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A comparative analysis of the major world religions from a Christian perspective
www.comparativereligion.com
Features articles on comparative religions, primarily Hinduism and Christianity, and covers issues from the human condition to reincarnation.
About Islam and Muslims
www.unn.ac.uk/societies/islamic
The aim of this site is to: 'provide accurate information about Islamic beliefs, history and civilization for Muslims and Non-Muslims...and extend a hand in friendship to all'. Features numerous links to articles, issues, law and practices.
The Arab-Israeli conflict – a brief history
www.guardian.co.uk/flash/
0,5860,720353,00.html
An online interactive history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A good introduction to the conflict, featuring overviews, photographs and maps.
Basic Guide to Atheism, Atheists, and Debates
http://atheism.about.com/library/
FAQs/ath/blathq_atheism101.htm
A simple-to-follow introductory guide to all things atheistic. Includes links to further debate plus definitions, foundations, argument and faith.
BBC tells churches to liven up broadcasts
www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/
0,2763,989910,00.html
The head of the BBC's religion and ethics department called on church leaders to become more courageous and passionate in using the media or risk losing their broadcasting slots.
Between the lines
http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/
story/0,5500,707081,00.html
Belfast's Linen Hall Library has maintained determined neutrality throughout the Troubles. This article reveals a unique collection of documents and memorabilia that captures and represents the history of events from both sides.
Beyond Religion: The Golden Rule
www.hereford.anglican.org/pages/
wod_interfaith_common.php
Sums up all religions in the golden rule 'Do to others, what you would have them do to you.'
Christians in Science
http://cis.org.uk/resources/dawkins.shtml
CiS is an international network of those concerned with the relationship between science and Christian faith, open to scientists, teachers, students and all those with an interest in this dialogue. This section of the website contains articles responding to atheist Richard Dawkins, including some relating to Channel 4's The Root of All Evil.
Exploring Christianity
http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/
religionet/er/christ/index.htm
Detailed site with links to organisations within the church, history and dates of interest, origin and development of the faith, and the numerous factions plus a glossary, timeline and maps.
The Findhorn Foundation
www.findhorn.net
International centre of spiritual education and personal transformation offering many ways for people to visit, live or work at Findhorn, in north east Scotland.
Free fall
www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/
0,2763,190660,00.html
At the end of the funeral, the family requested the Vera Lynn song, 'We'll Meet Again'. 'Of course, as humanists, we don't believe we will,' says Ted Stroud, one of about 170 non-religious officials in the UK presiding over atheist funerals, baby-naming ceremonies and weddings. 'But we respected their wishes.'
Freud and Religion
www.freud.org.uk/religion.html
Analysis of Freud's view that 'religion is a 'universal obsessional ritual designed to avert imaginary misfortunes and control the unconscious'.
Guide to religions in the UK
www.guardian.co.uk/religion/page/
0,12131,818217,00.html
Are you a Zoroastrian? What do Catholics, Sikhs and Hindus believe? A useful introduction, featuring guides, important dates and links.
Inform
www.inform.ac
The primary aim of Inform is to help people through providing them with accurate, balanced, up-to-date information about new and/or alternative religious or spiritual movements.
Judaism 101
www.jewfaq.org
This award-winning site is a detailed yet friendly and informal online encyclopaedia of Judaism, covering Jewish beliefs, people, places, things, language, scripture, holidays, practices and customs.
Judaism 101: Chanukkah
www.jewfaq.org/holiday7.htm#Story
A well-researched, interesting and accessible site about everything to do with Hanukah – from religion to recipes (a good one for potato latkes).
Major Religions of the World
www.adherents.com/
Religions_By_Adherents.html
Detailed and wide-spanning documentation from the Adherents website. Includes figures on worldwide faith, definitions of numerous religions, what is a 'religion', and information on how governments compile religious statistics.
Models of the Self
www.imprint.co.uk/self
A detailed academic exploration of the self from different disciplines and perspectives.
No place for Jedi in survey
www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/
0,2763,895334,00.html
Article discussing the fact that, despite outnumbering Sikhs, Jews and Buddhists on the census forms, 390,000 Jedi are not to be recognised as a religious group.
ODAN Opus Dei Awareness Network
www.odan.org
ODAN was founded in 1991 to meet the growing demand for accurate information
and to education, outreach and support to people who have been adversely
affected by Opus Dei.
Opus Dei
www.opusdei.org
The official Opus Dei website where you can find more information about
the organisation. Or call their iinformation office in London on 020
7221 9176.
