Religion and Politics Data

From R P R Portal

Data Archives

DATASETS -

• American National Election Studies: http://www.electionstudies.org/ (U.S. data includes measures useful for researchers of religion)

• American Religion Data Archive: http://www.thearda.com/ (Research focus and searchable survey data)

• Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life Surveys: http://pewforum.org/surveys/ (Information about the role religion plays in American public life)

• Religion Source: http://www.religionsource.org/Contents/ResourcesStatistics.aspx (Links to various online providers of religious statistics)

• World Values Survey: http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/ (International data includes measures useful for researchers of religion)

DISSERTATIONS -

• Researching World Christianity: [a database of] Doctoral Dissertations on Mission Since 1900, Yale University Library & Yale Divinity School: http://resources.library.yale.edu/dissertations/

Research Projects

• Relemerge: http://www.relemerge.org/ (Program of ten international academic research projects responding to the theme: Re-emergence of Religion as a Social Force in Europe?)

• The Pluralism Project at Harvard University: http://www.pluralism.org/ (Information about the changing religious landscape of the United States)

Resource Websites

• ReligionFacts.com: http://www.religionfacts.com/ (Information about the history, beliefs, and practices of various world religions)

• Religionresearch.org: http://religionresearch.org/ (Information hub for researchers of religion)

• Religious Worlds: http://www.religiousworlds.com/index.html (Information source for religion, religions, and religious studies)

• Virtual Religion Index: http://virtualreligion.net/vri/ (Online catalog of various topics and materials)

• Wikipedia entry for "religion and politics:" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_and_politics

• World Religion Resources: http://www.aril.org/World.html (Various web sites and resources of potential interest)