• Encyclopedia of American religious history, 2001. R200 Q44
• Encyclopedia of Religion 2nd Ed., 2005. Gale Virtual Reference Library eBook
• The Oxford dictionary of world religions, 1997. R200.3 O84
• Religions of the world: a comprehensive encyclopedia of beliefs & practices, 2002. R291 R45
• The encyclopedia of African and African-American religions, 2001. R299 E53

Bible

• The Complete Bible handbook, 1998. R200.6 B69
• Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible, 2000. R220.3 E44
• The New Oxford Annotated Bible; with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical books, 3rd ed., 2001. R220.520 N43
• The HarperCollins Bible commentary, 2000. R220.7 H37

Christianity/Catholicism

• World Christian encyclopedia: a comparative survey of churches & religions AD 30-AD 2000. R230.9 B3
• Encyclopedia of the Vatican & the Papacy, 1999. R262 E53
• The HarperCollins encyclopedia of Catholicism, 1995. R282 H37
• Historical dictionary of the Reformation & Counter-Reformation, 2000. R270.6 H55
• The A to Z of Catholicism, 2001. R282 C64
• New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd ed. 2002. R282.03 C286

Buddhism

• A popular dictionary of Buddhism, 3rd ed. R294.3 H9, 3rd ed.
• Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Macmillan Reference, 2004. R294.3 E63 2004

Judaism

• The new encyclopedia of Judaism. New York University Press, 2002. R296 E63
• The Oxford dictionary of the Jewish Religion, 1997. R296 O94
• The Talmud = [Talmud Bavli]: the Steinsaltz edition, 1989. R296.1 S59

Islam

• Dictionary of Qur'anic terms and concepts, 1987. R297 M57
• Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim world. 2004. R297 E63 2004
• Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an, 2001. R297.1 E53
• What's right with Islam: a new vision for Muslims and the West, 2004. R297 A23 2004

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OVERVIEWS

• American Religion Data Archive
  Includes quantitative data about churches, membership, congregations, and denominations.
• ATLA Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative
  Repository of digital resources contributed by member libraries, including images of woodcuts, photographs, slides, papyri, coins, maps, and manuscripts.
• Gifford Lectures Online
  Full texts of Gifford lectures on natural theology. A number of these works have become classics in the fields of theology or philosophy and their relationship to science.
• The Internet Sacred Text Archive
  Electronic texts on religion, mythology, legends & folklore, and occult topics.
• The Pluralism Project
  Harvard University site seeking to help Americans engage with realities of religious diversity through research, outreach, and dissemination of resources.
• Religion Explorer
  Search engine that searches only in religion related sites.
• Religion Newswriters Foundation
  Resources for journalists reporting about religion and those looking for up-to-date news on religion.

CHRISTIANITY

• New Testament Gateway
• Five Gospel Parallels
  The texts of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Thomas in English, with cross-references to parallel passages. View texts side by side.
• Christian Classics Ethereal Library
  Classic Christian books in electronic format.
• Resources for American Christianity
  Offers documents from research projects funded by Lilly Foundation. Research topics include church leadership, congregations, ethics, and worship.
• World Wide Study Bible
  Site's goal is to organize all Bible-related resources on the Web according to scripture reference.
• The Text this Week
  Features a wide variety of resources for study and liturgy based on the 3-year Revised Common Lectionary cycle.

CATHOLICISM

• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
• Worldwide Lasallian Links
• English Translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church
  Second Edition English translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Includes corrections promulgated by Pope John Paul II on 8 September 1997.
• Catholic Encyclopedia, 1st ed. (1914)
  *The 2nd edition of the New Catholic Encyclopedia (2002) is available in Reference: R282.03 C286.
• Catholic Encyclopedia: List of Popes
• Association of Catholic Colleges & Universities
• Documents of the Vatican II Council

JUDAISM

• JewishEncyclopedia.com
  Complete contents of 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia published 1901-06.
• Jewish Women's Archive
  Multimedia archive on history of Jewish women in America.
• Jews in America
  Devoted to the experience of American Jews from 1654 to the present day, site offers video minidocumentaries, short historical essays, and more.
• Torah.net

ISLAM

• Introduction to Islam
  Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of Islam.
• Islam 101
  Educational site on Islam, its way of life, civilization and culture.

BUDDHISM

• BuddhaNet
  Buddhist information and education network provides access to many full-text materials, online study guides, and e-book and audio libraries.

HINDUSIM

• About.com: Hinduism
• An Introduction to Hinduism

RELIGION & SCIENCE

• Counterbalance Interactive Library
  Explores relationship between religion and science. Presents contributions from many leading scholars in the fields of religion, philosophy, and science.
• Interdisciplinary Encyclopedia of Religion & Science
  Online encyclopedia offers scholarly articles relevant to comtemporary dialogue between religion and science, primarly from a Catholic theological perspective.