Links for Researchers

Other Data Archives

• Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive
• Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
• North American Jewish Data Bank
• Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
• The Odum Institute
• Roper Center
• World Christian Database

Research Journals

• Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on Religion
• Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
• Politics and Religion: A journal of the Religion and Politics section of APSA
• Review of Religious Research
• Social Compass
• Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review

Scholarly Associations

• American Academy of Religion
• Association for Analytic Learning about Islam and Muslim Societies
• Religious Research Association
• Religion and Politics, section of the American Political Science Association
• Section on Religion, American Sociological Association.
• Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
• The Association for the Sociology of Religion
• The Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture

Other Tools and Resources

• Research on Religion Podcast
• Association for the Sociology of Religion's Bibliographic Database

Other Sites of Interest

• Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR)
• British Religion in Numbers
• Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA)
• Hartford Institute for Religion Research
• National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR)
• Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
• Public Religion Research Institute

Links for Educators

General

• American Academy of Religion’s Guidelines for Teaching about Religion in K-12 Public Schools in the United States
• American Academy of Religion’s Syllabus Project
• American Sociological Association’s Resources for Educators
• The Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education
• Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs: Classroom Resources
• Harvard University’s Pluralism Project: Teacher Resources
• National Humanities Center’s TeacherServe Resources on Religion and American Culture
• PBS’s Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Resources for Teachers
• Sociology of Religion Syllabi at the Hartford Institute
• Teacher Resources to Accompany PBS’s Frontline Documentaries on Religion
• The American Memory Project at the Library of Congress
• Wabash Center’s Guide to Internet Resources for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion

Theological Education

• Association of Theological Schools
• Center for the Study of Theological Education (Auburn Theological Seminary)
• Fund for Theological Education
• Lilly Fellows Program (Valparaiso University)
• Programs for the Theological Exploration of Vocation
• Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning Theology and Religion

Links for Journalists

• BBC Online: Religion and Ethics: Information about the UK's main religions, daily religion news.
• Beliefnet: Online news and feature magazine on religion
• British Religion in Numbers
• Catholic News Service
• Centre for Faith and the Media: A Canadian organization on the media and religion
• Foundation for American Communications (FACSNET): Organizes seminars and other programs on religion for journalists
• Religion Newswriters Association
• Religion and Media Interest Group of AEJMC
• NYU Center for Religion and the Media
• The Revealer: Online newsletter of the Center for Religion and the Media
• Center for Religion, Media and Culture at the University of Colorado at Boulder
• Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
• Public Religion Research Institute
• The Religious Broadcasting Site at the University of Virginia
• Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
• ReligionSource: Provides referrals to scholars on religious subjects
• Religion News Service
• Religion in the News Magazine
• Speaking of Faith: National Public Radio program on religion
• Worldwide Faith News: A searchable, browsable database of full text official news releases and other documents, including policy statements, from the news offices of national and world faith groups.

Links for Congregations

General

• African American Lectionary
• American Factfinder Census Data
• Church of the Nazarene Neighborhood Demographics
• Congregational Resource Guide (Alban Institute)
• Indianapolis Center for Congregations (Alban Institute)
• Insights into Religion Portal
• Resources for American Christianity

Online Religion Indexes

• Librarian’s Internet Index
• Open Directory Project, Religion and Spirituality
• Refdesk, World Religion Resources
• Religion Online
• Virtual Religion Index

Religion Research and Data

• Alban Institute
• Calvin Institute of Christian Worship (Calvin College)
• Church of the Nazarene Research Center
• Faith Communities Today (Hartford Seminary)
• Louisville Institute
• National Study of Youth and Religion
• Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
• Pulpit & Pew Project (Duke Divinity School)
• Resources for American Christianity
• U.S. Congregational Life Survey