Religion Around the World

COMPREHENSIVE SITES ON RELIGION
TIMELINE: Eastern World Religions 
  TIMELINE: Western World Religions
  BBC - Religion & Ethics - News  
  When began & by whom? - A brief history of religion
Learn About World Religions
  Religion | BBC World Service  
  GLOSSARY [A to Z] OF RELIGIOUS TERMS 
  Laura Shulman's Home Page - Great site
  Religion | BBC World Service
  Religion Distribution Maps
  Religion Through the Ages
  Religion — Infoplease.com
  Major Religions of the World — Infoplease.com
  The Major Faiths (concise table) — Infoplease.com
  Religion Statistics - Top 10 Organized Religions
  INTERFAITH CALENDAR
  A Bow of the Head: Religions of the World 
  Global Connections . Religion | PBS 
  A Comparative Look at the World's Religions 
  History of Religions 
  Exploring Religions Home 
  Religious Resources 
  The Religious Movements Homepage @ The University of Virginia  
World Religions
  Religions of the World 
  Religion Around the World - Country Index
An agency promoting religious tolerance as a human right 
World Religion Resources
DESCRIPTIONS OF 63 RELIGIONS, FAITH GROUPS & ETHICAL SYSTEMS
Time Magazine: Religion in the Third Millennium
Similarities of Jews/Christians/Muslims
  Religious and Cultural Symbols in Art 
  Religious leaders 
  Beliefnet; The source for Spirituality, Religion and Morality 
  Atlas of Sacred Sites around the World
The Religious Freedom Page
   Definition of terms: cults, sects, denominations
  A Visual Glossary of Symbols  
Religion and Philosophy
Cultural Calendars -- The Calendar Zone
  Calendars through the Ages - Home 
  2010 Calendar of World Religion sacred times - plus calendars for the past and future. 
   Electronic Religious Texts 
    Religious Education Resource Centre
Voice of the Shuttle: Religious Studies Page 
  Internet Resources for the Study of Judaism and Christianity 
  GLOSSARY FOR THE STUDY OF JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND ISLAM 
  RELIGIONS OF THE WEST: JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM 
  Religions of the West 
  Adherents.com: Religion Statistics Geography, Church Statistics 
  Top Ten Religions of the World with a map showing their population statistics   
  Worldwide Adherents of All Religions by Six Continental Areas, Mid-1995  
  Famous Adherents 
  IRFWP - Inter Religious Federation for World Peace

AFTERLIFE - PROPHECY - APOCALYPSE - CREATION/EVOLUTION - UNIVERSAL MYTHS
What Religious Groups say about the Afterlife: Heaven, Hell, Purgatory
The Talk.Origins Archive: Home Page
Changing Views of the History of the Earth
Morgana's Observatory -- Ancient Prophecies, Universal Myths
Morgana's Observatory: Universal Myths (Afterlife)
How Different Religions View Death and Afterlife, Second Edition
Prophecies of Religious Figures
frontline: apocalypse!
Millenium Fever: False Christs
It's The End Of The World As We Know It...Again

EASTERN RELIGIONS
TIMELINE: Eastern World Religions 
  MAP: Buddhist Monasteries in Tibet
Buddhist Studies World Wide Web Sites  
Buddhism
  Buddhism 
  Buddhism Chronology 
  Sidhartha Gautama 
Buddhism: Contents 
   Buddhist Studies WWW VL
  Wisdom of The Buddha 
  ArtLex on Buddhist art and Buddhism 
  Images of Dharma - Don Farber's Photo Archive of Buddhist Life
H.H. The Dalai Lama XIV 
  Religion in Japan 
  Shinto
   Chinese Religion 
About Taoism
Taoism and the Philosophy of Tai Chi Chuan 
  TAOISM 
  Where does the Chinese Yin Yang symbol come from? 
