Adherents.com: Religion Statistics Geography, Church Statistics (http://www.adherents.com/index.html)
Adherents.com is a growing collection of church membership and religion adherent statistics. Over 40,000 statistics for over 4,200 faith groups from all major and most minor religions, listing number of adherents, number of congregations, and number of countries. Includes both world totals and regional/country breakdowns.
Basic Terms of Shinto / 神道基本用語集 (http://www.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/bts/index.html)
A searchable dictionary with glossary of Japanese names, terms, and titles from the Institute of Japanese Culture & Classics, Kokugakuin University.
Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library (http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-Buddhism.html)
Part of the World-Wide Web Virtual Library, this site keeps track of leading information facilities in the fields of Buddhism and Buddhist studies.
Contemporary Papers on Japanese Religion (http://www.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/cpjr/index.html)
Web edition of a series published by the Institute for Japanese Culture & Classics, Kokugakuin University.
International Association of Buddhist Culture (IABC) / 国際仏教文化協会 (http://www.ne.jp/asahi/iabc/homepage/)
IABC was founded in 1980 to promote Shinran Buddhism throughout the world.
Japanese Historical Text Initiative (http://www.ecai.org/shinto/textinitiative/)
Ongoing collaborative project of US Berkeley and Kokugakuin University. The site gives access to digitized Japanese originals of Shinto texts written during the last 1300 years, along with commentaries and translations; useful research tools such as Shinto dictionary & glossary; a Shinto atlas, bibliography, and related links.
Resources for East Asian Language and Thought (http://www.human.toyogakuen-u.ac.jp/%7Eacmuller/index.html)
This very extensive web site with emphasis on Asian philosophy and religion was created by Prof. Charles Muller of Toyo Gakuen University. It provides electronic Buddhist texts, Dictionary of East Asian Buddhist Terms, and a wealth of other information and useful links.
Resources for East Asian language and thought (http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/1219)
Presents a collection of online resources for the study of East Asian language and thought. Features a Chinese-Japanese-Korean (CJK)-English dictionary database, a dictionary of East Asian CJK Buddhist terms, and a directory of Web sites related to the study of Korean Buddhism. Contains articles, translated Chinese classics, a guide to graduate studies in Asian philosophy and religion, and other reference works. Offers access to related Web sites.
Society for the Study of Japanese Religions / 日本宗教研究会 (http://www.wfu.edu/Organizations/ssjr/)
An international association of over 200 scholars of the religions of Japan, SSJR's website offers links to general web resources, religion-specific sites, journals and publishing, Japanese society, and study abroad programs.
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