Professor Hertzke's Favorite Web Sites

RELIGIOUS WEBSITES

Mainline and Liberal Protestant Websites:

National Council of Churches
www.ncccusa.org

American Baptist Churches in the USA
(see “Policy Statements and Resolutions” link)
www.abc-usa.org

Disciples of Christ
www.disciples.org

Reconciliation Mission (a ministry of the Disciples of Christ)
www.reconciliationmission.org

The Episcopal Church
www.ecusa.anglican.org
(see “Justice” links at www.ecusa.anglican.org/8020_59881_ENG_HTM.htm)

Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs
(Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)
www.elca.org/advocacy/federal

Presbyterian Church U.S.A.
www.pcusa.org

Reformed Church in America
www.rca.org

United Church of Christ
www.ucc.org

General Board of Church and Society
(United Methodist Church)
http://www.umc-gbcs.org

Unitarian Universalist Association
www.uua.org

Interfaith Alliance
(Group formed to counter the Religious Right)
http://www.interfaithalliance.org

Peace Church Websites:

Friends United Meeting
www.fum.org

Friends Committee on National Legislation
www.fcnl.org

Mennonite Central Committee
www.mcc.org

Church of the Brethren
www.brethren.org

Orthodox Websites:

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
www.goarch.org

Orthodox Church in America
www.oca.org

Mormon Websites:

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
www.lds.org

Community of Christ
(Formerly Re-organized LDS)
www.cofchrist.org

Evangelical Protestant Websites:

National Association of Evangelicals
www.nae.net

Assembly of God
www.ag.org/top

Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
(see “FAQs”)
www.lcms.org

Church of the Nazarene
www.nazarene.org

The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission
(Southern Baptist Convention)
www.erlc.com

Baptist World Alliance
www.bwanet.org

United Pentecostal Church
www.upci.org

Christian Coalition
www.cc.org

American Center for Law and Justice
www.aclj.org

Concerned Women for America (Beverley LaHaye)
www.cwfa.org

Eagle Forum (Phyllis Schafly)
www.eagleforum.org

Family Research Council
www.frc.org
(Check out their Hotlinks)

Focus on the Family (James Dobson)
http://www.family.org/

The Family Foundation
www.familyfoundation.org

Prison Fellowship Ministries (Charles Colson)
http://www.pfm.org

American Values (Gary Bauer)
www.ouramericanvalues.org

Black Church Websites:

African Methodist Episcopal Church
www.ame-church.org

Church of God in Christ
www.cogic.org

National Black Catholic Congress
www.nbccongress.org

Catholic Websites:

The Holy See: The Vatican homepage
www.vatican.va

National Conference of Catholic Bishops/U.S. Catholic Conference
www.nccbuscc.org

Network: National Catholic Social Justice Lobby (Liberal nuns group)
www.networklobby.org

Catholic League for Religious and Civil Liberties
www.catholicleague.org

Pax Christi International
www.paxchristi.net

Maryknoll (liberal development organization)
www.maryknoll.org

Catholic Online (links)
www.catholic.org

Christian Publications:

Sojourners Magazine
www.sojourners.com

Religion and Ethics Newsweekly
www.thirteen.org/religion

Christianity Today
www.christianitytoday.com

Christian Century
www.christiancentury.org

First Things
www.firstthings.com


Christian Think Tanks:

Ethics and Public Policy Center (Judeo-Christian focus on public policy)
www.eppc.org

Institute for Religion and Democracy (Watchdog on Mainline Churches’ political “biases”)
www.ird-renew.org

Jewish Websites:

United Jewish Communities (Federations of North America)
www.ujc.org

Reform Judaism
http://rj.org

Central Conference of American Rabbis
http://ccarnet.org

Anti-Defamation League
www.adl.org

Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism
http://rj.org/rac

Orthodox Union
www.ou.org

Rabbinical Council of America
www.rabbis.org

Chabad (Chabad Lubavich Movement; Hassidic)
www.chabad.org

American Israel PAC
http://www.aipac.org

Anti-Defamation League
www.adl.org

The Jerusalem Post
www.jpost.com

Ha’Aretz
www.haaretz.com

The Gay Church:

The Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches
www.ufmcc.com

Mel White’s JusticeNet
http://www.melwhite.org/

Secular Organizations:

Americans United for Separation of Church and State
www.au.org

People for the American Way Foundation
www.pfaw.org

ACLU (mostly domestic emphasis on civil liberties but has focused on war on terror detainees)
www.aclu.org/

Human Rights Watch (secular international human rights monitor)
http://www.hrw.org/

Amnesty International (Another human rights organization)
http://www.amnesty.org/

Islamic Websites:

Muslim American Society
www.masnet.org

Islamic Society of North America
http://www.isna.net/index.htm

Muslim Public Affairs Council
http://www.mpac.org/

Council on American Islamic Relations
http://cair-net.org

Al Jazeera
http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage

Americans for a Palestinian State
www.americansforapalestinianstate.org

Muslim Council of Britain
www.mcb.org.uk

Islamic Social Services Association
www.issaservices.com

Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe
www.fioe.org

Center for Middle Eastern Studies
http://menic.utexas.edu/menic

Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy
www.islam-democracy.org

Project Maps
Contains valuable information on public opinion and voting of Muslims
www.projectmaps.com

Hindu Websites:

Global Hindu Network
www.hindunet.org

American Hindu Anti-Defamation Coalition
www.hindunet.org/anti_defamation

Sikh Websites:

Sikh Homepage
www.sikhs.org

Sikh Media Watch & Resources Task Force
www.sikhmediawatch.org

Bahai Websites:

Bahai World
www.bahai.org

Buddhist Websites:

Buddha Net Links
www.buddhanet.net/weblinks.htm

International Campaign for Tibet
www.savetibet.org

Government Websites:

The White House
www.whitehouse.gov
(see in particular “Faith-Based Initiatives”: www.whitehouse.gov/government/fbci)

U.S. Senate
www.senate.gov
(see in particular the Foreign Relations Committee: foreign.senate.gov)

U.S. House of Representatives
www.house.gov/
(see in particular the Committee on International Relations: www.house.gov/international_relations)

Federal Legislation
thomas.loc.gov

Federal Bureaucracies/Departments
www.fedworld.gov

State Department
www.state.gov
(Country reports are helpful, and see especially “International Religious Freedom” www.state.gov/g/drl/irf)

Central Intelligence Agency
www.cia.gov/

News Programs:

Religion & Ethics News Weekly
www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/index_flash.html/
The website provides summaries and transcriptions of the Public Television program.

BeliefNet
http://www.beliefnet.com
(see in particular the Committee on International Relations: www.house.gov/international_relations)

International Development Organizations:

Catholic Relief Services
www.catholicrelief.org

Lutheran World Relief
www.lwr.org

Nazarene Compassionate Ministries
http://www.ncm.org
(see in particular “Links” and “Education”)

World Vision
www.wvi.org

World Relief
www.wr.org

Samaritan’s Purse
www.samaritanspurse.org

Islamic Relief
www.irw.org

American Jewish World Service
www.ajws.org

International Advocay Organizations:

Bread for the World
www.bread.org

Advocates International
www.advocatesinternational.org

Voice of the Martyrs
www.persecution.com

Open Doors with Brother Andrew
www.opendoors.org
www.opendoorsusa.org

Christian Solidarity Worldwide
www.csw.org.uk

Christian Solidarity International
www.csi-int.org

International Christian Concern
www.persecution.org

Cardinal Kung Foundation
www.cardinalkungfoundation.org

Iranian Christians International
www.iranchristians.org

Debating Web sites on Christian support for Israel:

Pro-Christian Zionism site:
http://christianactionforisrael.org/czionism.html

Anti-Christian Zionism site:
www.christianzionism.org/default.htm

Articles critical of Fundamentalist Christian support for Israel
http://www.muhajabah.com/christianzion.htm

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