World Religions

MAIN Society Religion & Ethics

Atheism	Confuciansim	Judaism
Buddhism	Hinduism	Paganism
Christianity	Islam	Taoism

Above, discover more about major religions & belief systems claiming millions of followers around the planet. Elsewhere on the Web, find out more on the topic in sweeping overviews — with details on religious history, beliefs, holy days, rites and customs, plus more on major religious holidays celebrated each year worldwide ...

Religions of the World - Beautifully illustrated with a clickable world map taking visitors on a virtual world tour of major religions including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, & Animism with information on basic beliefs, terms, geographic concentrations, history and related links, from the University of Minnesota.

BBC Religion & Ethics - Religions - Excellent introduction to beliefs worldwide organized by topic & religion - from Atheism to Zoroastrianism - with related customs & holy days, historical background, global statistics, religious festival calendar, feature stories, message boards, e-cards.

Religions, Faith Groups & Ethical Systems - Top of the line directory boasting facts, information & related links examining major worldwide religions as well as voodoo, witchcraft and other esoteric beliefs plus religious comparisons, glossary of religious & spiritual terms, suggested reading.

Internet Sacred Text Archive - An extensive archive of religious texts, stories & folklore, poetry, drama and essays related to major and lesser known belief systems around the world organized by religion, geographic location or topic.

Adherents.com - A cyber reliquary of statistics on world religions with numbers of adherents, background histories, Top Ten lists of biggest churches, largest followings, including related geographic data, facts & information.

URI Kids - World Religions - Kid-friendly overview with graphic rollovers explaining customs, rites & beliefs of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam & Judaism plus teacher resources & class activitites.

Major religious groups - Wikipedia - Encyclopedic knowledge, statistics, graphs and other geographic data, related links to major world religions.

WWW Virtual Library - World Religions - A directory of directories to more information on major world religions.

also see in Holidays & Observances -> Ash Wednesday

Christmas | Day of the Dead | Diwali | Easter | Good Friday