Below are a number of links that teachers of philosophy and religion will find helpful. To add a site to this list, please email the editor.

General Religion

Rutgers University Religion Department Virtual Religion Index--A wonderful index of sites. Includes links to both biblical studies sites as well as to sites dealing with all aspects of the phenomenon of religion.

Finding God in Cyberspace:  A Guide to Religious Studies Resources on the Internet--Another important "meta-list" or list of lists related to general religious topics on the internet.  Maintained by John L. Gresham, Library Director at Fontbonne College.

Beliefnet.com--An expanding web community devoted to the popular study of religion.  Modeled after web communities such as Yahoo! or Excite.  A good place for lay persons to learn more about their own or other religious traditions.

The Religious Movements Homepage @ the University of Virginia--An outstanding and comprehensive web site that surveys the beliefs and important figures in both major world religions and new religious movements (commonly mislabeled "cults").

Virtual Religion Index--Sponsored by Mahlon Smith of the the Rutgers University Religion Department. A gateway site for web research on a wide variety of religious topics, including various major faith traditions, ethics, philosophy, theology, and psychology of religion.

Academic Info Religion Gateway--Another research gateway dealing with the scholarly study of religion. A massive and easy to use webliography featuring sites dealing with both traditional and non-traditional religions.

InterFaith Online--A project sponsored by Warren Wilson College that is associated with Harvard University's Pluralism Project.  InterFaith Online explores the great religious diversity that exists in the Asheville/Buncombe County region of western North Carolina. 

General Biblical Studies

All In One Biblical Resources Search--An outstanding master site for beginning web searches related to scholarly biblical studies.  Includes several search engines connected to other important web repositories of biblical studies information.

The Bible Gateway--This is a great resource for students interested in comparing a Bible passage across several translations.

Homepage of Felix Just, S. J.--An excellent collection of links, charts, and pictures dealing with biblical studies.  Leans heavily toward New Testament materials.

K. C. Hanson's Homepage--Another outstanding repository of links and photos dealing with the ancient Mediterranean and ancient Near East.

The Wabash Center:  Guide to Internet Resources for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion--An excellent resource for student research in any area of religious studies, including Bible, theology, church history, philosophy of religion, and ethics.  Maintained by the Wabash Center at Wabash College.

NET Bible--The New English Translation is a new, translation of the Bible produced by twenty different biblical scholars and designed especially for online use.  The translation is accompanied by numerous comments in a HTML frame format.  The NET Bible is part of the larger Biblical Studies Foundation web site. 

Old Testament

Exploring the Hebrew Bible--Maintained by Bob Dunston at Cumberland College. This site includes notes on various books of the Hebrew Bible, basic maps, a glossary, and an excellent bibliography of print resources for students interested in doing exegetical work in the Hebrew Bible.

iTanakh: Resources for Scholarly Study--Chris Heard, of Milligan College, is creating an interesting gateway of links dealing with the Hebrew Bible. It includes links to sites dealing with archaeology, ancient near eastern languages, online texts, the cultural background of the Hebrew Bible, and scholarly publications.

Bible History Online:  Images and Resources for Biblical History--Part of a much larger site with links to sites dealing with all aspects of the ancient Near East.  This page has a number of links dealing with Old Testament history, literature, and archaeology.

A Bequest Unearthed:  Phoenicia--An extremely detailed site dealing with all aspects of the culture of the ancient Phoenicians, the neighbors of ancient Israel.

Virtual Tour of Ancient Israel and Jordan--A photographic tour of many of the regions and sites we study in Old Testament survey.

ABZU:  Guide to Resources for the Study of the Ancient Near East--A marvelous webliography maintained by the University of Chicago.  Try searching for archaeological sites such as Jericho or Megiddo. 

New Testament

The Development of the Canon of the New Testament--A growing site ideal for introductory students interested in exploring further the various canon lists of New Testament books in early Christian history.  Includes links to English translations of Christian apocryphal works such as the Gospel of Thomas, The Apocalypse of Peter, and many others.

