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Religion and Philosophy

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Religion

World Religions

Interfaith Calendar
List of sacred days and times for many religions of the world; also links to information about some of the major religions of the world.

Religions of the World
Descriptions of religious movements and belief systems, with explanations of controversial topics. Also an excellent glossary.

Religious Movements
Profiles of more than 200 religious or quasi-religious groups with many links to other websites, including court cases

Virtual Religion Index
A well organized index that covers the historical, philosophical, theological, psychological, sociological, and artistic aspects of a wide range of international religious traditions.

Religious and Spiritual Studies

AAR Syllabus Project
This site from the American Academy of Religion offers a wide range of religion syllabi.

American Atheists
National organization that supports "freedom from religion" and the absolute separation of church and state.

Native American Spirituality
This site, sponsored by the Religious Movements Project of the University of Virginia, offers an overview and historical information on spirituality and religions practiced by Native Americans. There are numerous links to specific groups and belief systems.

Religion and Theology Resources
A consortium of universities in the UK provides this searchable database of Web resources.

Religious Studies
Metasite listing links to formal religious studies programs, informal means of study, resources, and online religious study sites for many of the larger world religions; includes a searchable index.

Religious Worlds
Information resources for study and interpretation of religions

The Worldwide Meditation Center
Provides meditation instruction

Religious Dictionaries

Dictionary and Glossary of Religion
Links to 78 religion subject specific glossaries dictionaries and explanations of terms for many religions of the world.

New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol XIII: Index
Dictionary of biblical and bible related proper names and their meaning.

Patron Saints Index
Profiles of saints in calendar, time line and image galleries.

Religion Statistics

American Religion Data Archive
Graphic presentations of data regarding religion in the United States.

Religion Statistics and Geographic Information
Nearly 44,000 citations on religious adherents and geography with respect to religion in the world.

Religious Texts - Worldwide

Internet Sacred Texts Archive
Presents links to the world's sacred literature of Traditional and Non-traditional, Eastern and Western religions, including many modern and obscure religions.

World Scripture
A comparative anthology of sacred texts with over 4000 scriptural passages from 268 sacred texts and 55 oral traditions, sponsored by the Unification Church.

Religious Texts - Specific

Bible Gateway
A multilingual, keyword searchable, website for reading and researching Old and New Testament scripture, from a range of versions of the Bible.

Buddhist Texts
Links to texts for Mahayana, Vajrayana, Nicherin and Theravada Buddhism.

Dead Sea Scrolls
Texts from the Gnostic Society Library.

Gnostics, Gnostic Gospels, & Gnosticism

Hindu Scripture
The Bhagavad-gita online.

Mahayana Buddhist Sutras in English

Myths of Creation

Taoism Information Page
Links to numerous online translations of the Tao Te Ching.

The Gnosis Archive
Resources on gnosticism and the gnostic tradition

The Holy Qur'an

The Talmud
From the Jewish Virtual Library.

The Torah
From the Jewish Virtual Library.

Topic Index of the Qur'an

 

 

Philosophy

General Sites

Chinese Philosophy
This page has been designed for the purpose of organizing the resources on Chinese philosophy that can be found in the 'cyberspace'.

Eastern Philosophy
This site links to information on Sufism, Hindu philosophy, Buddhist philosophy, Chinese philosophy, and generally compares Eastern and Western thought and philosophy.

Episteme Links: Philosophy Resources on the Internet
This site includes over 17,500 categorized links to philosophy resources on the Internet.

Island of Freedom
Brief biographical entries for significant theologians, philosophers, poets, composers, and artists.

Philosophy
Links to general Information on Philosophy and its various subfields. Includes information on modern philosophical movements and numerous philosophers and their works.

Philosophy Links
This exhaustive list of world philosophy links is the result of one person’s work, through Giessen University in Germany.

Society for Philosophical Inquiry
This site is meant to be a primary resource for those who wish to find or start or facilitate continuation of a Socrates Café or Philosophers Club. To that end we have a number documents on the site, as well as links to information that we think will be useful.

The Window: Philosophy on the Internet
Introductory information on philosophy with a comprehensive link to philosophers

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
Concise guide to technical terms and personal names often encountered in the study of philosophy.

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Comprehensive Encyclopedia of philosophical names, terminology, movements, etc., offered by the University of Tennessee at Martin.

Philosophy Dictionary, Glossary and Terms directory
This site is a directory of glossaries, dictionaries and other tools for understanding the field of philosophy.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
A dynamic encyclopedia which offers the latest advances in philosophical ideas and thought.

Revised 8/7/2007


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