MAIN Society Religion & Ethics

Just up ahead, discover the traditional, ancient tenets as well as the modern cultural significance that surrounds major religions & belief systems that claim 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 ...

also see in Holidays & Observances -> Ash Wednesday | Christmas

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

Makar Sankranti | Palm Sunday | Peace Day | Passover

Ramadan | Rosh Hashana | Three Kings Day | Yom Kippur

More about religion around the Web:

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.

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 activities.

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