Ordinary Eve
www.ordinaryeve.co.uk/
An intriguing website for Christian women, which dares to tackle difficult, topical
and significant issues with clarity, depth and humour.
Religion as Opium of the People
http://atheism.about.com/library/
FAQs/religion/blrel_marx.htm
Marx's analysis and critique of religion is perhaps one of the most quoted by theist and atheist alike. This article – and its accompanying links – investigates what Marx actually meant when he stated that religion was the 'opium of the masses'.
Religion on the web
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~worc0337/
serious/religion.html
An online directory linking to dozens of sites concerned with everything from Islam to Sikhism, Taoism to Mormonism and Buddhism to Zoroastrianism.
Religious Freedom in Peril
www.hrw.org/religion/overview.html
A Human Rights Watch worldwide overview that reveals the extent of control exerted by governments over those of differing faiths.
Rioting as Sharon visits Islam holy site
www.guardian.co.uk/international/
story/0,3604,374770,00.html
Guardian article detailing a provocative visit by Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon to a Muslim shrine at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Ron's Org
www.ronsorg.com
Ron’s Organisation explicitly differentiates itself from the official and unofficial organisations of the Church of Scientology but aims to apply the philosophy and technology of L Ron Hubbard and help individuals improve their lives.
The Royal British Legion
www.britishlegion.org.uk/
Explains the history and the ceremony of Remembrance Day with information for anyone who wants to attend. Plus information about the Poppy Appeal.
Secularization and Cultural Diversity
www.here-now4u.de/eng/
secularization_and_cultural_di.htm
A detailed online article investigating the history and development of secularisation.
Ship of Fools
http://ship-of-fools.com/
Webzine of Christian unrest – funny, challenging, irreverent. Its patron is 'the coolest saint in all Christendom – St Simeon the Holy Fool'.
The Sociology of Religion
www.hewett.norfolk.sch.uk/curric/
soc/durkheim/durkw3.htm
Article on Durkheim's study of religion. He saw religion as one of the forces that 'creates within individuals a sense of moral obligation to adhere to society's demands'.
Suicide Bombers
http://islam.about.com/cs/currentevents/
a/suicide_bomb.htm
An article from a Muslim perspective or why they do it and what Islam says about their actions, with a link within the text to an article justifying 'martyrdom' operations' as a tactic of war.
The Suicide Bombers
www.nybooks.com/articles/15979
A detailed, in-depth exploration of the history of suicide bombing in the Middle East, by Avishai Margalit Professor of Philosophy at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Trying the tyrant we helped to create
www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/
0,4273,4336557,00.html
'Don't dream dreams,' was the celebrated advice Lord David Owen gave to the Bosnians as they struggled against the mass murderers, ethnic cleansers, and indicted war criminals licensed to kill by Slobodan Milosevic. The racial programs had uprooted two million people, mainly Bosnian Muslims.
Understanding Cults and New Age Religions
www.ucalgary.ca/~nurelweb/books/
ucnr/ucnr-intro.html
Online version of this book which studies the phenomenon of conversion to religion. 'What makes people give up and perhaps reverse their former views, and commit themselves to something quite new?'
Violators of Religious Freedom
http://hrw.org/press/2003/03/
us030503.htm
The Saudi government forbids all demonstration of religious faith that is not consistent with the state-sanctioned interpretation of the Sunni branch of Islam. Nevertheless, Saudi Arabia was not included on a recent US list of countries of particular concern.
Vivekananda Centre
www.vivekananda.btinternet.co.uk
Educational website of an organisation which teaches adults, children and young people about Hinduism, and contributes to interfaith dialogue.
White Poppies
www.ppu.org.uk/poppy/white_index.html
Information about white poppies, pacifism, wars worldwide and the philosophy of the Peace Pledge Union.
Who am I? How did I get here? Why am I here? Where am I going?
www.thetruelight.net
Website exploring the beliefs of the 'eleven main living religions' as well as numerous other religions, sects and teachers, revealing many similarities and contradictions.
Why is Russia worried about Chechnya?
www.guardian.co.uk/chechnya/Story/
0,2763,477215,00.html
There's an degree of crime and lawlessness, but what particularly worries Moscow is attempts by various Islamic chieftains to create an Islamic state incorporating Chechnya and neighbouring Dagestan.
Women Against Fundamentalisms
http://waf.gn.apc.org/
Website campaigning to challenge the rise of fundamentalism in all religions and for women's rights to control their own minds and bodies, and to live their lives as they choose.
