Web Resources for Religion Students

Useful Web Sites

Ancient History Sourcebook: Israel — contains hundred of local files as well as links to source texts throughout the internet.

Bible Atlas — contains maps of the empires from biblical times.

Biblical Studies Resource Pages — focuses on the early Christian writings and their social world.

Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding — site for the organization that strives to build a stronger bridge of understanding between the Muslim world and the West as well as between Islam and Christianity.

Christian Classics Ethereal Library — presents classic Christian books in electronic formats.

Early Christian Writings — provides the most complete collection of documents from the first two centuries with translation and commentary (includes the New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, and Church Fathers).

The Early Church — contains information for studying the Church's early years.

English Literature & Religion — offers a large bibliographical database about religious aspects and backgrounds of English literature, from the Middle Ages to the present century, with primary (though not exclusive) emphasis upon writers within the Anglican tradition.

Eternal World Television Network — official website of the Global Catholic Network.

The Five Gospels Parallels — a teaching tool for introductory-level classes in New Testament and Christian Origins.

Forum on Religion & Ecology — explores religious worldviews, texts, and ethics in order to broaden understanding of the complex nature of current environmental concerns.

Jewish-Christian Relations — devoted to fostering mutual respect and understanding between Christians and Jews around the world. Contains articles, reviews, reports, official statements, and study resources on Jewish-Christian relations, as well as links to many related organizations.

Jewish Virtual Library — the most comprehensive online Jewish encyclopedia in the world, with over 10,000 articles and 5000 photographs and maps.

Old Testament Gateway — comprehensive, annotated, academic directory of internet sites on the Old Testament. Of interest to both scholars and students.

A Puritan's Mind — read the literature and information on Biblical Theology from a Puritan's perspective.

Sacred Text Archive — contains electronic texts on religion, mythology, legends, folklore, occult, and esoteric topics.

Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center — promotes research and scholarship in Tibetan Buddhism and advances the preservation of the Tibetan cultural heritage by making its literary tradition widely available in the form of digital images.

Virtual Religion Index — analyzes and highlights important content of religion-related websites to expedite research.

Wabash Center for Theology & Religion — a selective, annotated guide containing syllabi, electronic texts, electronic journals, websites, bibliographies, listserv discussion groups, liturgies, reference resources, software, & more.

Why Study Religion — sponsored and developed by the American Academy of Religion, a learned society and professional association of over 9000 teachers and research scholars.