Resources about Religion
Use this resource list to explore religious traditions different from yours or find resources abroad for your religion.
The following list was based on one compiled by the NAFSA SECUSSA Committee on Underrepresentation in Education Abroad. SECUSSA members are professionals who work with study abroad.
General Sites about Religion
World Religions
Comprehensive list of web sites about religion. Not all the links work, but you may find something here that you cannot find elsewhere.
The Pluralism Project
Based at Harvard University, The Pluralism Project "was developed by Diana L. Eck at Harvard University to study and document the growing religious diversity of the United States, with a special view to its new immigrant religious communities." The focus is primarily on the practice of these religious traditions in the US today.
International Religious Freedom
The state of religious freedom, country by country, as seen by the U.S. Department of State.
Yahoo List
This Yahoo site contains links that are not very common. It may be a good resource to explore more obscure religions that you cannot find elsewhere.
Atheism
The Secular Web
A resource for atheists, agnostics and freethinkers, including national and international organizations by country.
Bahai'i
Christianity
Hinduism
Hindu Resources Online
Guide to Hindu organizations and resources worldwide, including temples and ashrams by country.
Islam
Judaism
The Jewish Agency for Israel
Sponsored by The Pedagogic Center within The Department for Jewish Zionist Education in Jerusalem, this site contains information about Jewish resources, communities, and history in countries around the world.
Orthodox Union
The Orthodox Union includes “Judaism 101” and a search engine for finding Orthodox synagogues around the world.
The United Synagogue of Conservative
Judaism
Frequently asked questions and a synagogue finder for North America.
Shamash
Originating at Hebrew College Online, Shamash describes itself as “the oldest and best known Jewishly oriented service accessible through the Internet. Shamash serves the full spectrum of Jewish religious, educations, cultural, communal, and social service organizations interested in utilizing new electronic technologies to share information and deliver services to the Jewish community worldwide.”
Mormon
Paganism
Quaker
The Religious Society of Friends
Some highlights include a list of Monthly and Yearly Meetings around the world, a history of the RSOF, Quaker list-servs and much more.
American Friends Service Committee
The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker organization that works on projects related to issues of peace-building and equality and across the globe.
Quaker Information Center
The site has, in their own words: “Quaker beliefs and practices, history, organizations, literature, activities, and events; volunteer and service opportunities; and some employment listings.”
Sikhism
Further Resources
Longman Guide to Living Religions
Ian Harris, Stuart Mews, Paul Morris, and John Shepherd, eds.; 1994, Longman Group Ltd., Westgate House, The High, Harlow, Essex CM20 1YR,
Fax: 011-44-279-444501 (printed in Great Britain by Redwood Books, Trowbridge, Wiltshire).
“Sikh Religions on the Internet”
News and Reviews, Vol. 5, No. 1, Fall 2001 by the Asian Educational Media Service, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(http://www.aems.uiuc.edu).
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