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Cross Currents
"CrossCurrents is a global network for people of faith and intelligence who are committed to connecting the wisdom of the heart and the life of the mind. In print, online and in real time, we bring people together across lines of difference around issues of common concern."
http://www.crosscurrents.org/
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IntraText Digital Library
A massive collection of texts, including a subsection called Religiosa, "Over 3700 texts, opera omnia and holy books in 40 languages from christian and other religions." The site features hypertext concordances.
http://www.intratext.com/
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Exploring Ancient World Cultures
This site provides an excellent multi-faceted introduction to the ancient world. The well written introductory essays are accompanied by a chronology, essays, images, Internet links, and electronic texts. Geographical areas covered: Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, Islam, Europe.
http://eawc.evansville.edu/index.htm
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Interfaith Calendar
This site offers calendars listing the holidays of the major world religions, along with other related resources.
http://www.interfaithcalendar.org/
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Electronic Images
A set of links which enable the user to access images from the major world religions. Maintained by Saundra Lipton at the University of Calgary.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~lipton/images.html
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United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
"The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is an independent, bipartisan U.S. government agency that was created by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to monitor the status of freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief abroad, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and related international instruments, and to give independent policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State and the Congress."
http://www.uscirf.gov/
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Deitrick, Jim
Prof. Deitrick teaches at the University of Central Arkansas.
http://faculty.uca.edu/deitrick/
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"Judaism, Christianity, Islam (& Zoroastrianism)"
A course by Herbert Berg at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
http://www.herbertberg.com/par230/
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"Religions of the Book: Judaism, Christianity and Islam"
A course by Greta Austin at the University of Puget Sound.
http://www.ups.edu/documents/REL204s05.pdf
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Axis Mundi
"Axis Mundi is an online journal edited and maintained by Religious Studies students at the University of Alberta. Axis Mundi accepts contributions from students in any year of studies - undergraduate and graduate - in Universities and Colleges across Canada. We encourage submissions pertaining to any aspect of the academic study of religion."
http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/axismundi/
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Religion and Ethics Newsweekly
This web site is related to a weekly television program on PBS.
http://www.thirteen.org/religionandethics/index.html
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Collisions of Religion and Violence
A collection of articles published in Cross Currents.
http://www.crosscurrents.org/violencespecial.htm
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ATLA Religion Database
"The ATLA Religion Database is the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. This comprehensive bibliographic database spans 50 years. Selected records go back as far as 1818. The one-million-plus records in the ATLA Religion Database include: journal articles; multi-author works containing essays; book reviews, etc. Coverage areas for RDB include: Bible, archaeology, and antiquities; human culture and society; church history, missions, and ecumenism; pastoral ministry; world religions and religious studies; and theology, philosophy, and ethics."
http://www.atla.com/products/catalogs.html
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Index theologicus (IxTheo)
"This database contains document descriptions from more than 600 periodicals and from Festschriften and congress publications."
http://www.ixtheo.de/cgi-bin/ixtheo/maskeeng.pl?db=ixtheo
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Religion and Philosophy Collection
"This database is a comprehensive database covering topics such as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. With more than 285 full text journals and unparalleled coverage of the subject areas listed above, the Religion & Philosophy Collection is an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies."
http://www.epnet.com/titleLists/rl-complete.htm
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Religious and Theological Abstracts
"Religious and Theological Abstracts provides objective summaries of articles appearing in scholarly journals in the fields of Religion and Theology. We list a wide variety of periodical literature, including Christian, Jewish, and other world religions, and provide English language abstracts of articles in English, Hebrew, Afrikaans, and major European languages." Available in print, cd-rom, and Internet formats.
http://www.rtabst.org/
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Calendar Converter
This site enables you to convert dates between many different calendars, including Gregorian, Julian, Hebrew, Islamic, etc.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/calendar/
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Creedopedia
A search engine focusing on religious resources on the Internet.
http://www.creedopedia.com/
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Religious Resources on the Net
"ReligiousResources.org is a comprehensive directory of Internet resources for all major religions, organized into a hierarchical directory."
http://www.religiousresources.org/
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Ben Zvi, Ehud
Prof. Ben Zvi teaches at the University of Alberta. His site provides extensive links to information under these headings: ANCIENT - Refers to the website section about ancient Mesopotamia and the Levant. HEBREW BIBLE - Refers to resources pertaining to the Hebrew Bible and related topics. FROM CYRUS TO JESUS - Refers to the website resources that cover "The Second Temple Period" in Judah within its larger historical and geographical context. JUDAISM - Resources that pertain to Judaism. WORLD RELIGIONS - "Religions of the World" site, resources that cover all major world religions. RESOURCES - Resources for writing papers.
