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Comparative Studies

Religion is to values what philosophy is to meanings and what science is to facts. This table is provided as an educational resource for the study of the values and belief systems of a great humanity. This page is a work in progress. If you should discover other sites that would be of interest to serious students, please use the Reciprocal Links utility to submit the site address for inclusion here.

ANCIENT HISTORIES	Halexandria Library	New Age Synthesis of meta physics, sacred geometry, ancient and modern history
BAHAI	Bahai Site	The official site of the Bahai faith.
BAHAI	BCCA	Bahai Computer and Communication Association including Bahai magazine, community organizations, resources, public events and more.
BAHAI	BIC-UN	Official statements of Bahai International Community United Nations Office on advancement of women, environment, global peace, human rights and more.
BAHAI	Newsletter	Online newsletter of Bahai International Community
BUDDHISM	Stupa World	The stupa information page. Everything you ever wanted to know about the building and purpose of stupas, with a photo gallery of structures around the globe.
BUDDHISM	Zen Buddhist site	Zen Buddhist Order of Hsu Yun.
CHRISTIAN	American Baptist Churches, USA	Official site.
CHRISTIAN	Assemblies of God Church	Official site.
CHRISTIAN	Bible Cocoons	Bible truths largely undiscovered and unpreached
CHRISTIAN	Conservative Christians of Alabama	Discussion of why or why not the Ten Commandments should be on display in Alabama
CHRISTIAN	Disciples of Christ Church	Official site
CHRISTIAN	Dr. James Dobson's Focus on the Family Site
CHRISTIAN	Gospel.com	Providing Christians with an easy way to navigate some of the best resources of the Christian web, while encouraging and equipping believers to reach out with the Good News of Jesus Christ.
CHRISTIAN	Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Official site.
CHRISTIAN	Guideposts Magazine	The original magazine of insprirational stories of faith, founded by Norman Vincent Peale
CHRISTIAN	Jehovah's Witnesses	Official site.
CHRISTIAN	Lutheran Ministerrium and Synod, USA	Official site.
CHRISTIAN	Non-denominational Christian Churches	A directory of non-denominational Christian churches.
CHRISTIAN	Crosswalk	The intersection of faith and life.
CHRISTIAN	Presbyterian Church in America	Official site.
CHRISTIAN	Quaker Resources on the Web	Official site.
CHRISTIAN	Seventh Day Adventist Church	Official site.
CHRISTIAN	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints	Official site.
CHRISTIAN	The United Church Of Christ	Official site.
CHRISTIAN	The United Methodist Church	Official site.
CHRISTIAN	The Amercian Catholic Site	A trusted Catholic site, about being a Catholic today.
CHRISTIAN	The Association of Free Lutheran Congregations	A fellowship of free and independant Lutheran congregations.
CHRISTIAN	The Church of Christ, Scientist	Official site.
CHRISTIAN	The Churches of Christ	Official site.
CHRISTIAN	The Crystal Cathedral	Rev. Robert Schuller's official site.
CHRISTIAN	The Episcopal Church, USA	Official site.
CHRISTIAN	The Official Vatican Homepage	Official site.
CHRISTIAN	The Promise Keepers	Official site.
CONFUCIANISM	Overview of Confucianism
CORNUCOPIA	Halexandria Library	New Age Synthesis of meta physics, sacred geometry, ancient and modern history
DRUID	Ar n'Draiocht Fein	Basic info on Ar n'Draiocht Fein, a branch of Neo-Pagan Druidism.
DRUID	Druidism FAQ	A Guide to the Druids and Celtic mysticism.
DRUID	Henge of Keltria	The Henge provides information on Keltrian Druidism, a Neo-Pagan Celtic Earth-based religion.
DRUID	The Order of Bards Ovates & Druids	Basic information on the Order.
EASTERN ORTHODOXY	Catechism	Complete Orthodox Catechism written by Metropolitan Archbishop Sotirios.
EASTERN ORTHODOXY	Orthodox Information	Easy-to-use interface of general information on the Orthodox Church.
ETHICS	Center for Global Ethics	Coordinating the work of thinkers, scholars and activists from around the world, who are working to define, implement and promote policies of responsible global citizenship. As profoundly interconnected members of a global community, we recognize the need to develop and advance the acceptance of a viable and sustainable Global Ethic.
ETHICS	Global Ethic	Celebrating the Spirit - Towards A Global Ethic. Promoting the Global Ethic signed at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago, 1993.
