Links library: Issues and current topics

Links collections

Media studies

Academic centers

Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education (News21)
Center on Religion & the Professions, University of Missouri
Knight Chair in Media and Religion, USC Annenberg School for Communication

Culture and sociology

U.S.

Barna Research Group The Barna Group provides primary research, communications tools, printed resources, leadership development for young people, and church facilitation and enhancement in order to “partner with Christian ministries and individuals to be a catalyst in moral and spiritual transformation in the United States.”
Faith Communities Today (Hartford Seminary) Calls itself the largest survey of congregations ever conducted in the United States.
The Louisville Institute Lilly Endowment Program for the study of American religion based at Louisville Presbyterian Seminary.
Harvard Pluralism Project The Pluralism Project: World Religions in America is a research project aimed at engaging students in studying the new religious diversity in the United States.
Religion’s Profile Rises in Pop Culture (Robert Marquand, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor ) A 1997 article in the “Christian Science Monitor” that examines the growing role of religion in American culture.
Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture research and public outreach institute devoted to the promotion of the understanding of the relation between religion and other features of American culture. Based in the IU School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
Cross Currents: “Religion, Politics, and the State: Cross-Cultural Observations Cultural A 1997 article in CrossCurrents, a publication from the Association for Religion and Intellectual Life
Damaris Online Resources: Current trends Contains hundreds of articles and study guides on films, books, music, television and some of the developments within culture as a whole.It is produced by Damaris International, a Christian site based in the UK.
Research on Youth and Religion The National Study of Youth and Religion offers a variety of reports and statistics on young people and religion
SocioWeb: The Sociological Resource Center SocioWeb is an independent guide to sociological resources available on the Internet

Global

Webster’s World of Cultural Policy An online resource center for the study of cultural policy from the perspective of cultural democracy
123World Religion The site provides links to a variety of religious groups
Americas Society – Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada The group provides information on the diverse cultures in the Americas
Chinese Cultural Studies: Philosophy and Religion in China Information about Chinese philosophy and religion compiled by Compton’s Living Encyclopedia

Ethics

General

The Beard Center for Leadership in Ethics Duquesne University in Pittsburgh
W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Center for Ethics Emory University in Atlanta
Center for Ethics University of Tampa
Center for Ethics and the Professions Harvard University
Consortium Ethics Program University of Pittsburgh
Stanford Center on Ethics Stanford University
Ethics Resource Center The Ethics Resource Center (ERC) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization whose vision is a world where individuals and organizations act with integrity.
Institute for Applied and Professional Ethics Ohio University in Athens, Ohio
Dartmouth College Ethics Institute Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH
Institute for Global Ethics The international group works to promote ethical behavior in individuals, institutions, and nations through research, public discourse, and practical action.
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics Santa Clara University in California
Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions (Indiana University) The Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions is an endowed ethics research center at Indiana University Bloomington.
Wharton Ethics Program University of Pennsylvania

Business

Business Ethics and Corporate Stakeholder Relations Program - University of Ottawa
Center for Business Ethics Bentley College in Waltham, Mass.
Center for Ethics and Business Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles
Council for Ethics in Economics The Council for Ethics in Economics is an association based in Columbus, Ohio of leaders in business, higher education, religion and other professions working together to try to strengthen the ethical fabric of business and economic life.
Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research Wharton School in Philadelphia
International Business Ethics Institute The International Business Ethics Institute is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, educational organization. The Institute was founded in 1994 in response to the growing need for transnationalism in the field of business ethics.

