Matthew Jacoby Library

Internet Resources for Religion

The Catholic Church and Catholicism

• Vatican City Home Page
  Offered in several languages, includes news, pictures, and archives.
• The 1997 Catholic Internet Directory
  Updated monthly, addresses and other useful information.
• Catholic Encyclopedia
  An ongoing voluntary project to scan and load this grand source, so still in process.
• alaPadre
  Comprehensive listing of sites
• Catholic Directory
  Selective but extensive listing of web sites

The Bible

• The World Wide Study Bible
  Comprehensive index to translations and scholarship.
• The Bible Browser
  Powerful search engine for some older English language versions.

Religious Studies and Comparative Religion

• Virtual Religion Index
  A selective list of home pages, indexes, and useful documents. Lots of graphics, so it takes a while to load.
• Comparative Religion
  Links to more religions, both modern and historical, than any other site.
• Religious Studies Resources
  Well-organized guide to religions and more resources.
• Bulfinch's Mythology
  An online version of the 1913 book.
• Internet Sacred Text Archive
  Large collection of religious texts of all major and most minor religions.

Sites for Specific Religions:

• Buddhism
• Islam
• Hinduism
• Judaism
• Sikhism
• Taoism
• Jainism
• Zoroastrianism

The Society of the Divine Word, in its history and missions, is represented in a number of ways in the Jacoby Library. Check them out here!

Comments or suggestions are always welcome!

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Last updated 24 August 2005