ETHICS	Global Ethics Forum	This forum grew out of the Global Ethics Seminar at University of Manitoba, and offers resources for the task of exploring ethical models, problems, history and theory from some of the many diverse world cultures.
ETHICS	Institute for Global Ethics	A nonsectarian, nonpartisan, global research and educational membership organization promoting ethical behavior in individuals, institutions, and nations through research, public discourse, and practical action.
EXTRATERRESTRIALS	Halexandria Library	New Age Synthesis of meta physics, sacred geometry, ancient and modern history
GENERAL	Adherents.com	A collection of adherent statistics and religious geography citations, references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 3,000 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, movements, ultimate concerns, etc.
GENERAL	Interfaith Calendar	Primary sacred times for world religions and links to world religion resources.
GENERAL	Mahatma Gandhi Research & Media Service	A non-profit enterprise which aims to popularize Mahatma Gandhi's life and work and thus spread the ethics of nonviolence.
GENERAL	Places of Peace and Power	The Sacred Site Pilgrimage of Martin Gray - Photographs by an anthropologist specializing in the study of sacred sites and pilgrimage traditions around the world
GENERAL	The Vatican Museums	A variety of resources, Christian, Egyptian, Etruscan, etc.
HINDUISM	Overview of Hinduism
INTERFAITH	Academic Info: Religion Index	Excellent comprehensive annotated directory of internet resources for the study of religion.
INTERFAITH	ALLfaiths Press	Interreligious information, news, polls.
INTERFAITH	American Interfaith Institute	Promotes scholarly communication between Christians and Jews.
INTERFAITH	BBC World Service - Guide to Religions of the World	Info on Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism.
INTERFAITH	Boston University School of Theology - religion and philosophy resources on the internet	A selected listing of local and world-wide Internet sources for religion and philosophy.
INTERFAITH	Center for Global Ethics	Coordinates the work of thinkers, scholars and activists from around the world, who are working to define, implement and promote policies of responsible global citizenship.
INTERFAITH	Center on Religion and Democracy	A politically non-partisan research center at the University of Virginia, committed to addressing the complex relationship between religion and democratic culture.
INTERFAITH	Comparative Religion	A Directory of Internet Resources for the Academic Study of Religion with lots of links to religious pages and more!
INTERFAITH	Computer-Assisted Theology	Internet resources for the study and teaching of theology, primarily Christian.
INTERFAITH	Conexus Press	Resources For Muli-Faith Understanding
INTERFAITH	Council for a Parliament of World Religions	The mission of CPWR is to foster interreligious dialogue and cooperation in metropolitan Chicago and around the world.
INTERFAITH	Divinity School Library, Duke University	Internet Resources in Religion and Theology links.
INTERFAITH	Ecumenicon	The Ecumenicon Conference is a conference dedicated to interfaith dialogue, ritual, and spiritual growth
INTERFAITH	Electronic Resources for Religious Studies	Rice Universities poitners to religious texts and other resources.
INTERFAITH	English Language Religious Resources	English language Bibles, Book of Mormon and Qu'ran at Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library. See the main page for other language options.
INTERFAITH	Equal Partners in Faith	A multi-racial, multi-faith national network of religious leaders and people of faith committed to equality and diversity.
INTERFAITH	EtheraCon	An annual conference for Teaching, Ritual, and Community, with teachers from many esoteric traditions held in New York State in January.
INTERFAITH	GaiaMind	Explores the idea that we, humanity, are the Earth becoming aware of itself. While we believe that the Earth is alive, and we are part of it, we also affirm the Great Spirit of Oneness found at the heart of all the world's great spiritual traditions.
INTERFAITH	Global Dialogue Institute	The purpose of the GDI is to promote dialogue in the broadest sense among individuals and groups of different religions and cultures, focusing especially though not exclusively on the "opinion-shapers" of society, e.g., scholars, professionals, and institutional & business leaders.
INTERFAITH	Inner Explorations	Where Christian mysticism, theology and metaphysics meet eastern forms of meditation, Jungian psychology and a new sense of the earth.
INTERFAITH	Insight into Religion	Christains and Muslims comparing the Q'uran and Bible for insight into God as Creator.
INTERFAITH	Interfaith Fellowship (NY, NY)	An alternative spiritual community of worship, celebration, healing, and service located in New York City.
INTERFAITH	Interfaith Voices for Peace & Justice	Directory of interfaith activist organizations.
INTERFAITH	Interfaith Working Group (Phila., PA)	A Philadelphia area Interfaith group dedicated to bringing varied religious views on social issues before the public.
