Resources and Links
Resources
(note: young reader resources are displayed in red)
Beaver, R. Pierce and et al., ed. Eerdman’s Handbook to the World’s Religions, Grand Rapids, Michigan: WM. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1982.
Cavendish, Richard. The Great Religions. New York: Arco Publishing, Inc.,1980.
Langley, Myrtle. Eyewitness Books Religion, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.
Gold, Susan Dudley. Religions of the Western Hemisphere, New York: Twenty-First Century Books, 1997.
Severy, Merle, ed. Great Religions of the World., Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1978.
Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam Webster, Inc., 1986.
Wilkinson, Philip. Illustrated Dictionary of Religions. New York: A DK Publishing Book, 1999.
http://www.wamware.com/world-religions/introduction.htm
http://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/cultural/religion/
http://www.refdesk.com/factrel.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/world_religions/index.shtml
http://www.ala.org/acrl/resjune02.html
http://www.omsakthi.org/religions.html
http://www.academicinfo.net/religindex.html
http://infoplease.lycos.com/ipa/A0001461.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0841495.html
http://ask.elibrary.com/
http://www.encyclopedia.com/
http://www.it-news.com/beliefs.htm
Bechert, Heinz and Richard Gombrich, ed. The World of Buddhism. New York: Facts of File Publications, 1984.
“Buddha”. Young Students Learning Library. Vol. 4, Middleton, Ct: Weekly Reader Books, 1977
Hewitt, Catherine. World Religions: Buddhism. New York:Thomson Learning, 1995.
Ganeri, Anita. What do we Know About Buddhism? New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1997.
, World of Beliefs Buddhism. New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 2002.
“Buddha and Buddhism”. The Random House Encyclopedia. New York: Random House, 1990.
Samarasekara, Dhanapala and Udeni Samarasekara, I am a Buddhist. Franklin Watts, London, 1986.
Wangu, Madhu Bazaz. Buddhism: World Religions. New York: Facts of File, Inc., 1993.
The World Book Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. Chicago: World Book, Inc., 2002.
http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/buddhahist.html
http://mcel.pacificu.edu/as/students/vb/History.HTM
http://www.geocities.com/ztbsangha/buddhism_history.html
http://www.goldenlandpages.com/hotspots/buddhism/
Christianity
Brown, Stephen F. World Religions: Christianity. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1991.
Logan, John. World Religions: Christianity. New York: Thomson Learning, 1995.
Penny, Sue. Christianity Discovering Religions. Austin,Texas: Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, 1997.
“Christianity, Cults and Religions”, Z000 Rose Publishing, Inc., 1996
The World Book Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, 1968
Hinduism
Bahree, Patricia. Dictionaries of World Religion. London: Batsford Academic and Educational, 1984.
Kadodwala. Dilip. A World of Holidays: Holi, Austin,Texas: Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, 1997.
World Religions: Hinduism. New York: Thomson Learning, 1995.
Subramuniyaswami, Satguru Sivaya. Dancing With Siva. Concord, California: Himalaya Academy, 1991.
Wangu, Madhu Bazaz. Hinduism: World Religions. New York: Facts of File, Inc., 1991.
http://www.missouri.edu/~omshanti/Homef.html
Islam
Barlow, Christopher. Islam in Today’s World. London: Batsford Academic and Educational OTD, 1983.
Gordon, Matthew. Islam: World Religions, New York: Facts of File, Inc., 1991.
Iqbal, Muhammad. The Way of the Muslim. Hong Kong:Wing King Tong Co. Ltd., 1973
Morris, Neil. World of Beliefs: Islam. Columbus, Ohio: McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing, 2002.
Wilkinson, Philip. Eyewitness Guides: Islam. London:Dorling Kindersley, 2002.
http://wwwusc.edu/dept/MSA/reference/glossary.html
Judaism
Black, Naomi. ed. Celebration the book of Jewish Festivals. Middle Village, New York: Jonathan David Publishers, Inc., 1987.
Chaikin, Miriam. Menorahs, Mezuzas and other Jewish Symbols. New York: Clarion Books, 1990.
Charing, Douglas. The Jewish World. Morristown, New Jersey: Silver Burdette Company, 1983.
Penny, Sue, Judaism: Discovering Religions. Austin,Texas: Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, 1997.
Wood, Angela. Dictionaries of World Religions. London: Batsford Academic and Educational, 1984.
World Religions: Judaism. New York: Thomson Learning, 1995.
http://www.ujc.org/jewishlife_home.html
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/vitalloc.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/judaism/history/index.shtml
http://www.jewishhistory.huji.ac.il/
Demographics and Maps
http://www.infoplease.com/ipalA0855613.html
http://infoplease.lycos.com/ipalA0904108.html
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007248179x/student_view0/chapter4/web_map_1.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0855613.html
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/vitaltoc.html.