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"Religious Diversity (Pluralism)", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
(2003), by: D. Basinger. ed: Edward N. Zalta (ed.),
Website: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/religious-pluralism/
Center for Reduction of Religious-Based Conflict: This website covers the currently active religious conflicts around the world.
Website : http://www.center2000.org/
First Freedom Center: This website focuses on freedom of religion in America. Primary sources as well as important secondary sources are available. Teachers resources are also available.
Website : http://www.firstfreedom.org
Forum 18: Forum 18 monitors threats against religious freedom around the world and
tries to present "news in a deliberately calm and balanced fashion, [by showing] all sides of a situation."
Website: http://www.forum18.org/
Hartford Institute for Religion Research: This specific page will link you to the Official Denominational Web Sites (official websites of many of the different religions in the world).
Website: http://hirr.hartsem.edu/denom/homepages.html
The Pluralism Project at Harvard University: The Project's mission is to "to help
Americans engage with the realities of religious diversity through research, outreach, and the active dissemination of resources."
Website : http://www.pluralism.org/
Spiritual Education Lesson Plans believes "that bringing children and parents from
diverse religious and ethnic backgrounds together to learn about religion in a holistic manner fosters mutual trust, promotes community building, and helps replace fear and fanaticism with empathy and cooperation." In order to promote this view, the Website offers lesson plans for different age groups.
Website : http://www.spiritual-education.org Find more websites here or on LaGuardia's Difficult Dialogues Website
America and the challenges of religious diversity. by: Robert Wuthnow.
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2005.
AVAILABILITY at LaGuardia: BR127 .W87
Ethics in the world religions. Oxford ; New York : Oneworld, 2001. ed: Nancy M. Martin.
AVAILABILITY at LaGuardia BJ 1188 .E84 2001
Gale encyclopedia of multicultural America. ed: Jeffrey Lehman. 2nd ed. Detroit : Gale Group, c2000.
AVAILABILITY at LaGuardia: Reference - E 184 .A1 G14 2000
Gender, religion, and diversity : cross-cultural perspectives. New York : Continuum, 2004. ed: Ursula King
AVAILABILITY at LaGuardia: BL458 .G465 2004
Gods in the global village : the world's religions in sociological perspective.
by: Lester R. Kurtz. Thousand Oaks Calif. : Pine Forge Press, c1995.
AVAILABILITY at LaGuardia: BL60 .K87
Pluralism comes of age : American religious culture in the twentieth century. by: Charles H. Lippy. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2000.
AVAILABILITY at LaGuardia: BL 2525 .L567 2000
Religious pluralism in America : the contentious history of a founding ideal. by: Hutchison, William R. New Haven : Yale University Press, c2003.
AVAILABILITY at LaGuardia: BL2525 .H88 2003
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Directory of Open Access : Religion Journals: This is a list of free academic journals online. This particular page lists religious publications
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