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Philosophy and Religion Resources

Educational Change: A Journal of Role Analysis and Institutional Change

Peer-reviewed journal published by the College at Oneonta Philosophy Department.

Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Oneonta only

Provides up-to-date articles on philosophical themes (such as metaphysics, ethics, law); world philosophies (such as African, Japanese, Tibetan); periods; world religions (such as Islam, Christianity, Buddhism).

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP) is a peer reviewed open access encyclopedia that is one of the best resources for both students and researchers in philosophy.

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Philosophy Gateways

Continental Philosophy

From Augustana University.

Episteme Links: Philosophy Resources on the Internet

"Thousands of sorted links to philosophy resources on the internet," including topics, journals, books, e-texts, organizations, and more.

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Online encyclopedia including articles on philosophers and themes, with full-text of some philosophical works.

Perseus Project: Ancient Greece and Rome Digital Library

Ancient Greece and Rome Digital Library. Perseus is a continually growing digital library of resources for studying the ancient world, includes ancient texts and translations, maps, art catalogs. 380 texts in Greece and in translation. Includes an encyclopedia, indexes, and search tools.

Philosophy in Cyberspace

Excellent site that points to journals, texts, topic pages, conferences and more. There are annotations for each link.

Philosophypages

Includes a dictionary of philosophical terms, a timeline, discussion of major philosophers.

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Religion Gateways

Adherents.com

"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."  

Finding God in Cyberspace

Award winning, annotated directory covering print, digital, academic, and teaching resources across world religions.

Mysticism in World Religions

Basic concepts, quotations, and biographies of Jewish, Buddhist, Christian, Islamic, Hindu, and Taoist mystics.

Religion

A simple list of links to the major sacred texts of various religions and sects. All are full text versions.

Religion, Religions, Religious Studies

Links to sites across religions, but especially good for modern religions and religious experience.

Religious Movements Home Page

University of Virginia site focused on all religious movements including traditional faiths such as Christianity and Buddhism, as well as contemporary and lesser-known movements from Adidam to Zoroastrianism. Provides a history, a summary of the beliefs, and relevant links.

Sacred

Over 78 sacred texts from the British Library, enhanced with videocasts, podcasts, and other features.

Virtual Religion Index

Rutgers University extensive, annotated collection of sites organized by topic including major religions, comparative religion, psychology of religion, and much more. One of the best mega-sites for religion, covering most faiths both traditional and modern.

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Buddhism

Buddhanet

A large site with meditation techniques, links to other sites, Buddhist studies, directories, and online publications. Quite graphic-intensive, but a text version is available.

Google Directory: Buddhism

A gateway to Buddhist links based on the reputable Open Directory Project.

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Christianity

AdHoc Image and Text Database on the History of Christianity

Full text of documents, as well as images, related to Christianity. From Yale University.

Bible Gateway

Search the Bible for a passage or a word. Nine translations available including the King James and the Revised Standard. Available in ten languages including French, Spanish, and German.

Catholic Encyclopedia 

An online version of the 1913 print encyclopedia with lengthy articles on a wide range of Christian and Catholic topics.

Christian Classics Ethereal Library

Over 300 classic Christian books and the complete works of the Early Church Fathers, all in the   public domain.

Crosswalk Bible Study Tool

Includes Bibles, dictionaries, concordances, commentaries, lexicons, and history. Customizable.

Gutenberg Bible: Digitized version

From the University of Texas. "Printed at Johann Gutenberg's shop in Mainz, Germany and completed in 1454 or 1455."

 

New Testament Gateway

An "up to date, annotated guide to good academic New Testament web resources," including articles and course materials.

Religion-Online

A digital library including over 1,800 articles and chapters written by recognized religious scholars.

Resource Pages in Biblical Studies

"Focusing on the early Christian writings and their social world."

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Hinduism

Google Directory: Hinduism

A gateway to Hindu links based on the reputable Open Directory Project.

A Study of Hindu Religion

Covers essentials of the Hindu religion including philosophy and yoga, and provides pictures, prayers, and festivals.

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Islam

Al-Islam.org

Islamic resources, including texts. Topics ranging from Ramadhan to Islamic Law. Includes a gallery of audio, video, and images.

Islamic Studies, Islam, Arabic, and Religion

A comprehensive guide to the Islamic world, with a well-annotated list of Internet sites on the Quran & Muhammad, standards of faith and practice, and Sufism.

Islam World

Extensive links and explanations relating to the Islamic faith, including prayer and fundamental beliefs.

Muslims

From PBS, this site "examines Islam's worldwide resurgence through the stories of diverse Muslims struggling to define the role of Islam in their lives and societies."

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Judaism

Google Directory> Religion & Spirituality > Judaism

Extensive, well-organized links to Jewish religion web sites based on the Open Directory Project.

Judaism 101

"An online encyclopedia of Judaism, covering Jewish beliefs, people, places, things, language, scripture, holidays, practices and customs."

Navigating the Bible

Designed for study for the Bar Mitzvah, this site offers a translation, commentary, and study aids.

Torah.org

Learn about Jewish philosophy, liturgy, ethics, and law through these free online courses.

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Mythology

Bulfinch's Mythology 

The full text of Thomas Bulfinch's three volume classic including The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, and The Legends of Charlemagne. 

Dictonary of Phrase & Fable

Searchable text of the 1898 version of the classic dictionary of mythological and folk terms.

The Encyclopedia Mythica

This site contains information on mythology, folklore, legends, heroes and bestiary. It includes “over 6000 definitions of gods and goddesses, supernatural beings, legendary creatures and monsters from all over the world”.

Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion

The classic study by Sir James George Frazer "in comparative folklore, magic and religion, The Golden Bough shows parallels between the rites and beliefs, superstitions and taboos of early cultures and those of Christianity."

Greek Mythology

Includes the origins of Greek mythology, names of the immortals.

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Books

ALEX catalog of electronic texts

"Public domain documents from American and English literature as well as Western philosophy". Search/browse by author, title, date. Also possible to search the content.

Loeb Classical Library

Print versions of primary texts in classical philosophy in Milne Library. Specific texts can be located by using the Advanced Search feature in the Library Catalog .  Enter the subject or author and “Loeb Classical Library” as the series.

netLibrary

Free registration is required to check out a book, but books can be browsed without registration. A good source for classic (out of copyright) books.

Online books page

Over 20,000  public domain books available full text online. Search/browse by author, title, subject.

Project Gutenberg

About 12,000 books included.

Readings in Modern Philosophy

Search by philosopher.

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."