| Includes links to denominations within country, academic web
sites. For more information, check sites listed under "General
Resources" and under "Search Engines."
Adherents.com (http://www.adherents.com/)
"Adherents.com is a growing collection of over 41,000 adherent statistics
and religious geography citations -- references to published membership/adherent
statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations,
religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns,
etc... Data [is presented] from both primary research sources such as government
census reports, statistical sampling surveys and organizational reporting, as
well as citations from secondary literature which mention adherent statistics." Database
is searchable by the name of the religion (denomination, sect) or by location.
Catholic Hierarchy: Country
List (http://catholic-hierarchy.org/country/)
Current and historical information about the bishops and dioceses.
Open
Directory Portal Page on Islam (http://dmoz.org/Society/Religion%5Fand%5FSpirituality/Islam/Quran/)
The Open Directory Projects portal page on Islam offers hundreds of citations
on various aspects of Islam as practiced around the globe, as well as sites which
contain the complete Arabic and English texts of the Koran. |