Religion Resources

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World Religions - Gospel Coalition

ARDA: Assocation of Religion Data Archives - The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) strives to democratize access to the best data on religion. Founded as the American Religion Data Archive in 1997 and going online in 1998, the initial archive was targeted at researchers interested in American religion. The targeted audience and the data collection have both greatly expanded since 1998, now including American and international collections and developing features for educators, journalists, religious congregations, and researchers. Data included in the ARDA are submitted by the foremost religion scholars and research centers in the world. Currently housed in the Social Science Research Institute, the College of Liberal Arts, and the Department of Sociology at the Pennsylvania State University, the ARDA is funded by the Lilly Endowment, the John Templeton Foundation and the Pennsylvania State University.

Christian Witness to New Religious Movements - Lausanne Movement Paper.

New Religions and Cults: 4Truth.net - 4truth.net is maintained by the Apologetics and Interfaith Evangelism team of the North American Mission Board, an agency of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Religions - Google Directory

Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry (CARM) - CARM is several people who help keep it running. Matt Slick who is the founder and president; Ryan Turner a researcher and writer; Diane Sellner who runs the discussion boards and chat room. The purpose of the website is toequip Christians with the truth, to expose the error of false religious systems, evolution, to teach apologetics, help Christians defend the faith, and to glorify the Lord Jesus.

Joshua Project - Joshua Project is a research initiative seeking to highlight the ethnic people groups of the world with the least followers of Christ. Accurate, regularly updated ethnic people group information is critical for understanding and completing the Great Commission. Jesus said in Matthew 24:14 "This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come." Jesus directly links His return to the fulfillment of the Great Commission. While no one knows the date or time of His return, we do know that this gospel of the kingdom must be preached to all the nations first. Revelation 5:9 and 7:9-10 show that there will be some from every tribe, tongue, nation and people before the Throne. Joshua Project seeks to answer the questions that result from the Great Commission's call to make disciples among every nation or people group: Who are the ethnic people groups of the world? Which people groups still need an initial church-planting movement in their midst? What ministry resources are available to help outreach among the least-reached? Joshua Project gathers, integrates and shares people group information to encourage pioneer church-planting movements among every ethnic group and to facilitate effective coordination of mission agency efforts.

Religious News Service - RNS' first priority is to provide intelligent, objective coverage of all religions-Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Asian religions and private spirituality. RNS also provides diversse commentary of the political and theological spectrum.

World Religions: Dr. John Piper - Resources and sermons by Dr. John Piper provided on the website Desiring God.

Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life - The Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life, launched in 2001, seeks to promote a deeper understanding of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. The Pew Forum conducts surveys, demographic analyses and other social science research on important aspects of religion and public life in the U.S. and around the world. It also provides a neutral venue for discussions of timely issues through roundtables and briefings.

World Religions in Every Country; Joshua Project - Joshua Project is a research initiative seeking to highlight the ethnic people groups of the world with the least followers of Christ. Accurate, regularly updated ethnic people group information is critical for understanding and completing the Great Commission. Jesus said in Matthew 24:14 "This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come." Jesus directly links His return to the fulfillment of the Great Commission. While no one knows the date or time of His return, we do know that this gospel of the kingdom must be preached to all the nations first. Revelation 5:9 and 7:9-10 show that there will be some from every tribe, tongue, nation and people before the Throne. Joshua Project seeks to answer the questions that result from the Great Commission's call to make disciples among every nation or people group: Who are the ethnic people groups of the world? Which people groups still need an initial church-planting movement in their midst? What ministry resources are available to help outreach among the least-reached? Joshua Project gathers, integrates and shares people group information to encourage pioneer church-planting movements among every ethnic group and to facilitate effective coordination of mission agency efforts.

Religious Adherents - Adherents.com is a growing collection of over 43,870 adherent statistics and religious geography citations: references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc. The religions of the world are enumerated here.Basically, researchers can use this site to answer such questions as "How many Lutherans live in Wisconsin?", "What are the major religions of India?", or "What percentage of the world is Muslim?" We present 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. Adherents.com also has detailed lists of influential and famous adherents of over 100 different religious groups (famous Methodists, famous Jews, famous Catholics, famous Zoroastrians, famous Jehovah's Witnesses, famous Theosophists, etc.), and lists of prominent people (actors, politicians, authors, U.S. presidents, artists, musicians, Supreme Court justices, film directors, etc.) classified by religious affiliation. These lists are linked to thousands of detailed religious/spiritual biographies.

Interfaith - Interfaith.org is a freely available and independent online publication, providing information on a comprehensive range of issues relating to religion, faith, and spiritual matters. Main areas of coverage include major world religions, new religions, and spiritual development. While Interfaith.org is primarily delivered for UK readers, we also aim to cover key events across the world as relevant.This service is provided by Brite Media.

Comparative Religions - Website of Ernest Valea. Contains articles and resources comparing world relgions from a Christian perspective.

Major Religions of the World: Information Please - Information Please has been providing authoritative answers to all kinds of factual questions since 1938—first as a popular radio quiz show, then starting in 1947 as an annual almanac, and since 1998 on the Internet at www.infoplease.com. Many things have changed since 1938, but not our dedication to providing reliable information, in a way that engages and entertains. Information Please is part of Pearson, the world’s largest integrated education company. Pearson’s other primary operations include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.

World Religions by County: Information Please - Information Please has been providing authoritative answers to all kinds of factual questions since 1938—first as a popular radio quiz show, then starting in 1947 as an annual almanac, and since 1998 on the Internet at www.infoplease.com. Many things have changed since 1938, but not our dedication to providing reliable information, in a way that engages and entertains. Information Please is part of Pearson, the world’s largest integrated education company. Pearson’s other primary operations include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.

