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Listed below are a few credible sources. Some sources will not be available over the internet. For those you'll  most likely have to go to a library, museum, temple, etc. Feel free to offer suggestions! :o)
Virtual Religion Index
Comparative Religion
*Some Relig. or Phil. info may be incorrect. This  is an individual artist's reflection of the cosmos.
A list of books you should either read or make yourself reasonably familiar with:
**This is a work in progress**

Buddhism
Harvey, Peter.                           An Introduction to Buddhism
     ------                                    An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics
Ray, Reginald                            Buddhist Saints in India
Davids, Caroline                        Stories of the Buddha

Hinduism
Eck, Diana                               Banaras: City of Light
Flood, Gavin                             An Introduction to Hinduism
     -----                                    The Ascetic Self
Larson, Gerald                         India's Agony Over Religion
Metcalf, Barbara and Thomas    A Concise History of India
Olivelle, Patrick                      Rules and Regulations of Brahmanical Asceticism

Mythology
Frazer, Sir James                     The Golden Bough

Study of Religion
Capps, Walter                           Religious Studies
Smart, Ninian                            Dimensions of the Sacred
Strenski, Ivan                            Thinking About Religion

Religion and Violence/Non-Violence

Juergensmeyer, Mark                  Ganghi's Way
      ------                                    Terror in the Mind of God
Wessinger, Catherine                   Millenialism, Persecution, and Violence

Islam
Cook, David                               Understanding Jihad
Esposito, John                            History of Islam
      -------                                  What Everyone Should Know About Islam

Christianity
Torjesen, Karen                          When Women Were Priests
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