  China: Dim Sum: Yin and Yang 
Influence of Taoism and Confucianism
Lao Zi's Life and Views
The Background of Confucianism
Confucius's Life and Views
Chinese Budhism
Confucianism and Taoism Digital Texts Resources
  Resources for the Study of East Asian Language and Thought
HINDUISM
  An Introduction to Hinduism 
The Hindu Universe : Hindu Resource Center 
  Karma: Meaning and Definition 
  Indian Religions (C. Mackay, Univ. of Alberta)
  Hindu Gods and Goddesses 
  Table of Hindu Gods and Associates 
  www.hindu.org - The Directory of Hindu Resources Online 

CHRISTIANITY
TIMELINE: Christianity
TIMELINE: Old Testament 
     TIMELINE: Early Church History 
  TIMELINE: The Reformation 
TIMELINE: Christianity Chronology 
TIMELINE: Chronology of Christianity 
  GLOSSARY: Early Church History
GLOSSARY: Medieval Ecclesiastical Terminology 
  IMAGES: Iconography and Religious Art 
  The World Wide Encyclopedia of Christianity
  Internet Resources for the Study of Judaism and Christianity 
  GLOSSARY FOR THE STUDY OF JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND ISLAM 
  RELIGIONS OF THE WEST: JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM 
  Religions of the West
  The NET Bible® ©1996-2002 Biblical Studies Press 
  Old Testament Life and Literature 
  HOW CHRISTIANS INTERPRET THE BIBLE 
Early Christianity
Early Christianity: Contents
Ecclesiology: A Study in Church History
A History of the Church: The Apostolic Age
The 2nd & 3rd Centuries: An Era of Trial & Opposition
The 4th & 5th Centuries: The Church in Radical Change
The 6th to the 10th Centuries: A New Orientation For the Church
The 11th to the 13th Centuries: Innocent III and the Great Schism
The 14th and 15th Centuries: The Church in Moral Crisis
The 17th to the 20th Centuries: The Church in the Modern Era 
APS Guide to Resources in Theology
Multi-Lingual Bibles
Bible: King James Version 
  Search the King James Bible 
  G U T E N B E R G - D I G I T A L
Bible
Bible Browser Advanced Home Page
Latin Vulgate Bible 
Bible History Online Images and Resources for Biblical History  
  Introduction to the New Testament
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
  Early Christian Writings: New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, Church Fathers 
Ecclesiastical Calendar: Enter a Year...
Origin of Christian Religion - AOL Site 
  Hall of Church History
Guide to Early Church Documents
ORIGIN OF CHRISTIANITY and JUDAISM 
  Palestine in the Time of Jesus
  Late Antiquity and Early Christianity 
  Jews and Christians in Rome's Golden Age 
  The Rise of Christianity 
  Christianity as a Cultural Revolution 
  Augustine Influences Christianity 
  Pliny and Trajan on the Christians 
  Christian Emperors, Persia and the Fall of Rome 
  The Church Fathers: St. Jerome and St. Augustine 
Early Sources of Christianity
The Ecole Initiative: Early Church History on the Web
  FRONTLINE: From Jesus to Christ - The First Christians
   Women in Ancient Christianity: The New Discoveries
  The Early Church in Europe
Early Church Fathers
   The Legend of the Holy Grail 
  Inquisition Collection at Notre Dame 
Hall of Church History—The Medieval Churchmen
   Medieval Sourcebook: High Medieval Church Life  
  Tales of the Middle Ages - Religious Art 
  Pilgrimage in the Age of Schism
The Book of Hours 
Dante's Medieval Hell  
  Pope Gregory's Calendar Changes
  Parallel Latin/English Psalter, Home Page
***** The Catholic Encyclopedia  has info on everything relating to the Catholic faith in history.
Catholic Answers Home Page
  Mary & Saints 
Do Catholics Worship Statues? 
Praying to the Saints
Saint Worship? 
