REL 130: Living Religions of the World: Websites & Digital Resources

An online compilation of sources related to Buddhist study and teaching.

"... contains links to content which focuses on religious traditions that, though indigenous to the Caribbean, are heavily influenced by African ancestry."

"This website has 3 primary purposes:

1) To present summaries of current religion research by Hartford Institute for Religion Research faculty as well as the research done by other sociologists of religion.
2) By making this research available online, we hope to educate pastors, denominational leaders, religion reporters and the general public in a better understanding of research on religion in order to help create stronger communities of faith and a more informed society.
3) Finally, we hope to assist the site's users in understanding the use of statistics and poll data, designing church web sites, on searching the web for information, and the implications of the Internet on religious life."

An online Jewish encyclopedia with more than 16,000 articles and 7,000 photographs and maps covering topics from anti-Semitism to Zionism. "The Library has 13 wings: History, Women, The Holocaust, Travel, Israel & The States, Maps, Politics, Biography, Israel, Religion, Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress, Vital Statistics and Reference. Each of these has numerous subcategories."

"NDL India is designed to hold content of any language and provides interface support for leading Indian languages. It is being arranged to provide support for all academic levels including researchers and life-long learners, all disciplines, all popular form of access devices and differently-abled learners. It is being developed to help students to prepare for entrance and competitive examination, to enable people to learn and prepare from best practices from all over the world and to facilitate researchers to perform inter-linked exploration from multiple sources."

"The Parliament of the World's Religions was created to cultivate harmony among the world's religious and spiritual communities and foster their engagement with the world and its guiding institutions in order to achieve a just, peaceful and sustainable world."

"... a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world.' Data is gathered through public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. Policy positions are not provided.

"The Religious Literacy Project has developed a series of case studies that illustrate how religious traditions deal in diverse ways with issues of climate change, gender, minority status in the United States, and violence and peace."

Offers short videos on a variety of topics.