Links library: Religious texts

Not Just Bibles: Christian Literature on the Net The University of Auckland (ICLnet Christian guides)
Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches Eileen W. Lindner, ed. National Council of the Churches of Christ, Abingdon Press, Nashville, Tenn.
American Jewish Yearbook American Jewish Committee
Our Sunday Visitor’s Catholic Almanac OSV, Inc., Huntington, Indiana
How to be a Perfect Stranger For reporters and photographers covering events in a local house of worship. Arthur J. Magida, ed. 1996, Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, Vermont.
Butler’s Lives of the Saints, New Full Edition Paul Burns, ed. The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minn.
The Official Catholic Directory (Kenedy Directory) Kenedy & Sons, New Providence, NJ.
The Reference Desk’s Religion Page Links to 129 denominations and resources
My Virtual Reference Desk: World Religion Resources
New Testament Gateway
Christian Apocrypha

General

Christianity

Judaism

Islam

Eastern Religions

Wiccan/Pagan/Cults/New Religious Movements

General

The Internet Public Library Listing of full-text works. The Internet Public Library is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information.
Internet Sacred Texts Archives This site packs in a variety of texts on early and modern neo-paganism, including a witch hunt manual, an ancient magical textbook and other texts.
Sacred and Religious Texts David Wiley (Utah State University) personal site has links to Bahai, the Bible, Confucian, Dead Sea Scrolls, Torah, Egyptian Book of the Dead, Gnostic, Hindu, Islamic, Books of Jeu, Mormon, Nag Hammadi, Pistis Sophia texts and more.
Online Journalism Review: Religious Texts Online Article with link to BibleGateway, a service of The Gospel Communications Network.
The Scriptures: Internet Edition Site includes the Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price, as well as study guides, maps and photographs. Hosted by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
The Eddas From Norse Mythology, the two poems that make up The Eddas, Voluspa and Havamal, are reproduced here in English. (CalTech student site: 1996, Nicole Cherry)

Christianity

Audio Bible With the proper software, users can hear the King James Version narrated by Alexander Scourby
The Bible Gateway Passage lookup and word search in various versions of the Bible
The Book of Common Prayer For the U.S. Episcopal Church, in English and Latin; hosted by Brian Reid and the Society for Archbishop Justus
The Book of Mormon Posted by University of Michigan, provided by Project Gutenberg. Allows users to search via key words, individual books or phrases.
The King James Bible Browse by individual books, phrases or use the search features. The Humanities Text Initiative, a unit of the University of Michigan’s Digital Library Production Service.
The New American Bible Search through the Catholic Bible by book or verse on this site sponsored by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops/United States Catholic Conference.
New International Version (NIV) Bible Hosted by the International Bible Society. The site features passage lookups, word searches, and a tool that allows for comparisons of a single verse over nine different Bible versions.
The Unbound Bible Site holds 10 English versions, Greek and Hebrew versions, four ancient versions and 42 versions in various other languages. Allows users to set up a personalized account with places for study links and customized search tools. Hosted by Biola University.
Society of Biblical Literature

Judaism

The Bible Gateway Passage lookup and word search in various versions of the Bible
Hebrew World
The Tanakh These Jewish scriptures are provided in full text by the Jewish Publication Society.
The Unbound Bible Site holds 10 English versions, Greek and Hebrew versions, four ancient versions and 42 versions in various other languages. Allows users to set up a personalized account with places for study links and customized search tools. Hosted by Biola University.

Islam

The Koran Posted by University of Michigan, translated by M.H. Shakir. Allows users to search Koran through key words, chapters and phrases.
MSA-USC Qur’an Database Can enter keywords to search for passages in the Koran in three different translations. Hosted by the Muslim Students Association at USC.
Sunnah and Hadith Contains several ahadith collections, including a searchable database and research articles. Hosted by the Muslim Students Association at USC.
Transliteration of the Qur’an This site is intended to help those trying to learn how to read Arabic. The text is written as closely as possible to the original version. Educational aids are included. Hosted by the Muslim Students Association at USC.

Eastern Religions

The Bahå’I World Gives various Baha’I texts meant for reading or browsing broken down into writings and topics.
Dhammapada Online English translation of Buddhist text by Harischandra Kaviratna. Includes illustrations, glossary and appendix. Sponsored by Theosophical University Press.
TaoDeChing Users can browse through all 81 chapters of the TaoDeChing in English or switch to the Chinese translation.
Taoism – The Tao Te Ching Translator: J. Legge
Taoism – The Zhuangzi The University of Hong Kong
Tipitaka Contains English translations of the three major Pali Canon divisions within the Theravadian Buddhism tradition. (Personal website: cJohn Bullitt)