  Anti-Catholicism 
What is the difference between a Protestant church and a Catholic church? - Protestant view
Differences Between Catholic and Protestant Bibles - Catholic view
Peter the Rock: A Biblical Analysis
Papacy & Infallibility Apologetics Index Page
Biblical Evidence for Catholicism: Main Index
Catholic Resources on the Net
The Catholic Goldmine! 
Vatican Exhibit Main Hall 
Vatican City -- Primary Documents 
The Council of Trent
  Vatican: the Holy See
Catholic Encyclopedia: LIST OF POPES 
The Bishops of Rome, the Popes, 42AD - Present
Pope John Paul II Papal Documents Encyclicals Letters 
The Pope Page
The "unofficial" Pope John Paul II 
Abbà Pater - Pope John Paul II's new CD!
frontline: john paul II - the millennial pope 
History and Art in the coats of arms of the Popes 
THE PAPAL ORDERS 
  The Mary Page
LADY VIRGIN MARY FLOWER GARDEN MEDIEVAL CATHOLIC FOLKLORE SYMBOLS 
  The Cult of the Saints and Their Relics 
  Medieval Sourcebook: Saints' Lives
Saints & Candidates for Sainthood 
Catholic Online Saints & Angels
On-line Calendar of Saints Days - Home Page 
On-line Calendar of Saints Days - by month
Patron Saints Index: Table of Contents 
Patron Saints Index Topic List 
     Catholic Online Angels Page 
Patron Saints - AOL SITE
Saints of America - AOL Site 
Saints - Special Collection - AOL Site
    Mother Teresa - Humanitarian
Saints' Lives
FOX's Book of Martyrs, Introduction 
Fox's Book of Martyrs 
Tortures and Torments of the Christian martyrs
Rosary Center
Saint Augustine 
St. Joan of Arc
Francis of Assisi 
Prophecies of Saints and Popes
Jesuits and the Sciences: 1540-1995
Pilgrims Page: Ignatian Spirituality and Jesuit Resources
OSB. The Cistercians and the Trappists. Index. 
OSB. The Order of Saint Benedict. Index
Monasteries - Great Buildings Online 
Catholic Encyclopedia: ST. THOMAS AQUINAS 
THE FATIMA NETWORK: Our Lady of Fatima Online  
  Catholic Community Forum - Chat, Resources, Saints, Churches 
  Archangelbooks.com - Catholic Gifts
Welcome to Living Christianity
Martin Luther (1483-1546)
95 Theses of Martin Luther 
Selected Works of Martin Luther 
The Catholic Reformation
More on The Catholic Reformation
THE REFORMATION AND COUNTER-REFORMATION
MAP: Religious Situation in Europe, c.1560 
Rise of Evangelicalism 
TeacherServe - Divining America: Religion and the National Culture
  Religion and the Founding of the American Republic (Library of Congress)
The Victorious Network - Christian Articles, Books, Bible Studies and Sermons 
   Britannia: The Church in Britain 
  Church of England | Menu 
  An Anglican timeline
Monasticism in Britain
  Archbishop of Canterbury homepage 
  Solemnization of Matrimony -- Book of Common Prayer  
  Encyclopedia Coptica: The Christian Coptic Orthodox Church Of Egypt
The Orthodox Christian Foundation 
Father Demetrios Serfes - Greek Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church 
    The Religious Society of Friends - The Quakers 
A Brief History of the Mormons
The Official Home Page of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 
  MennoLink
Christian Science 
  Restoration Movement: Church of Christ  
  Irish Catholic women's ordination campaign B.A.S.I.C. 
  Places of Peace and Power: Pilgrimages Around the World
     Bible-Based Coloring Pages for Kids: KIDS' QUEST
About Flowers in the Bible 
    Historical Jesus Theories
  Revival Library - Welcome to the Revival Library  
Similarities of Jews/Christians/Muslims 
  Jewish-Christian Relations: Incidents of Antisemitism