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Introduction
The following information is intended as a
guide and starting point for locating religious studies information on the
web. The Augustana Library has a good collection of circulating
books, journals,
and reference books and it is often easier and quicker to find the
information you are seeking in those
resources than on the web. If you do choose to use web-based resources
this is a good place to start. Faculty in the Religion Department and the
Library have collected some of the most appropriate web resources for the
kind of work done here at Augustana.
There are at least two large and overlapping audiences for materials
concerning religion, spirituality and the Bible, an academic audience
interested in a scholarly approach to these subjects and an audience
interested in exploring and deepening their faith. This is true for
materials published in print and for materials on the web. You need to
decide whether a particular resource is appropriate for your needs. Visit
the library's
web evaluation page for ideas on how to do this. If you need assistance
using these resources or obtaining further information, please see a
reference librarian.
Don't forget to visit
Religion Index. The ATLA Religion Database is designed to support
religious and theological research. The file contains citations from
international titles and 13,000 multi-author works in and related to the
field of religion. It also includes a full range of index citations to
journal articles, essays in multi-author works, book reviews, and doctoral projects from ATLA's
print indexes.
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a few sites...
The Unbound Bible
A great place to visit for full-text, searchable translations of the Bible.
Hosted by Biola University, California.
Wabash Center: Guide To Internet Resources for Teaching and Learning In Religion
And Theology
A selective, annotated guide to a wide variety of electronic resources of
interest to those who are involved in the study and practice of religion:
syllabi, electronic texts, electronic journals, websites, bibliographies,
listserv discussion groups, liturgies, reference resources, software, etc.
Best
of the Internet: World Religions
Maintained by the O'Keefe Library at St. Ambrose University, this is a great
website to visit to find just about anything on the Internet. This website
on world religion (linked above) includes links to Eastern religions texts, and
much more.
Return to the top of this pageBiblical Studies
All-in-One
Bible Resources Search
Search
many Biblical texts and translations, resource pages, e-list archives and
ancient world sites -- all from one site.
Biblical Studies on the Web
BSW aims to provide access to the on-line
editions of already established biblical theology and exegetical journals
(of particular note is the journal Biblica.) It also includes a
useful section of links to web based resources and to library catalogs with
exceptional biblical studies collections.
Jewish Roman World of
Jesus
Created by James Tabor,
Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North
Carolina at Charlotte.
New Revised Standard
Version of the Bible
Search or browse the NRSV with this online resource.
New Testament Gateway
A comprehensive, regularly updated directory of academic New Testament
material available on the Internet.
Perseus Project
Hosted by Tufts University, the Pereus Project
is an evolving digital library that
includes artwork, archaeological information (including photos and site plans), texts of classical
writers, and atlases of the classical world.
Review Of Biblical
Literature
Searchable by author, title, subject and keyword, The Review
of Biblical Literature is a source of book reviews on multi-author volumes,
reference works, biblical commentaries, dictionaries, bible translations,
and books for the biblical studies classroom from 1996 onwards.
Return to the top of this pageChristian Denominations, Church
History, and Religion in America
American Religion Data Archive
A collection of quantitative
data from surveys. From the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Purdue
University.
American Religious Experience
The American Religious Experience Project encourages the
development and publication of American religion manuscripts and images on the
World Wide Web. The project directors welcome manuscript submissions from
instructors, students, and avocational scholars that inform our understanding
and appreciation of American Religions. We hope that the page will eventually
reflect the American religious landscape's remarkable plurality." Maintained by
Briane K. Turley, West Virginia University.
Christian
Denominations Websites
Net Ministries provides an extensive list of official
(plus many unofficial) denominational web sites. Confused by the variety of denominations? Consult Melton's
Encyclopedia of American Religions (6th ed.) REF BL2525 .M44.
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
Homepage of the ELCA.
Labyrinth
A searchable directory
of web resources in Medieval Studies including church history and theology.
Official Website of the Roman Catholic Church
Maintained in Vatican City.