http://www.ualberta.ca/~ebenzvi/teaching.html
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AAR (American Academy of Religion) Syllabus Project
"The AAR Syllabus Project offers a wide range of course syllabi from scholars working within the academic study of religion. Some of the best teachers in the field, both junior and senior, have contributed their most creative syllabi to this site." Maintained by Joe DeRose.
http://www.aarweb.org/Programs/Syllabus_Project/default.asp
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Syracuse University Religion Courses
A collection of courses on a wide range of subjects.
http://religion.syr.edu/courses.html
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Concise Dictionary of Religion
Maintained by Irving Hexham.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~nurelweb/books/concise/
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Encyclopedia Mythica
"This is an encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, magic, and more. It contains over 4300 definitions of gods and goddesses, supernatural beings and legendary creatures and monsters from all over the world." Maintained by M.F. Lindemans.
http://www.pantheon.org/
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Internet Sacred Text Archive
"This site is a freely available non-profit archive of electronic texts about religion, mythology, legends and folklore, and occult and esoteric topics. Texts are presented in English translation and, in some cases, in the original language. This site has no particular agenda other than promoting religious tolerance and scholarship." Here you will find texts relating to the major world religions, as well as many lesser known topics.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm
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Ishwar.com
This site offers the basic sacred texts of the major world religions.
http://www.ishwar.com/
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World Scripture: A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts
"This collection contains over 4000 scriptural passages from 268 sacred texts and 55 oral traditions, and is organized in terms of 164 different themes. This text is the result of a five-year project involving the collaboration of an international team of 40 recognized scholars representing all the major religious traditions of the world."
http://www.unification.net/ws/
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Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
"The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to both disciplinary and interdisciplinary scholarship of a cutting-edge nature that deals broadly with the phenomenon of religion and cultural theory."
http://www.jcrt.org/
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Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies
"J.S.R.I. is an international publication of the Seminar for the Interdisciplinary Research of Religions and Ideologies. It is a peer-review academic publication intended for professors and young researchers interested in the study of religions and ideologies. J.S.R.I. encourages interdisciplinary approaches engaging the following domains: interreligious dialogue, philosophy of religions, political philosophy and political science, ethics, religious studies, anthropology, sociology, educational science and communications theory. Proposals from other related spheres of research can be submitted to the editors. J.S.R.I. is an open-access journal published on the internet, with three issues per year. The languages in which materials can be published are English and Romanian."
http://www.jsri.ro/
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Philosophy East and West
Selected articles, mostly on Eastern religions, but also addressing their influence on Western thought.
http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT//cfb_phil.htm
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South Asia Graduate Research Journal
"SAGAR is a biannual journal sponsored by the Center for Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. The journal showcases exceptional graduate student and junior scholar articles. It also includes faculty and graduate research methodology, reports from the field, and book reviews. The journal is available in electronic and bound editions."
http://inic.utexas.edu/asnic/pages/sagar/
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Bibliographies on the Net
A substantial gathering of bibliographies in religious studies. Main headings: General / Bahai / Biblical Studies / Buddhism / Christianity / Confucianism / Hinduism / Islam / Judaism / Native Religion / Taoism / Women / Other. Maintained by Saundra Lipton at the University of Calgary.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~lipton/biblio.html
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"Dark Self East and West"
A course by Mark Unno at the University of Oregon.
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~munno/OregonCourses/REL353W05/darkside.htm
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"Great Religious Traditions of the World"
A course by Douglas Cowan at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
http://c.faculty.umkc.edu/cowande/syllabi/greatrel.htm
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"Holy City: Jerusalem in Time, Space, and the Imagination"
A course by Michael Zank at Boston University.
http://www.bu.edu/mzank/Michael_Zank/jerusalem.html
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"Introduction to World Religions"
A course by Lori Rowlett at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire.
http://www.uwec.edu/philrel/faculty/rowlett/rels100sylfall04pg1-3.htm
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"Major Western Religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam"
A course by Tyler Roberts at Grinnell College.
http://web.grinnell.edu/courses/rel/s04/rel115-01/
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"Introduction to World Religions"
A course by Gisela Webb at Seton Hall University.
http://pirate.shu.edu/~webbgise/world_religions.html
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"Islam, Judaism, and Christianity"
A course by Loren Lybarger at California State University at Chico.
http://www.csuchico.edu/rs/syllabi/SyllabiSpring05/RS006LLS05.pdf
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"Jerusalem: Heavenly City, Earthly City"
A course by James Aageson at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota.
http://www4.cord.edu/religion/aageson/rel214d.htm
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"Origin of Western Religion"
A course by Catherine Murphy at Santa Clara University.
http://www-relg-studies.scu.edu/facstaff/murphy/courses/sctr011/syllabus.htm
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"Religions of the West: Spiritual Foundations of Judaism, Christianity and Islam"
A course by Jacqueline Marina at Purdue University.
