal of Buddhist Ethics: 1994 onwards
Christianity
- Buckfast Abbey: Roman Catholic community of Benedictine monks in Devon
- Catholic Encyclopedia
- Christianity
- Church of England: official C of E site
- Foxe's Book of Martyrs
- The Iona community: information on this ecumenical Christian community
- Mundus: guide to missionary collections in the UK
- Ship of Fools: the magazine of Christian unrest (unofficial C of E site)
- The Taize Community
- TBCL: The Best Christian Links
- The Vatican
- Xalt: Christian site
Hinduism
- God in Hindu Dharma and Temples
- Hindu web
- Vishwa Hindu Parishad: World Hindu Councils
Islam
- Patel's Corner Shop: Muslim site
- Virtual Manuscript Room: includes a very early Qu'ran
Judaism
- World ORT: provides information on Judaism and Jewish communities worldwide.
Religions in Africa
- Africa Christianity Project: also covers other religious traditions in Africa
- Africa-Related Links: from University of Wisconsin-Madison African Studies Program. Many aspects of African life covered
- Africa south of the Sahara: access to academic articles not found in print form
- African Art: an exhibition catalogue from Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia
- African-Based Religions: includes Santeria and Vodun as well as African traditional religions
- African Initiated Churches
- African Religion: includes the opportunity to consult a traditional Sangoma (healer/diviner)
- African Religions and Their Derivations
- African Studies Centre: University of Pennsylvania
- African Traditional Religion: maintained by Chidi Denis Isizoh contains excellent academic articles
- Amherst College
- Art and Life in Africa Online
- The Art of the African Mask: exhibition catalogue from Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia
- The Baobab Project: contains an image database of African culture from Harvard Library's visual collection
- Centre for Contemporary Islam: University of Cape Town
- Institute for Comparative Religion in South Africa
- Kimbangusim
- Organisation of African Traditional Healers
- Passport to Paradise: exhibition concerning arts of the Mourides, a Muslim movement in Senegal, from the Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles
- Research Institute on Christianity in South Africa
Sikhism
- All about Sikhs: your gateway to Sikhism: a useful source of insider information rather than an academic site
- Centre for Applied South Asian Studies: this site "aims to provide... information about the social, cultural, familial and religious character of Britain's South Asian minorities". Under the papers tab... "a large selection of highly readable academic analyses produced by CASAS members".
- History of the Sikhs: attempts to put "the whole Sikh History on the web". A useful source of insider information rather than an academic site
- Sikhism: a useful source of insider information rather than an academic site
- Sikhpoint: a useful source of insider information rather than an academic site
Other
- Beliefnet: "multi-faith e-community" providing information and advice
- Index of Native American resources
- The Pagan Federation