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American Family Foundation Home Page: Information About Cults and Psychological Manipulations (AFF)

http://www.csj.org/

"AFF is a secular, not-for-profit, tax-exempt research center andeducational organization founded in 1979. AFF's mission is to study psychological manipulation and cultic groups, to educate the public and professionals, and to assist those who have been adversely affected by a cult experience." The site contains periodicals of Cultic Studies, the latest news in Cultic Studies, and resources to help friends and family of cult members, former cult members, clergy, educators, therapists and counselors, and researchers. A list of links is also included.

Author: American Family Foundation, Inc.

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology

Social Sciences--Psychology

Keywords: Cults; Cultic Studies; Psychological Manipulation

American Studies Web: Philosophy and Religion

http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/asw/philos.html

This part of the American Studies Web provides access to a variety of resources related to religion in America.

Author: David Phillips

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Philosophy

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology

Keywords: American Studies

Ancient Egypt: the Mythology

http://www.EgyptianMyths.com/

"Ancient Egypt: the Mythology is a web site dedicated to supplying information about the religious beliefs of ancient Egypt." The site also provides information on the land and culture of ancient Egypt, a chronology of its history, FAQs section, links, as well as detailed information on Egypt's deities.

Author: April Arnold (Netjert@ixpres.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Africa

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology

Social Sciences--Anthropology

Keywords: religion; mythology; deity; deities

Australian Religion and Beliefs on the Internet

http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/religion.html

Comprehensive list of links to Australian sites about religion. It includes information on religious institutions, education, and organizations, Christian denominations, and several non-Christian beliefs. Part of the National Library of Australia Internet Subject Lists project.

Author: Patrick O'Neill, National Library of Australia (www@nla.gov)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology

Keywords: Aboriginal; Astrology; Baha'i; Buddhism; Gnosticism; Hinduism; Islam; Judaism; New Age; Paganism; Satanism; Scientology; Spiritism; Spiritualism; Atheism; Scepticism; Free Thought; Humanism

BeliefNet

http://www.beliefnet.com/

BeliefNet 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 try to achieve our mission by providing information and inspiration. Our site has an extraordinary collection of experts and scholars. We give you spiritual tools such as prayer circles kits to help you celebrate births, weddings, and other life milestones, as well as commemorate deaths. You can help your church, house of worship or spiritual group online. Even our products and services are selected to aid you with your spiritual search. Most important, we help you to learn from each other through a breathtaking array of discussions and dialogue groups."

Author: Beliefnet, Inc. (feedback@staff.beliefnet.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology

Keywords: belief; faith; spirituality; morality; ethics; prayer; interfaith; multi-faith

Commemorative Motifs, Mourning Images, and Memento Mori

http://members.aol.com/TombView/symbol.html

"Commemorative Motifs, Mourning Images, and Memento Mori," from the "Tomb With a View" newsletter, explains funerary symbolism. It includes a list of symbols seen on tombstones and graves, and their significance.

Author: Tomb With a View (tombview@aol.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology

Reference--Genealogy

Social Sciences--Customs, Etiquette, Folklore

Keywords: funerary; funeral; death; cemetery; graveyard; burial; tomb

The Cult Controversy

http://wp4.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/cult/cultmain.htm

"This special report brings together 50 years of [Washington] Post photographs and news clips about some of the religious and other movements whose techniques have drawn criticism. It includes an annotated chronology tracing trends among these groups, along with analysis and opinion about methods used by many of these groups."

Author: The Washington Post Company

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology

Social Sciences--Psychology

Keywords: cults; sects

Facets of Religion

http://www.bcca.org/~cvoogt/Religion/

"Facets of Religion is a collection of online information on the general subject of Religion." Includes links to sites about Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Taoism, Sikhism, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Islam, and the Bahai Faith as well as links about relicts of ancient religions, New Pagans, Wicca, and Magic, general and interreligious information, abuse of religiosity and skeptical studies, and other related topics. Religious Newsgroups and E-mail lists are also included.

Author: Casper Voogt (cvoogt@bcca.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations

Keywords: Hinduism; Buddhism; Jainism; Taoism; Sikhism; Judaism; Zoroastrianism; Christianity; Islam;; Bahai

Finding God in Cyberspace: A Guide to Religious Studies Resources on the Internet

http://www.fontbonne.edu/libserv/fgic/fgic.htm

Created in June, 1994, this comprehensive guide to Internet-based religious studies resources directs users to materials related to a large number of religions.

Author: John L. Gresham, Jr. (jgresham@fontbonne.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology

Keywords: Religious Studies; Electronic Journals; Sacred Texts

Graveyards of Chicago

http://www.graveyards.com/

Information and photographs of over six hundred Chicago tombs, organized by cemetery.

Author: Matt Hucke (hucke@cynico.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology

Reference--Genealogy

Keywords: funerary; funeral; death; grave; burial; Chicago

Interfaith Calendar

http://www.interfaithcalendar.org/

English calendar dates for holidays and holy days for several different world religions. Includes the current month through the year 2004.

Author: Morgen Krueger Ltd and Mall Area Religious Council (dkrueger@piper.hamline.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology

Reference--Calendars

Keywords: Calendar; Holidays; Holy Days

Interfaith Working Group Online

http://www.iwgonline.org/

Focuses on religious diversity and social issues, particularly the separation of church & state, reproductive freedom, and equal rights for sexual minorities. Features a newsletter, links to similar sites, sermons and letters from clergy members who support their mission, and summaries of current debates.