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~marinaj/religion.htm
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"Religions of the World"
A course by Jennifer Hamilton at Gulf Coast Community College.
http://socsci.gulfcoast.edu/jenniferhamilton/syllabus1.htm
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"Religious Comparisons: Cosmologies"
A course by Loye Ashton at Millsaps College.
http://www.millsaps.edu/religion/3500.shtml
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"Religious Fundamentalisms in Comparative Perspective"
A course by Douglas Cowan at the University of Missouri Kansas City.
http://c.faculty.umkc.edu/cowande/syllabi/relfunds.htm
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"Saints and Sages in Comparative Perspective"
A course by Miriam Dean-Otting at Kenyon College.
http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Religion/Fac/DeanOtting/Reln490/syl490.htm
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"Wealth, Power, and Justice in the World's Religions"
A course by Andrew Flescher at California State University, Chico.
http://www.csuchico.edu/rs/syllabi/Syllabi04/RS154AFS04.pdf
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"World Religions"
A course by Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus at Wheaton College (Mass.).
http://www2.wheatoncollege.edu/Academic/AcademicDept/Religion/102f01jbk/main.html
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"World Religions"
A course by Jim Deitrick at the University of Central Arkansas.
http://faculty.uca.edu/deitrick/
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"World Religions"
A course by Alan Fox at the University of Delaware.
http://www.udel.edu/Philosophy/afox/PHIL204/syl05s.html
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"World Religions"
A course by Natalie Gummer at Beloit College.
http://beloit.edu/~gummern/courses/worldreligions/index.shtml
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"World Religions: Abrahamic Faiths"
A course by Adam Porter at Illinois College.
http://www2.ic.edu/aporter/289.html
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"World Religions and Global Issues"
A course by James Anderson at California State University, Chico.
http://www.csuchico.edu/rs/syllabi/SyllabiSpring05/RS182JAS05.pdf
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"World Religions: Religions of Near Eastern Origin"
A course by Stephen Shoemaker at the University of Oregon.
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~sshoemak/102/rel102_2005.htm
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"World Religious Traditions I"
A course by Grant Fleming at Regis University.
http://academic.regis.edu/gfleming/rc220a/rc220a_main.htm
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"World Religious Traditions II"
A course by Grant Fleming at Regis University.
http://academic.regis.edu/gfleming/rc220b/rc220b_main.htm
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"World Religions: Traditions in the Modern World"
A course by David Bains at Samford University.
http://faculty.samford.edu/~drbains/relg301.htm
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"Dreams in the Religious Experience of Humankind"
A course by James Gollnick at the University of Waterloo.
http://www.religiousstudies.uwaterloo.ca/rs370.syl.f03.htm
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"Myth and Ritual"
A course by Jed Wyrick at California State University at Chico.
http://www.csuchico.edu/rs/syllabi/SyllabiFall04/RS100JWF04.pdf
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Exploring Religions
This site offers introductory material on Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism. Maintained by Paul Flesher at the University of Wyoming.
http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/religionet/er/default.htm
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International Association for the History of Religions
"The International Association for the History of Religions serves to promote the academic study of religions through the international collaboration of all scholars whose research has a bearing on the subject. It consists in principle of its member associations which are established in various countries and regions throughout the world."
http://www.iahr.dk/
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North American Association for the Study of Religion
"The North American Association for the Study of Religion was initially formed in 1985 to encourage the historical, comparative, structural, theoretical and cognitive study of religion among North American scholars; to represent North American scholars of religion at the international level; and to sustain communication between North American scholars and their international colleagues engaged in the study of religion."
http://www.naasr.com/
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Overview of World Religions
This site offers a well-organized introductory tour of the major and minor religions of the world, covering doctrines, history, geographical distribution, statistics on membership, etc. Most of the contributors teach at English universities. General Editor: Elliott Shaw, Department of Religion and Ethics, St. Martin's College, Lancaster.
http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/index.html
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Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy
"The Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy was established in 1967 as a non-profit organization aimed at advancing the development of the disciplines of Asian and comparative philosophy in the international academic arena, and bringing together Asian and Western philosophers, as well as other scholars interested in Asian and comparative philosophy, for a mutually beneficial exchange of ideas."
http://www.sacpweb.org/
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World Network of Religious Futurists
This site offers essays on various aspects of the future of religion.
http://www.wnrf.org/
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"Religion and Nature"
A course by Joseph Adler at Kenyon College.
http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Religion/Fac/Adler/Reln481/syl481.htm
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"World Religions"
A course by Prince Conteh at McMaster Divinity College.
http://www.macdiv.ca/courses/documents/Conteh--WorldReligionsrevised.pdf
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Online Gallery: Sacred Texts
A large collection of online manuscripts and illuminated works from Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and other religions. Maintained by the British Library.
