Associations and Colleagues with Important Goals

Religion & Ethics Newsweekly is a valuable source of information on a variety of topics that touch the lives of students. The R& E website offers viewers guides and lesson plans for teachers.


The Forum on Religion and Ecology is one of the most active forces in the exploration the role ecology plays in all of the world's major traditions.

Exploring Ancient World Cultures
Information about and resources for the study of ancient cultures on the world wide web

.National Endowment for the Humanities: a federal agency that supports learning in history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities. Check out the NEH Edsitement link.

Council of Societies for the Study of Religion: information on departments and programs of religious studies in North America, the index for Religious Studies Review, and more.

Sacred Texts of the World: Internet access to the beliefs and classic texts from dozens of religions, past and present.

World Religions resources from secondary school colleague John Cordeaux in the UK, who has put together an excellent resource on the major traditions, especially for younger high schoolers.


The Pluralism Project at Harvard University works to map, to inform about, and to celebrate the diversity of religions in the United States. Many of us at RSiSS believe that teaching world religions by studying them in our country is all the more powerful for its relevancy.

Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education, a national resource for schools to encourage the moral, ethical, and spiritual development of young people.

The National Humanities Center has excellent short articles on religion in American history.

The National Humanities Council always has good information on religion, as well as a number of other relevant topics.

The American Religious Experience aims at a college audience but has excellent materials for secondary teachers:

The First Amendment Center funded by the Freedom Forum: the people at the forefront of explaining how the U.S. Constitution supports the study of religion.

The American Academy of Religion is the national professional organization for the teaching and study of religious studies and ethics. The AAR is invaluable for both the information in its articles and its extensive book reviews.

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