MisLinks: Scott Moreau/Wheaton College - MisLinks is a web-based directory focused on offering helpful links to Web-based resources for missionaries, mission pastors, teachers, and researchers, students of mission and mission agencies. MisLinks was initiated in 1997; it has been developed and maintained by Scott Moreau of Wheaton College and Mike O'Rear of Global Mapping, International. It contains a listing of resources on several religions.

World Religions Index - A resource website equipping Christians to understand other world faiths and religious philosophies.

Wabash Center Internet Guide to Religion - A selective, annotated guide provided by the Wabash Center 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, web sites, bibliographies, liturgies, reference resources, software, etc. The purpose of the Guide is to encourage and facilitate the incorporation of electronic resources into teaching.

World Religions Resources: Reference Desk - Reference Desk is a comprehensive resource website produced and maintained by Bob Drudge (the father of Matt Drudge of the Drudge Report).

Religion for Schools - This website devoted to providing information on the various religions of the world for secondary school students.

World Network of Religious Futures - The World Network of Religious Futurists is a team led professional society, advancing scholarship into the future of religion. It is a network of scholars researching the future of religions.

Religious Resources - ReligiousResources.org is a comprehensive directory of Internet resources for all major religions, organized into a hierarchical directory. ReligiousResources.org is developed and maintained by Susan Brumbaugh and Stan Taylor, good friends and co-owners of Aphids Communications, L.L.C.. Susan is the primary manager of the directory's content and structure; Stan concerns himself primarily with the technical aspects of the site.

World Religions: Regent University Library - A resource website provided by Regent University Library. Here are selected sites for the major world religions, other than Christianity. It is comprehensive, well-organized, and annotated. New religious movements research is a growing area of interest. Explore the links below under, New Religious Movements Research.

Religious Tolerance - A multi-faith website promoting tolerance among all religions. As of 2010-DEC, Religious Tolerance staff consists of one Atheist, Agnostic, Christian, Wiccan and Zen Buddhist. Thus, the OCRT staff lack agreement on almost all theological matters, such as belief in a supreme being, the nature of God, interpretation of the Bible and other holy texts, whether life after death exists, what form the afterlife may take, etc.

Religioscope - Launched in January 2002, Religioscope is a independent website about religions in today's world. It offers news and analyses. Religioscope pays attention to current developments and trends, but would also like to put them into historical perspective when needed. It would like to offer to its readers some keys for a better understanding of the role and place of different religions.

Religion Writers - ReligionWriters offers free tools and tips for writing about religion with balance, accuracy and insight. This is a free resource of the Religion Newswriters Association.

Religion and Spirituality - Google Directory

Evangelical Ministries to New Religions - The website for Evangelical Ministries to New Religions (EMNR), a professional membership association for individuals and ministries addressing "cults" of Christianity, new religious movements, and world religions. Each year EMNR holds a national conference in which our members and other participants network with one another, share important information and research, and increase their knowledge and ministry skills. These conferences have been held in various locations throughout the United States, including Philadelphia, Denver, Atlanta, and Chicago and on the campus of distinguished universities and seminaries such as Beeson Divinity School, Southern Baptist Seminary–Louisville, Biola University, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Center for the Study of Global Christianity - Provides the World Christian Database (WCD) is based on the award-winning World Christian Encyclopedia and World Christian Trends. This extensive work on world religion is now completely updated and integrated into the WCD online database - designed for both the casual user and research scholar. This database transforms current religious statistics into a real-time analysis tool.

Religious Movements Project: University of Virginia - On this extensive Web site of University of Virginia, you will find detailed profiles of more than two hundred different religious groups and movements. Some of them may be very familiar to you, others not. In addition, there are other valuable resources, including information on "cult" controversies, essays by respected scholars, and teaching resources on which interested visitors are invited to draw.

List of Religions and Cults: Watchman Fellowship - Watchman Fellowship maintains over 10,000 files and a research library of over 25,000 books and periodicals on religions, cults, new religious movements and related teachings.

Religion Headlines: Religion Newswriters - A service of Religion Newswriters. This site constantly updates with the latest feeds from dozens of top blogs, academic sites and mainstream media. Throughout this site, you’ll also find resources from Religion Newswriters, providing sources and resources for writers who cover religion and ethics issues.

BeliefNet - Beliefnet is independent and not affiliated with any spiritual organization or movement. Beliefnet was founded in 1999 by Steven Waldman and Robert Nylen. Steven Waldman conceived of the idea for Beliefnet in 1998 and teamed up with magazine publisher Robert Nylen to launch Beliefnet.com on December 28, 1999.

Apologetics Index - The Apologetics Index is a 'family of web sites' provides 42,850+ pages of research resources on religious cults, sects, new religious movements, alternative religions, apologetics-, anticult-, and countercult organizations, doctrines, religious practices and world views. These resources reflect a variety of theological and/or sociological perspectives.

Patheos - Founded in 2008, Patheos.com is the premier online destination to engage in the global dialogue about religion and spirituality and to explore and experience the world's beliefs. Patheos is the website of choice for the millions of people looking for credible and balanced information or resources about religion. Patheos brings together the public, academia, and the faith leaders in a single environment, and is the place where people turn on a regular basis for insight into questions, issues, and discussions. Patheos is unlike any other online religious and spiritual site and is designed to serve as a resource for those looking to learn more about different belief systems, as well as participate in productive, moderated discussions on some of today's most talked about and debated topics.