Science and Medicine

Center for Biomedical Ethics University of Virginia
Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science Case Western Reserve University
Center for Environmental Philosophy The Center for Environmental Philosophy was created by the board of directors of Environmental Philosophy, Inc., a nonprofit corporation of the State of New Mexico. It is the product of a number of activities begun with the creation of the journal Environmental Ethics.
The Hastings Center The Hastings Center is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit bioethics research institute founded in 1969 to explore fundamental and emerging questions in health care, biotechnology, and the environment.
The Park Ridge Center for the Study of Health, Faith and Ethics The Park Ridge Center in Park Ridge, Ill., explores the interaction of health, faith, and ethics through research, education and consultation. The center is an independent, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization affiliated with Advocate Health Care.
Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics Stanford University

Media

presscouncils.org A website entirely devoted to media ethics and accountability systems – with now a record 320 media codes, data on all world press councils, a list of 80 (non-governmental) media accountability systems (MAS) plus 175 links and 315 book titles on ethics and MAS.

Health care and medicine

On the Web

Center for Religion, the Professions and the Public Based at the University of Missouri-Columbia it provides a variety of links on religion and medicine.

Articles

Religion, Spirituality, and Medicine: How Are They Related and What Does It Mean? Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Religious Involvement, Spirituality, and Medicine: Implications for Clinical Practice Mayo Clinic Peer Review
New research finds link between religion and health in the elderly Yale Medicine

Holidays

Marriage and family

Law Library of Congress
National Survey of Family Growth U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Data Services). The 1973-1995 National Surveys of Family Growth (NSFG) have provided reliable national statistics on pregnancy, childbearing, contraception, and related aspects of maternal and infant health.
Reflections on Family: A Conversation with Douglas Besharov U.S. Society and Values, “The American Family,” Department of State, International Information Programs, January 2001

Philanthropy and poverty

Administration for Children and Families (ACF) statistics U.S. Department of Health and Human Services data
Welfare-to-Work Hiring Statistics U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Census employment and income statistics 1990-2002
Links to philanthropy information U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs
Faith-based initiatives Background from the Pew Charitable Trusts
In Good Faith Background from the Pew Forum
Rallying the Armies of Compassion The Bush initiative

Public action and advocacy on ecology

Harvard University Center for the Environment: Forum on Religion and Ecology The Forum on Religion and Ecology is an interreligious, multi-cultural, interdisciplinary initiative engaging in scholarly dialogue on the environment.
Caring for Creation: links to religion and ecology sites Northern Arizona University
Religion and the Environment Wabash Center
Links to religion and ecology sites The site is put together by Mark I. Wallace, associate professor in the Department of Religion and member of the Interpretation Theory Committee and the Environmental Studies Committee at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania.

Business

Center for Religion, the Professions, & the Public University of Missouri-Columbia
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary: Center for Business, Religion, and Professions Seminary

Articles

• Religion in the Workplace: The growing presence of spirituality in Corporate America (BusinessWeek)

Death penalty

Capital Punishment Statistics U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs; Bureau of Justice Statistics
Survey of the Federal death penalty system Department of Justice
The Federal Death Penalty System: Supplementary Data, Analysis and Revised Protocols Department of Justice
Cornell Death Penalty Project Cornell Law School
Death penalty information and resources Northern Illinois University
Death penalty information: High School Curriculum Michigan State University
The Death Penalty Background from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

Education

General

Religion and Public Schools Background from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
Religion and School Vouchers Background from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
Teaching About Religion (Pew Forum) Teaching About Religion in Public Schools: Where do We Go From Here?’ Conference took place May 20-22, 2003

Syllabi

The American Academy of Religion Syllabus Project This project was initiated by the AAR Committee on Teaching and Learning, and by graduate students. For post-secondary classes teaching issues of religion and media.
Religion & American Politics, Bucknell University Bucknell University
Religion, News Media and American Culture, Hofstra University Hofstra University
Religion, Spirituality and Ethics, journalism specialization, Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism Specialized Reporting Program: Religion, Spirituality and Ethics
Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate CARA is a national, non-profit, university-affiliated organization that conducts social scientific studies about the Catholic Church. (Georgetown University)

Popular culture

Religion’s Profile Rises in Pop Culture Robert Marquand, The Christian Science Monitor (1997)

Public religion

Religion and the Founding of the American Republic Library of Congress Exhibition
Speaking of Faith Public radio’s national conversation about belief, meaning, ethics, and ideas.