Philosophy & Religion: Websites

Highly regarded encyclopedia. Search for a topic of browse the contents alphabetically.

Search for definitions of philosophical terms.

Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is a world wide collaborative of over 267,100 authors and more than 1.7 million users that is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research.

Contains full-text philosophical texts published in Britain between 1650 and 1830. Work in progress - not all texts are available.

Provides statistical information on religion in America, such as the number of churches, ministers, and members of various denominations. Contains many maps of the United States as a whole, individual states, and counties which depict the data in a visual format.

Bills itself as the "largest freely available archive of online books about religion, mythology, folklore and the esoteric on the Internet."

The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life seeks to promote a deeper understanding of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs.

Online Library of over 5,000 articles and book chapters dealing with religious topics, such as ethics, social issues, theologians, churches and societies, and much more. Limited primarily to the Christian Religion. Arranged as a directory but also has a search option.

Directory containing links to religion web sites organized by format (bibliographies, indexes, text) or by religious group (Christianity, Hinduism, Taoism, etc). Also has a search option.

Provides links to religious web sites, including those dealing with Buddhism, East Asian religions, Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, and may more.

Provides information about and pictorial representations of religious symbols.

Extensive resource providing links to web sites dealing with a wide variety of topics in religion from various religions around the world to the history of Christianity to social thought.