World Religions


Religion, History and Literature



Religion is more than just a belief in a deity. Religion is philosophy and a way of life. It can define who you are, how you view the world around you and how you interact within it. There are as many different types of religion as there are different types of people.

Some religions and beliefs you may know about, some may seem strange and some you've probably never heard of before. Hopefully the information provided on this page will help some people understand the beliefs of others and clear up misunderstandings that may have gone on for generations. You'll discover that people have more in common than you'd think.
I've written descriptions of some world religions to give a basic definition of some of the belief systems. The following links represent a small fraction of the world's religions, so enter with an open mind and explore.


Someone asked Master Yangqi, "When the founder of Zen came from India to China,he sat facing a wall for nine years-what does this mean?" Yangqi said, "As an Indian, he couldn't speak Chinese."

Descriptions of some World Religions

I wrote some of these papers many years ago in an Intro to Religion class, they were written as summaries of a chapter in "The World's Religions" by Huston Smith. Others were collected from other sources. If something is copywrited please let me know! Many thanks to Dr. Tony D'Souza for putting up with me in his class.

My Buddhism Page My African Religion Page
My Baha'i faith Page My Confucianism Page
My Hinduism Page The Origin of Christianity
My Islam Page Pagan/Wiccan Religion-About.com


Religious Sites on the Web


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It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.
-Thomas Jefferson

Adherents.com- A growing collection of over 43,870 adherent statistic citations. Very cool site!!!

African Traditional Religion- Links and info on African Religions.

The Asatru Alliance- Asatru, which means " belief in the gods " in Old Norse, the language of ancient Scandanavia.

The Baha'i World- the second most widespread of the world's independent religions.

Belief System Selector Just what the name sounds like. You answer a few questions about your beliefs and it'll kick out the religions that you are most suited for. Very Cool!!!

Catholic Online- Great site, a list of Saints and everything.

Christianity.com-Very good resource and a fine read!This used to be my link for Christianity Today Magazine.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints- The Mormons

Church of Christ- The main page to the CoC.

Counsel For a Parliament of the World's Religions-Cultivates harmony between the World's Religions!

Clio: Dedicated to the memory and herstory of women: Goddesses, queens and muses. A GeoCities site

Covenant of the Goddess-" An international organization of cooperating, autonomous Wiccan congregations and solo practitioners."

Creedopedia An searchable online religious encyclodedia. Brilliant!

Crystal Chamber Reiki Healing Center Healing Mind-Body-Spirit, When you heal yourself and assist others with their self-healing you heal the Earth. A GeoCities site.

Cultural Expressions Homepage -African religions and computers, side by side. Cool site!

The Church of All Worlds(CAWEB)

Dharma Central-This is a great page! Just go look, you'll thank me.

Encounter World Religions Center-Please stop by this page! Brian is a great guy. They even have seminars to learn about World Religions. Very Cool!

God Checker-Wow! This is a really fun site, More Gods than you can shake a stick at!

Jen's India Room -Visit Jen's Diwali page too.

New Age Resources- Huge site from Australia, Much linkage!

The Orthodox Christian Information Center-An enormous site with tons of information on Orthodoxy. Term Paper City Everybody!!!

Pray On It-An on-line prayer repository. Very nice.

Sacred Name Movement Index- Links to 57 sites.

Shamash- Many links to Jewish information on the net, Look for their FAQ Page.

Sikism Homepage - A great page with a ton of information. Learn & Enjoy!

Symbols-An encyclopedia of Western Signs and Symbols!

The Troth Official Web Site- The Troth is dedicated to exploring, practicing and promoting the pre-Christian religion of the Germanic peoples.

Understanding Islam- A very good website that is dedicated to answering questions about Islam.

Virtual Religion Index-Moved and Updated. This is still a great site!

World Religions and Scripture- Great Page! He helped me get my page started! A GeoCities site


Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world; it is appeased by love. This is an eternal Law. -Dhammapada-5

Religious Texts


The BIBLE Gateway Search the Bible in 19 languages.

Sacred Texts -Devoted to religious tolerance and scholarship

The Summa Theologica of Saint Thomas Aquinas

Thus Spake the Real Zarathushtra- Has the entire text of the Gathas (Zoroastrian scripture and songs) UPDATED

The Wiccan Rede This is one of my pages, it didn't fit in the descriptions section.


We consider bibles and religions divine- I do not say they are not divine, I say they have all grown out of you, and may grow out of you still, It is not they who give the life, it is you who give the life, Leaves are no more shed from the trees, or trees from the earth, than they are shed out of you.
-Walt Whitman

Articles, 'Zines


Religion and Ethics- An amazing amount of information on this PBS site. The show is pretty good too!

Religious Tolerance- Ethics, News, Discussions and many other topics...including Holy days!

Wiccan Spells and Witchcraft- Wicca for beginners!

yOni-The Yoni web~zine is a celebration of the many faces ofthe Feminine.


Myth is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human cultural manifestation. Religions, philosophies, arts, the social forms of primitive and historic man, prime discoveries in science and technology, the very dreams that blister sleep, boil up from the basic, magic ring of myth.
-Dr. Joseph Campbell


World History, Myth and Literature


American Museum of Natural History- This is the place with the dinosaurs!

Canaanite/Ugaritic Mythology FAQ

Encyclopedia of Mythology-This site contains loads of info on classical Greek and Roman mythology. It also has some African info-this site is growing so keep coming back!

Mythology and Folklore-Electronic Texts- This site is so good it hurts!!! Incredible site, simple yet elegant. I can't believe I've never added a link to this page!!!!

The History Net

ReadPrint-Much reading on-line. They offer thousands of books for almost anyone!

Sacred Source(JBL) Catalog

Myths and Legends-Many links to...well, myths and legends! Fantastic site!

The Online Literature Library-YES! Books on the net! Click-Scroll-Read-Enjoy!

Shakespeare-The complete works of ole Billy Shaky-Stick

Travlang.com-This site is so cool it hurts!!! Learn up to 60 languages, travel tips, find hotels, rent cars, get currency rates. An enormous site! They even have on-line translation dictionaries!!!


I was in a bookstore with a friend, an 80+-year-old Chinese gentleman, and we saw a book called "I Ching Made Easy". He picked it up and said: "Oh boy. It's about time someone did this." Then he put it back. -A Tai Chi Instructor



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(Updated and stuff- April 2008)
Yay!!! Finally making an update or two. There were a lot of broken links but I fixed them or deleted them. Mostly deleted them.
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