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Religious Movements || Mythology || Philosophy
General
- Religion and
Philosophy Resources on the Internet
- A selective list from the Boston University School of Theology
- Internet Sacred Text Archives
- Offers "significant primary texts relating to religion and mythology."
Covers many cultures, religions and time periods, including neolithic,
African, Greek & Roman, Shinto, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity,
Native American, Islam and many others.
Religions
- Exploring
Religions
- From the Religious Studies Program at the University of Wyoming,
information on various aspects of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam
and Judaism.
- The Catholic Encyclopedia
- Transcribed by volunteers, this web site is a digital version of the
1913 Catholic Encyclopedia.
- Islam: A Primer
- A CRS Report, prepared by the Congressional Research Service for the U.S. Congress, this very brief overview discusses historical background, divisions within Islam and basic tenets. Also very briefly discusses other topics relevant to Islam such as jihad, "People of the Book," women in Islam, Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem, Bin Laden and Islamic fundamentalists.
New Religious Movements
- Religious Movements Homepage (formerly the"New Religious Movements Homepage" - University of Virginia)
- Offers links to hundreds of websites dealing with new religious
movements (commonly called "cults" and "sects") and to bibliographies
of print resources on each group. A profile outlines each group's history,
beliefs, practices, and organizational features. Includes information about
anti-cult and counter-cult organizations as well.
- New Religious
Movements Links (Graduate Theological Union Library)
- Links to information on movements that are new to
North America since the early 1960s or that have grown significantly since then.
Mythology
- Encyclopedia Mythica
- This encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and magic contains well over 2500 definitions of gods and goddesses,
supernatural beings and legendary creatures and monsters from all over the
world. Written by a 29-year old scientist in the Netherlands, with
additional contributions from volunteers.
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Mythology
- This NASA-funded website from the University of Michigan offers information about
gods and goddesses of different cultures around the world who are associated
with objects in the sky (sun, moon, planets, comets, etc.) and with the earth.
Gods and goddesses from Inuit, U.S. Native American, Aztec,
Mayan, Amazon, Inca, Norse, Celt, Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Yoruban, Fon,
Sumerian, Hindu, Chinese, Japanese and Polynesian cultures are represented.
Information presented about each god or goddess is available
in Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced levels.
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Bulfinch's Mythology
- This classic collection of myths and fables was
originally published in three separate volumes: The Age of Fable,
coverin
stories from ancient Greece and Rome; The Age of Chivalry, covering
the
legends of King Arthur; and The Legends of Charlemagne, covering
romantic fables and stories from the Middle Ages. The webbed version,
compiled by Bob Fisher, is
greatly enhanced by links to other web sites offering background information
on characters and terms used in some of the stories and by features such as
the webmaster's own notes and a search engine.
See also the library's Literature page under
"Folklore."
Philosophy
- Stanford Encyclopedia of
Philosophy
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- SRJC
Philosophy Department's Philosophy Web Page Links
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more links coming...
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