Religious Studies

Society, Religion and Spirituality, Religious Studies, Sociology of Religion - Institute for the Study of American Religion. The Institute was founded in 1969 in Evanston, Illinois as a religious studies research facility with a particular focus upon the smaller religions of the United States, such as minority religions, alternative religions, non-conventional religions, spiritual movement, and new religious movements.

Society, Religion and Spirituality, Religious Studies, Sociology of Religion - American Religious Experience. The American Religious Experience Project encourages the depiction and study of the rich and varied tapestry of the American religious experience on the World Wide Web.

Adherents.com is a growing collection of church membership and religion adherent statistics. Over 44,000 statistics for over 4,300 faith groups from all world religions, major religions and most minor religions, listing number of adherents, number of congregations, and number of countries. Includes both world totals and regional/country breakdowns.

Society, Religion and Spirituality, Religious Studies, Sociology of Religion - American Religion Data Archive. Collection of quantitative survey data on churches and church membership, religious professionals, and religious groups (individuals, congregations and denominations).

CESNUR, the Center for Studies on New Religions, is an international network of associations of scholars working in the field of new religious movements. Its director is the Italian scholar Massimo Introvigne. CESNUR is independent from any religious group, Church, denomination or association. This site is managed by CESNUR International of Torino, Italy (Via Confienza 19, 10121 Torino, Italy, phone 39-11-541950, fax 39-11-541905, E-mail: [email protected]) and does not engage the responsibility of any other association or group. The texts of this site, selected because of their scholarly interest, represent the point of view of their authors. CESNUR does not necessarily agree with them.

Society, Religion and Spirituality, Religious Studies, Journals - Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory. Disciplinary and interdisciplinary e-journal for religion and cultural theory.

Society, Religion and Spirituality, Religious Studies, Eastern Religions - Foundation of Buddhist Thought. A two-year intermediate level online course taught by Geshe Tashi Tsering.

Society, Religion and Spirituality, Religious Studies, Eastern Religions - Tipitaka.org. The Vipassana Research Institute publishes the Tipitaka in the pali language on a CD-ROM.

Society, Religion and Spirituality, Religious Studies, Academic Departments - Rutgers University. Department of Religion.

Society, Religion and Spirituality, Religious Studies, Academic Departments - University of California, Santa Barbara. Programs for the Study of Religion Worldwide, Religious Studies Department.

Society, Religion and Spirituality, Religious Studies, Academic Departments - University of California, Riverside. The Department of Religious Studies provides an opportunity to study diverse religious traditions of the world.

Society, Religion and Spirituality, Religious Studies, K-12 - RE Today Online. Resources to support the teaching of the major world faiths in religious education.