Religion

This site from ABC Programming includes its radio, TV and online networks. As well as transcripts and audio features, the site includes topical feature articles on religion and ethics and an online library of websites A-Z of the major world religions and spiritual movements.

Provides international statistical data about more than 4200 religions, faith groups, tribes and movements. Includes indexes by country and religion as well as statistics such as major world religions by size and age.

Official website of the Anglican Church of Australia. Includes directory, calendar of events and downloadable documents.

Founded in 1856 and originally known as 'The Church Society', and later the 'Home Mission Society', Anglicare is the urban mission and welfare arm of the Sydney Anglican Church. The site includes information on the social service programs of Anglicare, as well as reports and press releases on issues of social concern such as children at risk, homelessness, social exclusion and the availability of refuges for those in need.

Official website of the Atheist Foundation of Australia. Provides articles and news about religion, science, philosophical and social issues from an atheistic perspective.

A collection of texts about Aboriginal spirituality, myths and legends. Because this site only provides texts in the public domain, the texts about Australian Aboriginal religion are mainly historical (nineteenth and early twentieth century) texts by white Australians. Part of the Internet Sacred Text Archive.

This site provides information on charitable organisations in Australia. You can search by an organisation's name, by state or by category including religion. The site includes a calendar of events related to charitable organisations.

An A-Z of religious beliefs, including rituals, philosophy, practices, statistics and a calendar.

Official website of the Baha'i faith. Provides an overview of the international Baha'i community, its structure, history, beliefs and practices as well as the full text of its scriptures and sacred writings.

This site provides a searchable version of the Bible. There are 10 different language editions including: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish and Tagalog.

An Australian resource produced by the Buddha Dharma Education Association for the dissemination of information about Buddha and his teachings. Contains sound files, images and ebooks for download.

An Australian gateway to international Buddhism sites.

Provides links to Australian Catholic resources as well as links to major international Catholic sites such as the Vatican and full text papal encyclicals.

The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney encompasses the city of Sydney and suburbs. This site includes information on Mass times, schools, social services, and events.

Catholic Social Services is the Catholic Church's peak national body for social services in Australia, comprising organisations delivering services in local communities in metropolitan, regional and remote Australia. The site contains a directory of member agencies searchable by state and type of service. These range from aged care and community housing, to disability, employment and refugee services.

Provides biographical details of hundreds of Catholic saints. Includes a listing of patron saints by subject and answers to frequently asked questions.

Database of churches in Australia.

Includes the full text of the Lun Yu, Analects of Confucius in 16 languages as well as a picture archive and biography of Confucius. The website of Confucius Publishing.

Provides information and links about spiritual groups, some of which may be considered cultish or coercive in their practices. From the Rick A. Ross Institute of New Jersey.

Official website of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia. Includes full text articles about Greek Orthodox practices and beliefs, information about saints, the full text of Patriarchal Encyclicals and links to other orthodox sites.

Gateway to Hindu resources including a picture gallery of gods, devotional chants and worship rituals, Hindu scriptures, an introduction to Hindu philosophy, a festival index, biographies of saints and great Hindus. Provides up to date news and feature articles about Hinduism and Vedic astrology.

This multi-faith calendar from the BBC's Religion and Ethics site includes dates of festivals and holy days of the major world religions. Searchable by religion, month and year, it also contains information on the actual festivals.

Archive of documents about religion, spirituality, the occult, legends and folklore. Also includes links to texts that relate to humanity as a whole such as documents about evolution and the relationship between religion and science.

Award-winning guide to Islamic practices and beliefs. Includes course material from Islamic websites and scholarly research materials as well as statistical information and articles about related issues.

Provides information for Muslims in Australia, including prayer time calculators, directories of mosques, schools, halal businesses, links to charitable organisations and other Islamic sites.

Includes information about the beliefs and practices of Jainism, texts, songs and prayers, a Jain encyclopedia, glossary of terms, news items as well as directories to temples, researchers and Jain organisations.

Provides information about all aspects of life in the Jewish communities of Australia, including a directory of synagogues, schools and groups, events calendars and information about culture, music and food.

Provides information on Jewish beliefs, people, practices and holidays and an in-depth look at modern Israel and Jewish-Palestinian relations.

Encyclopedia of ideas, concepts, beliefs, and practices of the occult, mysticism paganism and the paranormal.

The leading statistical survey of Christianity and church life in Australia, the NCLS is conducted after each national census and data correlated with it and other statistical sources. All major denominations included, representing 80% of church attenders. Website includes 'ChurchSEARCH' a comprehensive directory of churches.

A guide to online Papal and other official documents of the Catholic Church maintained by a catholic layman.

Search a comprehensive collection of journals covering religious issues and perspectives, including religious news and information, commentary on topics of general interest from the perspective of a particular religion, and formal theological studies.

Official website of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Includes information about the society's history and extensive links to Quaker organisations worldwide. Also includes links to related topics such as pacifism.

Links to Australian and international organisations, teaching institutions and web resources on religious history.

Official Australian website of the Salvation Army. Includes publications and fact sheets on social issues such as homelessness, gambling and suicide.

The official site for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific, which looks after the regions of Australia, New Zealand and the surrounding islands. Includes a directory, beliefs and perspectives on current issues, bible studies on prophecy, and the Church's news from around the South Pacific.

Brief introduction to Shinto. Includes information on the four main forms of Shinto as well as information on rituals, festivals and shrines. From the Shinto Online Network Association, Japan.

Introduction to the philosophies, scriptures, practices of the world's 5th largest religion. Includes information about gurus and temples.

A critical survey and more than 400 definitions and essays on occult, paranormal and pseudoscientific ideas and practices as well as a survey of the philosophy of atheism and skepticism.

Stories from the cultures of Indigenous Australia. Stories available in video, audio and text formats. From the Australian Museum.

This American site provides an introduction to Taoist philosophy, as well as the translation of sacred texts and discussions about Taoist practices.

Official website of the Vatican. Includes documents from the Vatican Library, Secret Archives & museums.

Links to resources about various religions. Compiled by the Religion Department of Rutgers University, New Jersey.

An annotated guide to a wide variety of electronic resources of interest to those who are involved in the study and practice of religion: syllabi, electronic texts, electronic journals, websites, bibliographies, listserv discussion groups, liturgies, reference resources, software and more.

With it's origins in the first Methodist Church established in Sydney in 1812, the 'Central Methodist Mission' became the 'Wesley Mission' in 1977 following the creation of the Uniting Church. The site contains a community services directory for the City of Sydney focusing on social justice in areas such as aged care, disability support, homelessness, employment services and training support for the disadvantaged.

Overview of Zoroastrianism: it's core beliefs, practices, history and sacred texts. Includes useful links in the 'References' which conclude the article.