General Information and Lists of Links to Reliable Web Sites

• Librarians' Index to the Internet: Religion - http://lii.org/search/file/religion
  This excellent list of links provides broad coverage or religious topics.
• Religion Facts.com - http://www.religionfacts.com/
  A "just the facts m'am" page about world religions. Factual and unbiased.
• Religious Tolerance.org - http://www.religioustolerance.org/
  A collection of more than 3,000 essays dealing with religious and ethical matters.
• Virtual Religion Index - http://virtualreligion.net/vri/
  This page covers many religions and has a more scholarly focus.
• Voice of the Shuttle- Religion - http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2730
  Lengthy page of links, again with a scholarly focus.
• Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resources - http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/Internet/front.htm
  A general gateway to resources about world religion.

Creation Science/Intelligent Design Controversey

• Access Research Network - http://www.arn.org/
  A fairly comprehensive site that argues for Intelligent Design.
• Discovery Institute - http://www.discovery.org/
  Web site of the largest pro Intelligent Design organization
• Intelligent Design Network - http://www.intelligentdesignnetwork.org/links.htm
  This site presents a list of links on the subject. The site is pro Intelligent Design.
• Intelligent Design? - http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/darwinanddesign.html
  A special report from Natural History magazine critiquing ID.
• National Center for Science Education - http://www.ncseweb.org/default.asp
  Web page of an organization that supports the teaching of evolution in schools.
• Talk.origins Archive - http://www.talkorigins.org/
  Web site of a Usenet newsgroup that is decidedly opposed to both Creation Science and Intelligent Design. Contributors to this Web page tend to be from the scientific community.
• Wikipedia Intelligent Design Article Links to Websites - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_design#External_links
  Although Wikipedia articles are not authoratative, this particular article contains an excellent set of Web links, both pro and anti Intelligent Design.

Sacred Texts

• Internet Sacred Text Archive - http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm
  A marvelous compilation of sacred texts from many world religions as well as texts related to mythology, folklore etc.
• Religious and Sacred Texts - http://davidwiley.com/religion.html
  Another excellent collection of sacred texts.

Individual Religions

Christianity

• Catholic Online - http://www.catholic.org
  A large Catholic Web site.
• Christian Traditions - http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/rel/xianity.htm
  A list of links concerning many Christian denominations.
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - http://www.lds.org/
  Official site of the Mormon Church.
• Cross Search - http://www.crosssearch.com/
  Links to Evangelical/Fundamentalist sites.
• The Orthodox Page - http://www.ocf.org/OrthodoxPage/
  Meta site for Orthodox Christianity.
• Research Guide for Christianity - http://www.library.yale.edu/div/electext.htm
  An excellent list of links and a good source for finding information about mainline Protestant denominations.
  
  
  Eastern Religions

• Best Information on the Net--Buddhism - http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Majors/religion/other/relbud.htm
  An excellent list of links to reliable information about Buddhism
• The Baha' i World - http://www.bahai.org/
  The official Web site of the Baha 'i Faith.
• Best Information on the Net--Hinduism - http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Majors/religion/other/relhin.htm
  A lengthy list of links to information about Hinduism
• The Hindu Universe - http://www.hindunet.org/
  The largest single Hindu site.
• Resources for the Study of Buddhism - http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/Buddhism.htm
  A good gateway to general Buddhism resources.
• Taoism Information Page -
  http://www.religiousworlds.com/taoism/index.html
  Extensive coverage of Taoism.

Islam

• Best Information on the Net--Islam - http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Majors/religion/other/relisl.htm
  Collection of useful links about Islam
• The Islam Page - http://www.islamworld.net/
  Lengthy page about Islam. Very useful for finding religious texts.

Judaism

• Best Information on the Net--Judaism - http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Majors/religion/other/reljud.htm
  Collection of useful links about Judaism.
• Jewish Virtual Library - http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/
  An online encyclopedia of Judaism.
• Judaism and Jewish Resources - http://shamash.org/trb/judaism.html
  A premier and well-respected Web site for Jewish resources.

Other Religions/Belief Systems

• African Traditional Religion - http://www.afrikaworld.net/afrel/index.html
  Includes maps, statistics and links to additional resources.
• Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Diaspora Religions:  Rastafarianism, Santeria, Vodoun (Voodoo) - http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/library/teams/fah/subpathpages/Relgion/PathWebAfro.html
  Coverage of several Caribbean etc. religions.
• Church of Scientology Official Site - http://www.scientology.org/
  The official home page of Scientology.
• Covenant of the Goddess - http://www.cog.org/
  A good Wiccan site.
• Ex-Cult Archive - http://www.ex-cult.org/
  Basic archive on many controversial groups and their leaders -- usually from
  former members' perspective.
• Paganism - http://www.religioustolerance.org/neo_paga.htm
  A good overview of contemporary Pagan beliefs.
• Voudun and Related Religions - http://www.religioustolerance.org/voodoo.htm
  Includes a history of the religion, basic beliefs and sources for additional information.