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Links
Archives and Religion Directories
Adherents.com
Provides estimates of the size of membership or adherence for
some 1300 religious populations. www.ahherents.com
American
Religion Data Archive
A large archive of survey and membeship data on religious bodies
in the United States, with information categorized by state and
county. www.arda.com
American
Religious Experience
A collection of papers, book reviews, and films involving religion
in the United States. www.bkt9@wvu.edu
Materialreligion.org
A vast archive of material objects, sites and documents characterizing
American religion. www.materialreligion.org
North
American Jewish Data Bank
A repository for population and survey data on Jewish communities
in the United States and Canada maintained at City University
of New York. http://web.gc.cuny.edu/dept/cjstu/na/htm
Religiousmovements.org
Information on new religious movements, many of them originating
in California, plus coverage of controversies and courts cases
involving new religions. www.religiousmovements.org
Teacher
Serve - Divining America: Religion and National Culture
An archive of essays on American religious history housed at the
National Humanities Center at Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us:8000/tserve/divam.htm
Centers
and Institutes
Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life
Located at Boston College, this center focuses upon religion and
public policy issues and is directed by Alan Wolfe. www.bc.edu/boisi
Center
for Religion and Civic Culture
A research and coordinating center for faith communities in Los
Angeles at the University of Southern California giving attention
particularly to religion and immigration, faith-based community
development, and religion and culture. www.usc.edu/crcc.
Center
for the Study of Religion
Based at Princeton University, this research and study center
under the direction of Robert Wuthnow focuses on broad trends
in American religion. www.princeton.edu/~csrelig/
Center
for the Study of Religion and American Culture
Located at Indiana University - Purdue University in Indianapolis,
the center sponsors conferences, symposia, research projects on
various aspects of religion and culture and publishes "Religion
and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation." http://iupui.edu/~raac/
Center
for the Study of Southern Culture
Focusing on southern culture generally, this center at the University
of Mississippi on occasion covers religious developments (especially
as related to literature and the arts) in the South. cssc@olemiss.edu/depts/south
Cushwa
Center for the Study of American Catholicism
A major center for research and conferences on the history of
American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame. www.nd.edu/~cushwa
Faith
and Politics Institute
A Washington-based, multi-religious center devoted to bringing
religious and ethical sensitivities to Capitol Hill. Sponsors
an annual Walter Capps Memorial Lecture. www.faith-and-politics.org.
Hartford Institute for Religious Research
Provides the latest research findings, bibliographies, and sociological
analysis of religion in the United States, relevant especially
to congregations. www.hirr.hartsem.edu/press/press.html
Institute
for the Study of American Evangelicals
Largely a research and conference center exploring the history
and current experience of evangelicals in the United States. The
Institute publishes "The Evangelical Studies Bulletin." ISAE@wheaton.edu
Leonard
E. Greenberg Center for Religion in Public Life
Located at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, this research
center led by Mark Silk is devoted especially to media reporting
on religion in the United States. The Center publishes "Religion
in the News" three times a year. csrpl@trincoll.edu
The
Martin Marty Center
A research and teaching center carrying on the legacy of Martin
E. Marty at the University of Chicago. http://marty-center.uchicago.edu/.
Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
An on-going forum with broad coverage of religious and ethical
issues in the United States providing news items, press releases,
and commentary. http://pewforum.org
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