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/index.html
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Adherents.com
"Adherents.com is a growing collection of over 41,000 adherent statistics and religious geography citations -- references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc. Basically, researchers can use this site to answer such questions as 'How many Methodists live in Indiana?', 'What are the major religions of India?', or 'What percentage of the world is Hindu?' We present data from both primary research sources such as government census reports, statistical sampling surveys and organizational reporting, as well as citations from secondary literature which mention adherent statistics."
http://www.adherents.com/
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Pluralism Project
"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." This site offers: Images of America; On Common Ground CD-ROM; World Religions in Boston On-line Version; Directory of Religious Centers On-line Database; bibliographies, syllabi, links, and other information.
http://www.pluralism.org
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Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
"A semi-annual journal dedicated to the academic study of Japanese religions. First published in 1960 as Contemporary Religions in Japan, it was given its present name in 1974."
http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/SHUBUNKEN/publications/jjrs/jjrsMain.htm
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"Seminar in the Religions of Late Antiquity"
A course by John Reeves at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
http://www.religiousstudies.uncc.edu/jcreeves/6615syll.htm
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"World Religion"
A course by Dan Hinman-Smith at North Island College.
http://www.misterdann.com/religionsyllabus.htm
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World Religion: Audio Links
A collection of links to audio clips discussing aspects of religion.
http://www.misterdann.com/religionaudiolinks.htm
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World Religion
A web site which includes a substantial collection of links to Internet resources on the study of religion. Maintained by Dan Hinman-Smith.
http://www.misterdann.com/contentsworldreligion.htm
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Schoyen Collection
"The Schøyen Collection comprises most types of manuscripts from the whole world spanning over 5000 years. It is the largest private manuscript collection formed in the 20th century."
http://www.schoyencollection.com/
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Online Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet
This electronic journal focuses on the interface between religion and cyberspace.
http://online.uni-hd.de/
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"Encountering World Religions"
A course by Jeffrey Robbins at Lebanon Valley College.
http://personal-pages.lvc.edu/robbins/REL140.Syllabus.Fall05.html
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"Global Ethics and the World's Religions"
A course by Peter McCourt at Virginia Commonwealth University.
http://www.aarweb.org/syllabus/syllabi/m/mccourt/McCourt-20080505-GEWR.pdf
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"World Religions in North America"
A course by Mark Hulsether at the University of Tennesee, Knoxville.
http://web.utk.edu/~hulseth/rrbw.html
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"Sainthood in Four Traditions"
A course by Timothy Lubin at Washington and Lee University.
http://home.wlu.edu/~lubint/s-216.08.pdf
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"World Religions"
A course by June McDaniel at the College of Charleston.
http://www.cofc.edu/~rels/Syllabi%20081/RELS105003-081.pdf
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"World Religions"
A course by Elijah Siegler at the College of Charleston.
http://www.cofc.edu/~rels/siegler3.htm
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"Comparative Religions: Worldview"
A course by Mathew Schmalz at College of the Holy Cross.
http://college.holycross.edu/faculty/mschmalz/comparative.pdf
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"Holy Land"
A course by Suleiman Mourad at Smith College.
http://sophia.smith.edu/~smourad/holylandsyllabus.pdf
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"Judaism, Christianity, Islam"
A course by Robert Bowman at Manchester College.
http://users.manchester.edu/facstaff/rcbowman/JCI-syllabus.htm
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"Religions of the World"
A course by Kenneth Atkinson at the University of Northern Iowa.
http://www.uni.edu/atkinson/worldreligions/rowsyllabus.html
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"World Religions in Dialogue"
A course by Fred Strickert at Wartburg College.
http://faculty.wartburg.edu/strickert/WRsyllabus.htm
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"Philosophy of Comparative Religion"
A course by William Mountcastle at the University of Western Florida.
http://www.uwf.edu/philosophy/facstaff/wmountcastle/pHI6767.pdf
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"World Religions and Global Issues"
A course by Thomas Parker at California State University, Chico.
http://www.csuchico.edu/rs/syllabi/Spring%202008/parker_rels332.html
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"World Religions and Global Issues"
A course by Michelle de Beixedon at California State University, Chico.
http://www.csuchico.edu/rs/syllabi/Spring%202008/debeixedon_rels332.html
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"World Religions and Global Issues"
A course by James Anderson at California State University, Chico.
http://www.csuchico.edu/rs/syllabi/Spring%202008/anderson_rels332.html
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"Judaism, Christianity, Islam"
A course by Micki Lennon at California State University, Chico.
http://www.csuchico.edu/rs/syllabi/Spring%202008/lennon_rels100.html
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"World Religions"
A course by Clayton Crockett at the University of Central Arkansas.
http://faculty.uca.edu/claytonc/World%20Religions.htm
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