In many respects, these Web resources may prove more valuable to religion journalism esearchers than the Journalist's Online Glossary. For another page of links to online religious resources, see my collection of online religion journalism sites.

American Bible Society:  http://www.americanbible.org
More than a commercial site.  Some truly fine articles about the Bible appear here.

Ba'hai Studies:  http://h-net2.msu.edu/~bahai/rg/rg.glossary.html
Appears to be an outgrowth of the humanities and social sciences department at Michigan State University, or some of its members, at any rate.

BeliefNet:  http://www.beliefnet.com
Mostly religion news and essays (lots of columnists), but a good place to keep one's finger on the pulse of religion in the 21st Century. Be warned: This is a commercial site with much to sell.  Unfortunately, BeliefNet is struggling through bankruptcy trying to hold its place in the online world with its staff cut from 69 to 12.

BuddhaNet:  http://www.buddhanet.net/bw_bud.htm
A good introduction to the Buddha, Siddharta Gautama, and his religion.

Buddhist Depot: A glossary of Buddhist terms:  http://www.edepot.com/budglossary.html
Listed alphabetically. A fine dictionary of Buddhism.

Britannica.com -- Encyclopedia Britannica Online:
http://www.britannica.com
Amazingly comprehensive articles available online by clicking the home page's "religion" link.

Catholic Saints (Catholic Online):  http://saints.catholic.org/stsindex.html
Page after page of links (arranged alphabetically) to the saints of the Roman Catholic Church.  Graphically pleasing site.

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Episcopal Things:  http://smith2.sewanee.edu/gsmith/Texts/Sewanee/DictEpiscopalThings.html
A dictionary of terms in use around the campus of the Episcopal School of Theology at the University of the South, a campus more affectionately known as Sewanee.

Fathers of the Early Church:  http://newadvent.org/fathers/
An outstanding collection of the early church fathers and their writings that are posted on the Internet.  Arranged alphabetically and growing.

ISKCON   ***Site moved.  New URL unknown.
(International Society for Krishna Consciousness):
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/4402/glossary.htm

The Islam site:  http://www.islamzine.com/

Jainworld:  http://www.jainworld.com/education/dictionary/dictframe.htm
Almost everything you need to know about Jainism.  There's a tendency at this
site for each definition to require that one knows another specialized term of the
religion.  A bit like being on a scavenger hunt for esoteric words.

Judaism and Jewish Resources:  http://www.shamash.org/trb/judaism.html#studs
Andrew Tannenbaum's thoughtful collection of links that is more than a reference. A potpourri of all things Jewish.

Lakota studies (formerly lakota-studies.org)
This site has relocated, and I've been unable to find its new URL.

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Lexicon of Confucianism:  http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/ConfLex/
Its title says it all.

Nag Hammadi Library:  http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/nhl.html
Translation of the ancient manuscripts discovered in 1945 that provide much insight into 1st-century Gnosticism.

Native American History Archive:  http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/naha/
Searching around at this site will eventually get one to some information on spirituality and religious customs.

Native American Spirituality:  http://www.proaxis.com/~bakerb/naspirit.html

New Age Dictionary:  http://logosresourcepages.org/na-dict.html
This is not a sympathetic dictionary, but may be useful in defining terms associated with many psychological and therapeutic visions.

New Pani Hati Glossary of Terms (Hare Krishna):
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/4402/glossary.htm

Online Glossary Project /  ***Site no longer at this URL; address unknown.
Dept. of Theology at the U. of Notre Dame:  http://www.nd.edu/~theo/glossary.html Like monks counting stars, the students of this department keep adding to their extensive glossary.

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Reformed Evangelical Theology glossary
(Warfield List Glossary):  http://members.nbci.com/_XMCM/BBWarfield/Glossary.htm
If one has never heard of theologian B.B. Warfield of Princeton, one does not know Reformed Evangelical Theology.  As do many specialized religion pages, this glossary tends to build on other terms in the glossary.

Religion Newswriters Association--ReligionLink:
http://www.religionwriters.com/public/tips/main.html
Completely revamped site that recently received a Pew grant and is now posting one of the most important religion news sites to the Web.  A must-visit place for serious religion journalists.

Religious Movements Page: http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/profiles/
Maintained at the University of Virginia, this site provides detailed profiles of the world's religions and their manifold expressions in society.  A massive and masterful glossary on religion in the world.

Scientology and Dianetics:  http://www.scientology.org/p_jpg/wis/wiseng/gloss.htm

Soka Gakkai International --USA (Nichiren Buddhism):
http://www.sgi-usa.org
The largest Nichiren Buddhist organization in the U.S. maintains this site.  Lots of links here to other Buddhist sites.

Taoism Information Page:  http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/taoism/

World Council of Churches:  http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/map/index-e.html

World Religions Information:  http://www-cgsc.army.mil/chap/relpractice/index.htm
An online version of the U.S. military chaplain's handbook.

Your Dictionary.com on Religion:  http://www.yourdictionary.com/diction5.html#religion
A collection of specialty reference links on religion.  By the way, this is a super site for any sort of dictionary research.

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