I will attempt to add Websites here from time to time that may interest you and/or help you begin research in the area of religions in America.  If you find any sites that you would like to add to this page, please e-mail them to Dr. Baldwin.  Have fun!

CHECK YOUR FACTS:
 Urban Legends
 Pew Forum

GENERAL BACKGROUNd:

American Religion Data Archive
American Religion Image Library

The American Religious Experience

Buddhism Dying out in Japan
Church Architecture
Statistics on Religion and Churches

Creeds of Christendom  
Creation v. Evolution
Evidence of New Species
Millennialism/Apocalypticism 
Religion in the South
Psychology of Religion
Politics and Religion
Post September 11 Attitudes
World Religions Web Sites
Speakout.com:  activism, morality & religion
Scoring the World's Religions
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

The bible:

Archaeology and the OT
Bible Study Tools
Monsters in the Bible
Pagan Origins of the Christian Myth

Canon of the Bible

Canon of the New Testament
(cf. Luther vs. the Canon) (see also) 
Gospel Canon 
Inspiration of the Bible

Jefferson Bible
Mutation, Selection and Vertical Transmission of Theistic Memes in Religious  Canons
Resource Pages for Early Christian Writings
The Book of Revelation  The Book of Revelation TWO
What we know about Early Christianity
A Secular Humanist History of Christianity and the Bible
The Search for Jesus 
From Jesus to Christ  
Did Jesus Exist?
What the Christian Fundamentalist Doesn't Want You to Know
New Interpretations of Paul
The Greek Bible
Why Bible Codes don't exist   
Problems with the Gospels' Accounts of the Crucifixion

History of American Christianity:

Did the founding fathers create a "Christian" nation?
Religion and the Founding of the American Republic
First Great Awakening
Jonathan Edwards
The Church in the Southern Black Community

VARIOUS FAITHS:

Religious Tolerance
Assemblies of God
Atheism
Christian Science:  Site One.  
Church of God in Christ
Episcopal Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Hermetic Fellowship
Islamic Society of North America
Islamic Texts and Resources MetaPage
Muslims in America
Understanding Militant Islam
Jehovah's Witnesses
Landover Baptist Church
Mormonism:  LDS. General Conference IRR.
Nation of Islam
New Age Journal's Home Page
New Thought Home Page
Orthodox Church in America
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
American Presbyterian Church
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Roman Catholic Church New Advent Catholic Online
Science of Mind Online
Scientology     Everything you Want to Know Site  Site Two.  Site Three.
Self-Realization Fellowship
Seventh Day Adventists:  Site One.  Site Two.
Southern Baptist Convention
Theosophical Society
The Unitarian Universalist Association
United Church of Christ
United Methodist Church
Wiccan Resources

SKEPTICS

American Atheists
American Humanist Association
Apostates
Beyond Belief: Candles in the Dark


Carlin on Religion

Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
Debunking Christianity
False Statements in the Bible
God is Imaginary

Humanism

The Problem with Biblical Inerrancy
Proofs of God's Existence
The Reason Project

South Park episodes (mormonism) (scientology)
The Complete Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
The Works of Thomas Paine
Why Bible is Repulsive
Why won't God heal amputees?

Online Sources for Religion News
NOTE:  The following, as well as some of the Web sites above, are from Perspectives on Faith: A Web Site for Inquiry about Religion, the Web site of Julia M. Corbett, Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Philosophy at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
bullet   Religion News Service : "For more than 60 years, Religion News Service has been providing the nation's leading news outlets with intelligent, objective coverage of all religions -- Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Asian religions, private spirituality, New Age and tribal beliefs." The most comprehensive of these. It has a multifaith calendar of festivals and events and weekly commentary, as well.
bullet   World-wide Faith News : A searchable data base of full text news releases and other information, including policy statements, from national and world faith groups.
bullet   Religion News Today : Summary of news relevant primarily to the evangelical Christian community of faith


 


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This page last updated 3/17/12