Adherents.com (http://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.
Africa Inter Mennonite Mission (AIMM) (http://www.aimmintl.org/home.htm)
Organized as the Congo Inland Mission in 1912. Based in Elkhart, Indiana. Describes
their work in Botswana, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire),
Lesotho, Senegal, South Africa.
African Christian Democratic Party (http://www.acdp.org.za/)
"We stand for: Christian Principles, Freedom of Religion, An Open Market
Economy, Family Values, Community Empowerment & Human Rights in a Federal
System." Political part site with links to party news, information, speeches
and documents.
Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Town (http://catholic-ct.org.za/)
Includes history, biographies, information on the departments, societies, structure,
the Dominican Sisters, etc.
Catholic Diocese of Eshowe (http://www.smom-za.org/eshowe/eshowe.htm)
Presents history, schools, health care, etc.; also provides links to the Catholic
Internet and e-mail directory of southern Africa.
Catholic Hierarchy: Country List (http://catholic-hierarchy.org/country/)
Current and historical information about the bishops and dioceses.
Catholic Internet and E-mail
Directory of Southern Africa (CIDSA) (http://www.smom-za.org/cidsa/cidsa.htm)
Provides names, e-mail addresses; information on the Southern African Catholic
Bishops' Conference, Dioceses and Parishes, Religious Orders and Congregations,
Catholic Organisations, Catholic Schools, Catholic Health Care, Catholic Bookshops & Repositories,
Catholic Publications, personal homepages and E-Mail addresses of Catholics.
Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (http://www.csvr.org.za)
Non-governmental organization based in Johannesburg and operating since1989.
Presents many full text articles on such topics as prisons, crime, rape, gangs,
children, education, health, industry, etc.
Christian
Network Links for Africa (http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/cecilian/777/safrica.htm)
Extensive list of sites for Southern African religious (Christian) organizations.
Jews of Africa (http://www.mindspring.com/%7Ejaypsand/index.htm)
History, culture, photo gallery of Jewish communities in Uganda, Ghana, Mali,
Ethiopia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Sao Tome, Cape Verde, Morocco, and Tunisia.
Journal of Theology
for Southern Africa (Braamfontein) (http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/ricsa/jtsa/index.htm)
Published by South African Council of Churches; provides tables of contents and
abstracts for 1972 through 1999 issues; full text of selected articles from current
issue.
Knights of Malta (http://www.smom-za.org/bbg/goto.htm)
Relief organization in South Africa; describes health-, education-related projects
accomplished by the organization. In English, German, Italian and Spanish.
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.
Pro Veritate (Christian Institute of Southern
Africa), 1962-1977 (http://disa.nu.ac.za/)
Three-year project to make South African material of great socio-political interest
accessible to scholars and researchers worldwide; in its first phase, over 35
South African anti-apartheid journals are being digitized; links are available
to full text articles.
Research Institute
on Christianity in South Africa (University of Cape Town)
(http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/ricsa/)
Presents history, mission, reports, conferences and workshops; links to Journal
of Theology for South Africa, RICSA bulletin, and churches, ecumenical groups
and South African political parties.
Seventh-Day Adventist Church (http://www.adventist.org/)
Site provides world church and regional information, official statements, publications,
special features, videos and more.
South African Council of Churches (SACC) (http://www.sacc-ct.org.za/)
Links to national and provincial offices, member churches, international partners;
also provides a page of public policy links.
South African Internet Resources (http://www.anc.org.za/sanet.html)
Extensive coverage of all topics. Links to all levels of government, national,
regional, international associations, societal and environmental issues, etc.
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