INTERFAITH	Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC)	An independent organization created by and for young people with a profound belief in the power of youth to change the world. IFYC programs integrate intercultural encounter, social action and interfaith reflection.
INTERFAITH	International Fellowship of Christians and Jews	Working to promote greater understanding between Jews and Christians and build support for Israel and other shared concerns.
INTERFAITH	International Interfaith Centre	Aims to support the work of organizations and individuals to further peaceful relations, respect and understanding between people with different faith beliefs.
INTERFAITH	Internet Sacred Text Archive	This site is intended to be a freely available archive of significant primary texts relating to religion and mythology. Texts are presented in English translation and, in some cases, in the original language.
INTERFAITH	Jacob's Ladder	A great interfaith site.
INTERFAITH	Jewish-Christian Relations site	Articles about Jews and Christians working together and links to organizations promoting such relationships. Site in both English and German.
INTERFAITH	Links to Multifaith and Religion Sites
INTERFAITH	Meta-Religion	Links, articles and texts related to religion, cults, science, philosophy and occultism.
INTERFAITH	Movement for Beloved Community	Our dream is the creation of a global network of individuals, villages, neighborhoods, and communities who share a vision of a beloved community and want to realize it.
INTERFAITH	MultiFaithNet Resources Bank	Religion or spirituality links, browse by category or search for something in particular.
INTERFAITH	North American Interfaith Network — NAIN	NAIN's purpose is to provide communication and mutual strengthening of interfaith organizations and agencies, and the interfaith relations programs and offices of religious and denominational groups.
INTERFAITH	Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance	Major multi-faith site has three main purposes: 1. To disseminate accurate religious information. 2. To expose religious fraud, hatred and misinformation. 3. To disseminate information on "hot" religious topics.
INTERFAITH	Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance	Information on religious topics promoting tolerance and exposing misinformation.
INTERFAITH	Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life	Seeking to promote a deeper understanding of how religion shapes the ideas and institutions of American society.
INTERFAITH	Pluralism Project	Developed 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.
INTERFAITH	Relig Hot Lists at www.Mall-Net	More than 400 pointers to various religious sites.
INTERFAITH	Religions & Scriptures	Links to a number of religions and their corresponding texts.
INTERFAITH	Religions in Renewal	This site is dedicated to efforts by people all over the globe to renew their religions or ideologies in such a way that in the future they will be open to ongoing transformation while remaining solidly rooted in what is essential in their past.
INTERFAITH	Religions Mega-site	Hosts a searchable database of over 1300 religious web sites on the Internet, tips on creating a church home page and more.
INTERFAITH	Religious Movements Homepage	A University of Virginia site dedicated to studying religious movements on the web and in the world, providing a foundation for understanding how religious groups emerge, grow, stagnate, reinvigorate themselves, and sometimes die.
INTERFAITH	Religious Research Association	The RRA encourages and communicates research across multiple themes and approaches in t he study of religion, including: new religious movements, dynamics of denominational and congregational growth, individual and organizational variations in beliefs and practices, relation between personal spirituality and institutional religious involvement, conflict within congregations and denominations, religious experience, ethnic religious groups, religion and family life, religion and political behavior, comparative analyses of religious behavior and institutions.
INTERFAITH	Society for the Scientific Study of Religion	A membership organization for scholars, church leaders, and others interested in systematic and/or scientific studies of religion. Publishes monographs and a journal.
INTERFAITH	The Guthrie Center (Housatonic, MA)	Bringing together individuals for spiritual service, as well as cultural and educational exchange, following in the tradition of service and compassion as exemplified by Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati.
INTERFAITH	The Inter Faith Network for the UK	Working to build good relations between the communities of all the major faiths in Britain: Baha'i; Buddhist; Christian; Hindu; Jain; Jewish; Muslim; Sikh; and Zoroastrian.
INTERFAITH	The Interfaith Alliance	Monthly online magazine and news of Interfaith coalitions combating the Radical Religious Right.
INTERFAITH	The Interfaith Center at the Presidio (SF, CA)	A multifaith project in the San Francisco Bay Area.
INTERFAITH	The International Interfaith Centre, Oxford	Education for interreligious understanding and fostering cooperation and tolerance amongst religions.
INTERFAITH	Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life	Advancing knowledge and understanding of the varied roles that religious movements, institutions, and ideas play in the contemporary world, the Center publishes Religion in the News, a thrice-yearly magazine that covers media reporting of religion.
INTERFAITH	The Pluralism Project, Selected Links	The Pluralism Project was developed at Harvard University to study and document the growing religious