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Religious Studies

Web Resources

  • American Religion Data Archive - Data on churches and church membership, religious professionals, and religious groups (individuals, congregations and denominations) ; national, state, county, and metro area; search function available.
  • Center on Religion and Democracy   https://theird.org/ - Politically non-partisan research center ; committed to addressing the complex relationship between religion and democratic culture ; impressive library of online texts
  • Christian Classics Ethereal Library - Selected by theologians and ministers from a variety of Christian traditions, to cover important topics for theological study and edification
  • Christian Sacred Texts - The scriptures, early Christian and Gnostic texts, renaissance and reformation texts, and modern texts online.
  • Codex Sinaiticus - Handwritten well over 1600 years ago, this manuscript contains the Christian Bible in Greek, including the oldest complete copy of the New Testament.
  • http://www.hymntime.com/tch/ - Searchable site includes thousands of Christian hymns & Gospel songs from many denominations, lyrics, MIDI files, scores, pictures, and history.
  • Internet Sacred Text Archive - Largest religious text archive on the Internet; an astounding resource on religion, mythology, legend, folklore, and esoteric topics.
  • Jewish Women's Archives: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia - This resource is freely available to anyone with Internet access. The Encyclopedia includes more than 1,700 biographies, 300 thematic essays, and 1,400 photographs and illustrations.  
  • Unbound Bible - Collection of searchable Bibles including 10 English versions, Greek and Hebrew versions, 4 ancient versions, and 42 versions in other languages.
  • Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion - Syllabi, electronic texts, electronic journals, websites, bibliographies, listserv discussion groups, liturgies, reference resources, and software.