World Studies

Term One: Cultural Collisions

Term Two: Worldviews

World Religions

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC): Religion & Ethics: Religions
Information on the history, customs, beliefs, and holidays of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, and a dozen other religions. Includes links to related content from the BBC.

Virtual Religion Index
An extensive, selective, annotated directory of Internet resources on religion and related topics. From the Rutgers University Religion Department.

Islam and Islamic Studies Resources for Studying Islam and the Diverse Perspectives of Muslims
A collection of annotated sites on "the study of Islam, Qur'an, hadith, the Sunnah, Shi'ism and Heterodox Movements Sufism, Islam in the modern world, militant Islam, jihad, Islamist or extremist Muslims, and terrorism, Islam in Iraq, Muslim women, Islamic art, architecture, music, as well as Islamic history, theology, philosophy, and Arabic and other Islamic languages such as Persian, and religion in general." From a professor of religion at the University of Georgia.

Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
This site is a companion to an ongoing Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) "program devoted entirely to the news of religion and spirituality, and major ethical issues" from around the nation and the world. The site includes audio clips from the programs, interviews, features articles, news briefs, and a section on religious beliefs and practices. Also includes a religious calendar, classroom materials, viewer's guides, and related resources. Searchable.

World Scripture: A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts
An online version of the text by the same name, this site contains over 4,000 scriptural passages from 268 sacred texts and 55 oral traditions, organized into 164 different themes common to all traditions.

Term Three: Imperialism and War

Term Four: Genocide

Voices of the Holocaust
"First-hand accounts of incredible tales of horror, survival, and liberation of 70 victims of Nazi atrocities and oppression during World War II. The interviewees included farmers, lawyers, artists, carpenters and others from all economic levels, and covering many religions, nationalities, and languages from across Europe." The interviews were conducted in 1946 in displaced persons camps around Europe and transcribed into English by Dr. David Pablo Boder, an Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) psychology professor. Forgotten until 1998, the recordings and typescripts were discovered and made public by IIT's librarians.

Term Five: Revolutionaries