WORLD RELIGION RESOURCES

The following sites have been awarded the ARIL Hot Site designation as offering among the best resources concerning world religion on the Internet.

• Mysticism in World Religions   Interesting format, numerous links, especially to Buddhist resources. These pages are put together by Deb Platt entirely out of her "household income." A wonderful example of how one person's intimate vision of the relationship between and among world religions can find creative expression on the Internet.
• Adherents.com  The place to go for facts and figures about membership in most world religions and denominations.
• The GodWeb  features an active blog, original articles and information on the relationship between Christianity and other world religions.
• The Pluralism Project was developed by Diana L. Eck at Harvard University to study and document the growing religious diversity of the United States, with a special view to its new immigrant religious communities. The website includes a description of the CD-ROM and slide sets that give teachers and students of religion a remarkable multi-media resource to enhance their appreciation of religious diversity.
• English Literature and Religion. The work of William S. Peterson, Professor of English at the University of Maryland, the main feature of this Web site is a large bibliographical database that lists and indexes writings by and about English figures of literary or spiritual importance, from the Middle Ages to the present. The database has been conceived on an ambitious scale, and anyone interested in the topic will want to visit this site frequently and watch it grow!
• Chinese University of Hong Kong: Research Institute for the Humanities Massive collection of philosophy and world religion resources; a well designed set of pages with links to study materials covering religion in particular and the humanities in general. Advanced HTML features.
• Literature Research Tools, including classical and biblical as compiled by Jack Lynch, at Rutgers University. Well organized and well presented tools for the student of religion who is interested in the wider social and cultural context in which the great religious traditions exist and to which they contribute in sometimes surprising and refreshing ways.
• Religion, Society and Culture   Dr. Hans Rollman of the Department of Religious Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland, has put together a visually appealing site combining serious scholarship with an obvious devotion to his subject. His pages covering nearly all aspects of the religious history and culture of Newfoundland are an example of how effective the Internet can be in communicating specialized knowledge to a wide audience that would not encounter it in any traditional medium.
• The Secular Web  Resources in service of the secular, but there is much discussion here of biblical and theological issues. Though the editors of these pages put themselves forward as atheists and infidels, we admire their humor, irony, and élan.
• Pitts Theology Library, Emory University Here, by contrast, are the resources of a major theological library bringing to the Internet serious research tools for students of religion.
• Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance   A refreshing voice for inter-religious understanding within a sea of Internet intolerance. This site contains much useful information about world religions, religious hatred, and other related topics, including many interesting links and opportunities for dialogue across religious boundaries.
• Center for the Study of Religion at UCLA. This web site includes information about the Center as well as current or recent conferences and other special events. While the website needs to be updated on a more regular basis, the information about UCLS's excellent interdisciplinary program is most welcome.

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