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Internet Links - Religious Studies

While the Library staff thinks that these sites may be useful to our patrons, they are not under our control and we are not responsible for their content.

Academic Guide to Jewish History: Major Print and Internet Scholarly Resources website
This website is focused on presenting Jewish history resources of use to the academic community. The contents consist of both electronic and print titles, with a list of all the titles on the site. More than five hundred resources are included. The AGJH offers a built-in search engine for keyword searching, along with a pull-down menu to locate materials by category, such as Historical Atlases, Book Reviews, and Discussion Lists. Each entry is annotated, when appropriate, and if an entry is available online at no cost, an active link is provided.
http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/jewishhistory/

Islamic Studies, Islam, Arabic, and Religion
Although it begins with Islamic scholars speaking out against terrorism, the main emphasis of this site is a collection of annotated sites about the Qur'an, Sufism, Sunni, Islam in the modern world, women's rights, art, architecture, music, Arabic language study, and more. From a professor of religion at the University of Georgia.
http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/
Subjects: Civilization, Islamic -- Study and teaching | Islamic countries -- Civilization -- Study and teaching | Islam | Arabic language | September 11, 2001
Copyright 2002 by Librarians' Index to the Internet, lii.org.

Muslim Life in America
"This Web site is an attempt to capture in photographs, words, and statistics something of the extraordinary range and richness of ordinary Muslim life in this country." There are articles such as "Beliefs and Banking" and "Religion -Exploring Issues, Answers and Beliefs: Reflections on Ramadan." From the U.S. Department of State's Office of International Information Programs.
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/muslimlife/homepage.htm
Subjects: Islam -- United States | Muslims -- United States -- Social life and customs
Copyright 2002 by Librarians' Index to the Internet, lii.org.

American Religious Identification Survey
The results of a "ten-year...study of religious identification among American adults...." There are 15 exhibits (charts) describing the way Americans feel about various religions, how their outlook has changed, age, gender, race, ethnicity, and membership statistics, and a comparison with the results of a similar survey taken in 1990. The results are summarized in a Key Findings section. From The Graduate Center, The City University of New York.
http://www.gc.cuny.edu/studies/aris_index.htm
Subjects: Religions -- United States... Created by: dlm on Jan. 10, 2002
Copyright 2002 by Librarians' Index to the Internet, lii.org.

American Religion Data Archive (ARDA)
Users can search or browse this database that seeks to collect, preserve, and provide access to quantitative data on American religion. Includes surveys on the general population, religious groups, and religious professionals; aggregate data on congregations, churches and denominations; and interactive maps and reports on church membership. There are also annotated links to related resources.
http://www.thearda.com/
Subjects: Religion -- Statistics... Created by: nbh
Copyright 2002 by Librarians' Index to the Internet, lii.org.