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Subject Guide: Religion

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Religion Internet Sources:
Comparative Religion links.  This site was the Prodigy's Religion Site of the Month for April 2000.
Site makes available religion and church statistics.
This site provides an introduction to Islam and its beliefs.
The American Religion Data Archive includes data on churches and church membership, religious professionals, and religious groups.
5,700 photos of 400 sites in Asia. Searchable by Country name and then by name of architectural object.
Online books.
The BBC gives an overview of six major religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Sikhism.
Site contains the following articles: "Religious Liberalism and the Modern Crisis of Faith," "The Rise of Fundamentalism," "The Scopes Trial," "Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Assoc.," "Roman Catholics and the American Mainstream in the Twentieth Century," "The American Jewish Experience: Antisemitism and Assimilation," "Islam in America: From African Slaves to Malcolm X," "Religion in Post-World War II America," and "The Christian Right."
This online exhibit tells the epic story of the rise of Christianity and discusses the life and death of Jesus.
Extensive directory of language links.

This site is an archive of significant primary texts relating to religion, mythology, and some folklore and legends.  Texts are presented in English translation and, in some cases, in the original language.

This site provides an overview of the history of Jainism.
This comprehensive web site discusses Jewish history, religion, beliefs, people, places, language, scripture and customs.
This non-profit organization discusses the teaching of evolution in the science classrooms.
Comprehensive web site on Catholicism.

Subject guide to religious traditions.

Religious Movements
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Profiles of more than 200 religious movements have been prepared by students in sociology of religion courses taught by Jeffrey K. Hadden, Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia.  Also included are lectures, links to other sites, and a bibliography of print resources.
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse Full-text of Hesse's book.
The State Hermitage occupies six buildings in the heart of St. Petersburg. The collections of art present world culture from the Stone Age to the 20th century. Search Collection Highlights, History, Digital Collections and more. Search by artist, title or subject. Try the new IBM Query By Image Context search technology.
Annotated directory of religion sites.
Site provides an overview of Christianity.
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