Author: Chris & Barbara Purdom (iwg@iwgonline.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology

Mysticism in World Religions

http://www.digiserve.com/mystic/

"This site presents the mystical traditions of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taosim. You can compare and contrast these six religion, or you can look at each religion individually by going to that religion's particular index."

Author: Deb Platt (mystic@digiserve.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology

Keywords: Mysticism; Judaism; Christianity; Islam; Sufism; Buddhism; Hinduism; Taoism

Origins

http://www.origins.org/

"Features scholarly and popular resources concerning intelligent design and philosophical theism." Types of resources include articles and essays; interviews; book reviews; and debates. Topics covered include intelligent design; creationism; theism; atheism; and Darwinism & evolution.

Author: Leadership University

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Philosophy

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology

Keywords: Creationism; Theism; Atheism; Evolution

The Religious Freedom Home Page

http://www.religious-freedom.org/

"This non-denominational, informational web site will provide historical background and readable access to established laws that protect" the right of religious freedom. "In addition, it will explore new legislative activities, challenges, and interest in religious freedom taking place throughout the world. This site is intended to educate and inform individuals about their right to worship freely."

Author: Christian Science Committee on Publication, Boston, MA (religfree@compub.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology

Keywords: Religious Freedom; First Amendment; Religious Freedom Restoration Act; Constitution

The Religious Movements Page

http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/

"This Religious Movements site provides a foundation for understanding how religious groups emerge, grow, stagnate, reinvigorate themselves, and sometimes die... While the focus of this site is on 'new' religions, our concern with the processes of change and development leads us to an examination of groups that are older than the major Western monotheistic traditions, and some that are so new that they have few members and appear to exist primarily as web sites. We also explore groups that are not really religions, but have characteristics that are very much like religions."
This information-packed site includes profiles of more than 200 religious groups, each with a bibliography and links to related Web resources; lectures notes from Mr. Hadden's Religious Movements course at The University of Virginia; and a bibliography dealing with cult controversies. Also links to separate but related sites dealing with Religious Freedom and Religious Broadcasting.

Author: Jeffrey K. Hadden

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations

Keywords: Cults; Controversies; Controversy; Sects

Renaissance Liturgical Imprints: A Census (RELICS)

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~davidcr/

"This is a database of information about worship books printed before 1601... RELICS now includes information on over 8,890 titles. This information is based upon personal inspections of books in most of the major research libraries of the United States and also libraries in a few selected European cities. Some additional information derives from published bibliographies and library catalogs."

Author: David Crawford (davidcr@umich.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology

Keywords: Religion; Renaissance

Science & Spirit Resources

http://science-spirit.com/

"Science & Spirit Resources is an interdisciplinary website whose purpose is to provide information and education in the field of science and spiritual thought. It is developing resources for scholars in the field of science and religion. The information and resources include: News of conferences and speakers; People and their views; Calendar of events; Bookstore; Databases access; Linked sites; Job openings" A text only version is available.

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology

Science & Technology

Keywords: Science; Spirituality

The Secular Web

http://www.infidels.org/

Collection of materials relating to atheism.

Author: Internet Infidels (infidel@freethought.tamu.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology

Keywords: Atheism; Organizations

Separation of Church and State Home Page

http://members.tripod.com/~candst/tnppage/tnpidx.htm/

This site provides information defending the separation of Church and State in America. Features include "An overview of the debate," "What the Founders belived about separation," "Answering the religious right," "The case against government-sponsored prayer," and "The case against school vouchers." Detailed descriptions of important Establishment Clause cases from 1899 to the present are also included as well as additional articles, important separationist documents, and other links.

Author: Tom Peters, Jim Allison, and Susan Batte (TNPETE01@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU, JALISON@INFI.NET, and SBATTE@NORFOLK.INFI.NET)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology

Keywords: Church and State; Religious Freedom; First Amendment; Constitution

The Talk.Origins Archive

http://www.talkorigins.org/

"Talk.origins is a Usenet newsgroup devoted to the discussion and debate of biological and physical origins. Most discussions in the newsgroup center on the creation/evolution controversy, but other topics of discussion include the origin of life, geology, biology, catastrophism, cosmology and theology. 
"This archive is a collection of articles and essays, most of which have appeared in talk.origins at one time or another. The primary reason for this archive's existence is to provide mainstream scientific responses to the many frequently asked questions (FAQs) and frequently rebutted assertions that appear in talk.origins."

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology

Science & Technology--Earth Sciences--Geosciences (Geology & Geophysics)

Science & Technology--Life Sciences

Keywords: Evolution; Creation

Virtual Religion Index

http://religion.rutgers.edu/vri/

"Annotated catalog of hyperlinks for research in fields related to religion. This index is designed as a tool for students with little time. It analyzes & highlights important content of religion-related websites to speed research. Hyperlinks are provided not only to homepages but to major subsites, directories & documents within. Our purpose is not to circumvent tours of worthy sites, but to cut down the time spent on surfing, click-throughs, and sorting of gopher searches. "

Author: Mahlon H.Smith (mahsmith@rci.rutgers.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology

Keywords: Resources

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