World Religion Links
(see Molloy help for additional links)
This website offers statistical information on religious groups around the world. According to the homepage, "...researchers can use this site to answer such questions as "How many Methodists live in Indiana?" ,"What are the major religions of India?" , or "What percentage of the world is Hindu?" It presents data from both primary research sources such as government census reports, statistical sampling surveys and organizational reporting, as well as citations from secondary literature which mention adherent statistics."
American Religion Data Archive:
Funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc., this website offers data on American religion, including churches, church membership, and clergy. According to to the homepage, it seeks to "improve access to this data, to increase the use of the data, and to allow comparisons across data files."
This website abounds with quizzes, surveys, and polls you can take yourself to discover where you fit in the panoply of world religions. The following is from the homepage: "[Beliefnet.com is] a multi-faith e-community designed to help you meet your own religious and spiritual needs -- in an interesting, captivating and engaging way.We are independent. We are not affiliated with a particular religion or spiritual movement. We are not out to convert you to a particular approach, but rather to help you find your own. Fundamental to our mission is a deep respect for a wide variety of faiths and traditions."
Electronic Texts
This is a comprehensive site of online sources with links to other sites
organized by religion. It includes searchable databases, concordances, searchable
Bibles, etc.
This website allows you to read the Hebrew Bible and New Testament online and compare King James Bible to a Revised Standard version.
Religion Resources on the Web:
This link out of the University of Iowa features links on each of the major
religions we study as well as others. There are also numerous links to
other websites.
Menlo School Library Religion Sites
This link brings you to the topics page on the Menlo School library website. In the left hand margin click on "history" and then "religion" to get to several other vetted sites.