General Courses

An article from Encyclopedia Britannica about African Religions. (You may need to authenticate through Blackboard)

Interactively explore the most significant events and people in the history of American Religion. ARDA's Timelines of American Religion place a wealth of information- including text, pictures, graphs and more- at your fingertips and withing its historical context.

The ARDA's targeted audience and the data collection have both greatly expanded since 1998, now including American and international collection and developing features for educators, journalists, religious congregations, and researchers. Data included in the ARDA are submitted by the foremost religion scholars and research centers in the worlds. Currently housed in the Social Science Research Institute, the College of Liberal Arts, and the Department of Sociology at the Pennsylvania State University, the ARDA is funded by the Lilly Endowment, the John Templeton Foundation, Chapman University and the Pennsylvania State University.

Buddhism developed form teachings of the Buddha, a teacher who lived in northern India between the mid-6th and mid-4th centuries BCE.(You may need to authenticate through Blackboard)

Christianity stems from life, teachings, and death of Jesus of Nazareth in the 1st century AD. (You may need to authenticate through Blackboard)

Eastern Orthodoxy or Orthodox Catholic Church, is one of the three major doctrinal and jurisdictional groups of Christianity. (You may need to authenticate through Blackboard)

Hinduism is a major world region originating on the Indian subcontinent and comprising several and varied systems of philosophy, belief, and ritual. (You may need to authenticate through Blackboard)

Humanism is a term freely applied to a variety of beliefs, methods, and philosophies that place central emphasis on the human realm. (You may need to authenticate through Blackboard)

Islam is a major world religion promulgated by the prophet Muhammad in Arabia in the 7th century CE. (You may need to authenticate through Blackboard)

Judaism is a monotheistic religion developed among the ancient Hebrews. (You may need to authenticate through Blackboard)

An article from Encyclopedia Britannica about Mormonism. (You may need to authenticate through Blackboard)

Harvard University created the Pluralism Project which shows all different aspects of each religion. Click on each square to find out more.

Roman Catholicism is a Christian church that has been the decisive spiritual force in the history of Western civilization. (You may need to authenticate through Blackboard)

There are a few major variations of the Judaism and this site gives a quick overview of each.