Reformation Guide
This resource provides
easy access to the wealth of Internet information available on the reformation
period. The links to the original web sites have been preserved so that users
may access the most recent developments.
Project Wittenberg
Features works by and about Martin Luther and other
Lutherans. Here you will find all manner of texts from short quotations to
commentaries, hymns to statements of faith, theological treatises to
biographies, and links to other places where words and images from the history
of Lutheranism live.
Yale
University Library Research Guide: Christianity
This resource includes an extensive and well-organized
collection of links to Internet resources.
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Ethics
BioEthicsNet
Hosted by the University of Pennsylvania and linked
to the American Journal of BioEthics, this website provides the clinical,
legal, academic, scientific, and religious communities with commentary and news
on the most debated issues in bioethics.
Brown
Electronic Article Review Service (BEARS)
BEARS provides short but substantial reviews of
articles on moral and political philosophy published in the last six months.
EpistemeLinks.com
This resource includes thousands of links to
ethics resources on the Internet and has several additional features. The site
is developed and maintained by an online course designer focusing on research in
philosophy.
Ethics Updates
Designed primarily to
be used by ethics instructors and their students, this resource provides
updates on current literature, both popular and professional, that relates to
ethics. It also includes a collection of many of the major works in the history
of ethics available on-line in electronic versions.
Institute
for Global Ethics
A non-sectarian,
non-partisan organization funded by a variety of charitable foundations and
for-profit corporations and dedicated to elevating public awareness and
discourse on ethics in a global context. It also features the ethical
Dilemma of
the Month.
Philosophy Research Base
Categorized by history, subject and author, this meta-index integrates text
resources with online resources. Based upon visitor participation, the
Philosophy Research Base serves as both a study guide and a platform for a wide
variety of community services for students and teachers in philosophy and
related subjects.
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Religions of the World
Bibliography of
Asian Studies
The online Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS),
referencing western-language monographs, articles and book chapters on all
parts of Asia published since 1971.
Buddhist
Studies WWW Virtual Library: The Internet Guide to Buddhism and Buddhist
Studies
Well organized starting place for Buddhist resources on the
Internet.
Center for Jewish Studies
A respected collection of links maintained by
the Center for Jewish Studies in the Religions and Theology Department at
the University of Manchester.
Exploring
Ancient World Cultures: Early Islam
This website provides a basic introduction to
Islam, with links to a chronology, images, texts, websites, and other
resources. Maintained at the University of Evansville.
Islamic Texts and Resources Metapage
Maintained at the University of
Buffalo, this website includes an introductory section followed by sections
dedicated to scriptures and prophetic traditions, Islamic thought, and
language and art resources.
Yale
University Library Research Guide: Christianity
This website includes an extensive
and well-organized collection of links to Internet resources.
Return to the top of this pageTheology, Philosophy, and
Religion & Science
Center for Process
Studies
From Claremont School of Theology, and affiliated with
Claremont Graduate University, CPS seeks to promote the common good by means of
the relational approach found in process thought. Process thought is based on
the work of philosophers Alfred North Whitehead and Charles Hartshorne, among
others.
College of St. Benedicts Internet Systematic Theology Resources
This is
an excellent guide to electronic primary texts in theology, organized under
these headings: Christology; Trinity, Faith and Revelation; Ecclesiology;
Christian Anthropology; Christian Foundations of Violence and Nonviolence.
Maintained by Elizabeth T. Knuth at the College of St. Benedict.
EpistemeLinks.com
This resource includes thousands of links to
ethics resources on the Internet and has several additional features. The site
is developed and maintained by an online course designer focusing on research in
philosophy.
The Center for Theology
and the Natural Sciences
CTNS is a non-profit international membership
organization, an Affiliate of the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) in
Berkeley, California, that focuses primarily on the relation between
contemporary physics, cosmology, technology, environmental studies,
evolutionary and molecular biology and Christian theology and ethics.
Zygon Center
Affiliated with
the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC), the Zygon Center seeks to
relate religious traditions and scientific knowledge. The purpose is to
provide a place of research and discussion between scientists, theologians,
and other scholars.
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