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Adherents.com
The site has a growing collection of over
41,000 adherent statistics and religious
geography citations. American
Academy of Religion
Founded in 1909, the AAR is the world's
largest association of academics who research
or teach topics related to religion. American
Religion Data Archive
The ARDA collection includes data on churches
and church membership, religious professionals,
and religious groups (individuals, congregations,
and denominations). Association
for the Sociology of Religion
ASR is an international scholarly association
that advances theory and research in the
sociology of religion. BBC
Religion & Ethics
The British Broadcasting Corporation provides
original web features and links to religion
news from around the world. Hartford
Institute
The institute provides social scientific
religion research information that is helpful
for religious leaders and the general public.
MU
Libraries Subject Guide: Religious Studies
This collection includes encylopedias, books,
journals, organizations, listervs, and other
resources. Pluralism
Project
The Pluralism Project at Harvard University
studies and documents the growing religious
diversity of the United States. Religion
& Ethics Newsweekly
This PBS show covers the week's news events
that have religious or ethical significance.
Religion
in Public Life Project
The Pew Charitable Trusts invest in surveys,
research, and other initiatives that explore
the role of religion in various aspects
of American society. Society
for the Scientific Study of Religion
SSSR encourages multidisciplinary, scientific
research on religious institutions and religious
experience. University
of Missouri Department of Religious Studies
MU's Department of Religious Studies seeks
to understand the role of religion in human
life and culture, including religious expression
from all cultures and in every period of
history.
Readings
Azizah Y. Al-Hibri
et al.,Religion
in American Public Life: Living with Our
Deepest Differences (New York: W.W.
Norton, 2001).Stephen Batchelor,Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary
Guide to Awakening (New York: Riverhead
Books, 1998).Conrad Cherry,Hurrying Toward Zion: Universities, Divinity
Schools, and American Protestantism (Bloomington: Indiana University Press,
1995).John S. Corrigan and Winthrop S. Hudson,Religion
in America, Seventh Edition (New York:
Prentice Hall, 2003).Philip J. Deloria,Playing Indian (New Haven: Yale University
Press, 1999).Diana Eck,Darsan, Seeing the Divine Image in India, 2nd edition Chambersburg, Penn.: Anima Books,
1985. Diana L. Eck,A New Religious America: How a "Christian
Country" Has Become the World's Most Religiously
Diverse Nation (San Francisco: Harper
SanFrancisco, 2001).William R.
Hutchison,Religious Pluralism in
America: The Contentious History of a Founding
Ideal (New Haven: Yale University Press,
2003).Michael Lerner,Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and
Transformation (New York: Putnam, 1994).William F.
May,Beleaguered Rulers: The Public
Obligation of the Professional (Louisville:
Westminster John Knox Press, 2003).William Lee
Miller,First Liberty: America's
Foundation in Religious Freedom (Washington,
D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2003).Anthony B.
Pinn,Terror and Triumph: The Nature
of Black Religion (Minneapolis: Fortress
Press, 2003).Anthony B.
Pinn,Varieties of African American
Religious Experience (Minneapolis: Fortress
Press, 1998).A. James Reichley,Religion in American Public Life (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution,
1985).Christian Smith
(ed.),Secular Revolution: Power,
Interests, and Conflict in the Secularization
of American Public Life (Berkeley: University
of California Press, 2003).Theophus H.
Smith,Conjuring Culture: Biblical
Formations of Black America (New York:
Oxford University Press, 1994). Lawrence E.
Sullivan (ed.),Healing and Restoring:
Health and Medicine in the World's Religous
Traditions (New York: Macmillan, 1989).Jace Weaver,Other Words: American Indian Literature,
Law and Culture (Norman: University
of Oklahoma Press, 2001).
James Wilson,The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native
America (New York: Atlantic Monthly
Press, 1999).
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