New Testament Gateway--Arguably the best repository of web links for New Testament biblical studies out there today.  Both this site and the All In One Biblical Resources Search are managed by Mark Goodacre of the University of Birmingham.

Frontline's PBS Presentation, From Jesus to Christ:  The First Christians--The site for an outstanding PBS special on the history and culture of Palestine in the time of Jesus.  Attempts to survey how the understanding of Jesus in the ancient world grew from the image of him as a mortal Jewish messiah into the belief that Jesus is the incarnate Son of God.

Dead Sea Scrolls: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship--An informative introduction to the most significant archaeological discovery of the twentieth century.

The Jewish Roman World of Jesus--James Tabor's site features a wide array of information on the history, culture, and literature in Jewish and Roman circles in the time of Jesus.

The Jesus Archive--This site is devoted to the most current research on the new quest for the historical Jesus.  An excellent resource for Dr. Young's New Testament Survey course.

Resource Pages for Biblical Studies--Housed at Volda University College in Norway, this is arguably the most extensive index of online resources for biblical studies related to the development of early Christianity.

Early Christian Writings--A handy and very complete web site introducing the reader to basic information on Christian writings in the New Testament, Christian apocrypha, various gnostic writings, and selected Christian church fathers.  Includes basic information on each work, links to online versions of the work, and links to other sites with information on that particular work.

Biblical Archaeology

Second Temple Synagogues--Donald Binder's excellent presentation on the origins, development, architecture, and function of synagogues in the late Hellenistic and Roman periods.  Includes lots of images and diagrams detailing the layout of various synagogues that have been discovered in Europe and Asia.

Israel's Archaeological Treasures--Sponsored by the State of Israel.  This site is a fine photo essay of archaeological sites in Galilee, Jerusalem, and other areas in the region of ancient Palestine.

The Megiddo Expedition--This interesting site reviews the archaeological data surrounding the ancient fortress of Megiddo.  This city overlooks the strategic Valley of Jezreel, and was heavily fortified in the time of Solomon.  The site features a Windows Movie Maker flyover of the site and a 3-D reconstruction of the fortress (requires Viscape browser plugin).

Virtual Tour of Jerusalem--Another photo essay with pictures of all of the major churches and other holy sites in the Jerusalem.

The New Jerusalem Mosaic--This web site surveys the history and culture of Jerusalem throughout its long and fascinating history.  It includes sections on modes of dress, food, archaeology, and significant persons associated with the city's history.

The Temple Mount in Jerusalem--This site is filled with essays and pictures dealing with the archaeology of the temple site in Jerusalem. 

The Perseus Project--This site is a huge compilation of images, texts, and maps dealing with the classical world.  It is geared more toward the study of ancient Greece and Rome.  But some of the maps, images, and texts may relate to the time of Jesus and Paul.

Church History

Christian Classics Ethereal Library--A wonderful site with online texts of many documents significant in church history, including important works by the Church fathers and other significant theologians in church history.

The Ecole Initiative--A wonderful online encyclopedia of church history and Christian theology.

The Hall of Church History:  Theology from a Bunch of Dead Guys--Despite the hip title, this site is a remarkably useful and well-organized synopsis of church history arranged by time period and theological position.  Includes lots of links to other sites.

 The Fathers of the Church--Another site containing the writings of the early church fathers.  A portion of the New Advent web site, a premier link for Roman Catholic life and teaching.

Theology

APS Guide to Resources in Theology--A webliography of sites related to various Christian traditions.  Includes helpful links to online versions of important theological texts.

Glossary of Theological Terms--A brief but useful glossary keyed to the second edition of Christian Theology by Alister McGrath.

Internet Theological Resources:  Systematic Theology--Part of a wonderful set of webliographies maintained by the College of St. Benedict at St. John's University.

The Catholic Encyclopedia--An online version of the 1908 edition of the standard reference work for Catholic doctrine.  Although its material is quite dated, it is still a useful quick resource for finding basic theological or biblical terms.