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Bible Study Tools|Biblical Studies |Citation/Style/Copyright |Getting Started|
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ReligiousCalendars|Religious Databases/Subject Guides|Religious E-Texts|Religious Maps/Images|Religious Statistics|
World Religions
 

GETTING STARTED

CITATION/STYLE/COPYRIGHT

BIBLE STUDY TOOLS 

 BIBLICAL STUDIES

LANGUAGE STUDY (Hebrew & Greek)

  • Elementary Greek (Online course by Jim West, ThD.)
  • Greek Tutorial (CD-ROM, ask at the Reference Desk)
  • Hebrew Tutorial (CD-ROM, ask at the Reference Desk)
  • Little Greek (Online NT Greek Tutorial maintained by Jonathan Robie)
  • On line Hebrew Tutorial  ("FoundationStone is a FREE application and support materials designed to allow the most efficient learning of its Hebrew vocabulary."
  • Perseus Digital Library (Greek)  The Perseus Project is a non-profit enterprise containing electronic texts relating to the ancient world. It is located in the Department of the Classics, Tufts University. 

RELIGIOUS ART

RELIGIOUS CALENDARS

RELIGIOUS DATABASES/SUBJECT GUIDES

  • American Studies Web
    Georgetown University's site for Organizing American Studies materials on the Internet. Includes a link for the subject Philosophy and Religion.
  • Academic info: Religion Gateway    
    An annotated directory of internet resources for the academic study of religion compiled Mike Madin.
  • Christianity.Net/SEARCH
    "Christianity.Net/SEARCH is a searchable database of over 9,000 links to Christian web sites around the world!"
  • Finding God in cyberspace: a Guide to Religious Studies Resources on the Internet
    Maintained by John L. Gresham, Library Director at Fontbonne College in St. Louis. "This guide provides a selective listing of the best Internet resources of interest to religious studies scholars and students of religion. Rather than attempt a comprehensive listing of religious information on the Internet, this guide selectively points to the best gateways to specific types of religious information. This guide is especially designed to provide both novice and advanced Internet researchers with a helpful starting point for
    online religious research." 
  • Internet Christian Library
    "ICLnet contains one of the largest and most complete archiving of "Classical " Christian materials available on the Internet."
  • Religion Religions Religious Studies
    "Information and links for study and interpretations of religions." Maintained by Gene R. Thursby, Associate Professor, University of Florida.
  • Religious Resources on the Net
    "Religious Resources on the Net is a comprehensive searchable database of religious and Christian web sites on the Internet.
  • Religious Studies Web Guide
    "This web site focuses on free internet resources of use to researchers involved in the academic study of religion. Suggestions for improvement are welcomed. Please contact web site creators Saundra Lipton (University of Calgary Library) and Cheryl Adams (Library of Congress)" 
  • Search Argos
    Argos is the first peer-reviewed, limited area search engine (LASE) on the World-Wide Web.  It has been designed to cover the ancient and medieval worlds.
  • Virtual Religion Index: Links to Research in Religion
    Maintained by the Religion Department at Rutgers University. "A major guide to religious resources on the Internet."
  • Voice of the Shuttle (Religious Studies Page)
  • Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resources
    "This website gathers together pointers to a wide variety of electronic resources of interest to those who are teaching or studying religion and theology at the undergraduate or graduate level."
  • Yahoo:Society & Culture: Religion  
    Yahoo's net directory's list of resources in religion covers a wide range of sub-topics including theology, employment, philosophy, journals and much more.

RELIGIOUS E-TEXTS 

  • The Catholic Encyclopedia
    A Web version of The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline and History of the Catholic Church (Appleton; 1907-1912), provided by the New Advent Catholic Supersite.
  • Christian Classics Ethereal Library
    Contains full text public domain works for theological study including confessions of Saint Augustine's pilgrim and progress, and 38 volumes of early church fathers.
  • Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
  • Duke Papyrus Archive
    "The Duke Papyrus Archive provides electronic access to texts about and images of nearly 1400 papyri from ancient Egypt. The target audience includes: papyrologists, ancient historians, archaeologists, biblical scholars, classicists, Coptologists, Egyptologists, students of literature and religion and all others interested in ancient Egypt."
  • The Ecole Initiative  
    "
    The Early Church On-Line Encyclopedia (Ecole) Initiative is a cooperative effort on the part of scholars across the internet to establish a hypertext encyclopedia of early Church history (to the Reformation) on the World-Wide Web."
  • Guide to Early Church Documents
    "This hypertext document contains pointers to Internet-accessible files relating to the early church, including canonical documents, creeds, the writings of the Apostolic Fathers and other historical texts relevant to church history."
  • On-Line Books Page
    The Online Books Page was founded, and is edited, by John Mark Ockerbloom,  a digital library planner and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. The site is hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Library.
  • Religion-online.org 
    More than 3,000 articles and chapters. Topics include Old and New Testament, Theology, Ethics, History and Sociology of Religion, Communication and Cultural Studies, Pastoral Care, Counseling, Homiletics, Worship, Missions and Religious Education.
  • Repositories of Primary Sources
    A listing of over 4700 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar.
  • World Scripture
    " Comparative anthology that contains over 4,000 scriptural passages from 268 sacred texts and 55 oral traditions. The material is organized under 145 themes common to the texts and traditions. This site contains the complete text of the printed book World Scripture: A Comparative Anthology, edited by Andrew Wilson (New York: Paragon House, 1991)"

RELIGIOUS MAPS/IMAGES

RELIGIOUS STATISTICS

WORLD RELIGIONS


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