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Philosophy Resources
The websites listed below include electronic versions of many of the major texts in the history of philosophy:

http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/publications/digitext.html

http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/MainText.asp

The following website is the most comprehensive gathering of philosophy resources on the internet, and includes links to journals, dictionaries, and various websites on particular philosophers and topics:

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/philinks.htm

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy provides brief, general introductions to major philosophical figures and topics, with an emphasis on the history of Western philosophy and on contemporary analytic philosophy:

http://plato.stanford.edu/contents.html

The following websites have links to electronic resources on a variety of contemporary philosophers and issues, primarily in continental thought and feminist theory:

http://home.flash.net/~oudies/theory.htm

If you are wondering about pursuing the profession of philosophy, the American Philosophical Association is the primary organization, and has resources on conferences, graduate programs, and prizes:

http://www.apa.udel.edu/apa/index.html

The websites listed below are great sources of information and advice for applying to graduate schools in philosophy.

http://home.twcny.rr.com/mathewlu/grad_school.html

http://www.cgsnet.org/ResourcesForStudents/timetable.htm

http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/grad-school.html

Here are William and Mary University's, Boston College's, Peterson's, and Dave Burrell's guides to applying to philosophy graduate programs.

http://www.wm.edu/csrv/career/stualum/guidschl.html

http://infoeagle.bc.edu/bc_org/svp/carct/gradartsci.html

http://iiswinprd01.petersons.com/gradchannel/

http://dave.burrell.net//guide/


Religious Studies Resources
Listed below are a variety of helpful and informative religious studies websites.

This site will take you to an alphabetical list of theological schools in North America with links to each school's web page.  Theological Schools of North America

Homepage for the Association for Theological Schools (the accrediting agency)  http://www.ats.edu/

Adherents.com is a growing collection of over 40,000 adherent statistics and religious geography citations -- references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc.

Basically, researchers can use this site to answer such questions as "How many Catholics live in California?", "What are the major religions of South Korea?", or "What percentage of the world is Hindu?" We present data from both primary research sources such as government census reports, statistical sampling surveys and organizational reporting, as well as citations from secondary literature which mention adherent statistics.

Adherents.com is an Internet initiative and is not affiliated with any religious, political, educational, or commercial organization.

Adherents.com is the 2nd most frequently visited general religion site on the Internet.
http://www.adherents.com/

This site below offers links to a multitude of Christian denominational pages http://netministries.org/denomlst.htm

The Creeds of Christendom:  http://www.creeds.net/

For statistics on Christian and Jewish membership in the U.S. in 1960 and 1995 go to http://www.publicpurpose.com/dm-relig.htm

Interfaith Alliance homepage:  http://www.interfaithalliance.org/

Revised Common Lectionary for Cycles A, B, and C can all be found at http://divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/lectionary/

Homepage for "The Other Side" magazine:  http://www.theotherside.org/core.html

Interfaith calendar offering primary sacred times for many world religions:  http://www.interfaithcalendar.org/

World Prayers:  http://www.worldprayers.org/

  


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