World Religions

  • On-line Dictionaries for languages from Akkadian to Xhosa.
  • Adherents is a growing collection of references to published membership/adherent statistics for over 1,300 religions, denominations, faith groups and movements throughout the world. (Read the disclaimer carefully.)
  • Internet History Sourcebooks Project contains well-organized collections of materials in African, Indian, East Asian, Islamic and Jewish history.
  • Facets of Religion resources for all faiths.
  • Migration Information Source Tracks migrating peoples worldwide.
  • The Pluralism Project from Harvard University is a pioneering study of America's changing religious landscape—studies, bibliographies, links, films, graphics.
  • The World Christian Database (WCD) represents the core data from the World Christian Encyclopedia (WCE) and World Christian Trends (WCT). The WCD includes detailed information on 34,000 Christian denominations and on religions in every country of the world. Extensive data are available on 238 countries and 13,000 ethnolinguistic peoples, as well as data on 7,000 cities and 3,000 provinces. Statistics in the WCD represent a significant update of the data published in WCE/WCT in 2001. WCD is an initiative of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.