Religion: Web Resources

Delivers distinctive, cutting-edge news coverage and analysis of national and international events in the ever-changing religious world.

The Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, seeks to promote a deeper understanding of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs.

Religion News Service aims to be the largest single source of news about religion, spirituality and ideas.

From by the New York University Department of Journalism and New York University's Center for Religion and Media , who aim "to develop and broaden scholarship, pedagogy, and public knowledge of religion and media, in all their forms." Includes articles, an archive, discussions, and links to the religious media and media about religion.

“Websites on Religion” is a selective, annotated collection of web resources for the study of religion.
This site is not currently maintained so links may be broken.

Displays and describes religious festivals and secular holidays.

Includes religion "library" (encyclopedia style) resources, as well as articles and forums on various religious topics and faiths.

Study of America's changing religious landscape, documenting the contours of our multi-religious society, studying the impact of religious diversity in civic life, and contextualizing these findings within a global framework. Includes published research and links to other online sources.

Biblical images from the Library of Congress

The New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE) Bible from United States Conference of Catholic Bishop

A mashup provided by OpenBible.info using Google Maps to provide the location of every identifiable place mentioned in the Bible.

Web directory of internet resources on the New Testament

From the ReligionFacts website. Includes beliefs, denominations, people and more.

This BBC resource is filled with information concerning almost every religion in the world

All Buddhist traditions are included.

This site is a freely available archive of significant primary texts relating to religion, mythology, (and to a lesser extent) legends and folklore. Texts are presented in English translation. One of the largest text archives on the Internet.

Islamic resources including history, law, practice and society and a multilingual Qur'an.

Contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906 and contains over 15,000 articles and illustrations.

International website of the Bahá'ís of the world

Statistics and religious geography citations: references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc.

U.S. and World Religion Statistics and Data
Historical and current data; some international but mainly American.

Traces changes in religious affiliation in the US since 1990. Most recent survey data from 2008.

Contains links to the Pew Forum's survey data which are currently available on the Web. Survey data are released after all reporting is completed and are posted on the Web as quickly as possible.