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    • Anthropological Perspectives on Religion
    • Ars Disputandi (Online Journal for Philosophy of Religion)
    • Axis Dialogue (Online Resource for Contemporary Art)
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    • Jnl of the American Academy of Religion
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    • Oxford Art Journal
    • Religion and the Arts (BC)
    • Review of Biblical Literature
    • Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion
    • Sacred Architecture Journal
    • The Journal for the Renewal of Religion and Theology
    • The Journal of Religion (U. of Chicago)
    • The Journal of Religion and Film
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    • The Journal of Southern Religion
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    • WIRED Magazine

  • Atheism

    • Dispatches from the Culture Wars
    • Dogma Free America
    • No God Blog

  • Blogroll

    • The Playgoer
    • The Schiff Report
    • Paper Cuts (NY Times)
    • The Abbeville Manual of Style
    • Robert Edsel Blog
    • ze frank
    • Two Coats of Paint
    • The Docent
    • HARO
    • Peter Shankman
    • GenerationYGive
    • Thinking About Art
    • WCA Blog
    • Tonecluster
    • Sree.net
    • Textiles and Text
    • The Art Law Blog
    • religious imagery in culture
    • NoWoodenShoes
    • Of Making Many Books
    • predicate, ink.
    • toot
    • Mindy Withrow

  • Buddhism

    • Buddhist Art News
    • Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation
    • Stitching Buddhas

  • Christianity

    • A Very Fine Romance
    • Art Within
    • ArtSolidarity & The Ted Crisman Art Gallery
    • Bashing Secularism (Blog)
    • Burnside Writers Collective
    • Cacciaguida
    • Cardinal Seán’s Blog
    • Christian Bloggers
    • Christianity Today Liveblog
    • Christians in the Arts
    • Christians In Theatre Arts
    • Churches Advertising Network
    • De[Construct].net
    • Dick Staub
    • Earthbound Spirit
    • Elizabeth Lev
    • Euangelion
    • Evangelical Outpost
    • Father Joe (Joseph Jenkins)
    • Generations Of
    • Good Jesuit, Bad Jesuit
    • Gospel Sound Check
    • Hearts & Minds
    • Idle Speculations
    • Internet Monk
    • Jesus Creed (Scot McKnight, Beliefnet)
    • Jesus in Love
    • Jolly Blogger
    • Liturgicalcredo.com/
    • Ora Et Labora
    • Pastor Mark Roberts
    • Reditus: A Chronicle of Aesthetic Christianity
    • RZIM (Ravi Zacharias)
    • Scott's Catholicism Blog (About.com)
    • Square Halo Books
    • The Bird Proofer (David Howard)
    • The Foundation for Sacred Arts
    • The Kindlings
    • The Other Journal
    • The Resurgence, Pastor Mark Driscoll
    • the view from her
    • Theatrical Outfit

  • History

    • Got Medieval
    • In the Middle
    • mental tesserae
    • Muslim Heritage
    • Summa Contra Mundum
    • The Cranky Professor

  • Islam

    • A’isha La’Don
    • Abu Aardvark (Marc Lynch)
    • AerosolArabic: Urban Islamic Art
    • alt.muslim
    • And Far Away (Roba Al-Assi)
    • Arab Bistro
    • Arabic Type
    • Art Hot Spots (Tehran)
    • Common Placer
    • Emel ("the muslim lifestyle magazine")
    • FaithTube
    • Historians of Islamic Art
    • Imam Johari Abdul Malik
    • International Muslimah Artists Network
    • Islamic Art Network
    • Islamic Artists Society
    • Just your average Muslim (Sameer Parker)
    • LACMA Islamic Art
    • Manrilla
    • Margari Aziza Hill
    • Max Emadi Artist
    • Met Islamic Art
    • Moroccan Design
    • Muslim Matters
    • Muslim Style Queen aka Islamic Fashion
    • Network of Islamic Artists
    • Pattern in Islamic Art
    • Tariq Nelson
    • The Mediterranean Visual Arts Club Blog
    • The Progressive Muslim (Hamza Khan)

  • Judaism

    • 92Y Blog
    • A Chassid and a Modern Orthodox Rabbi Answer a Litigator: What Does the Parsha Mean to Us?
    • All About Jewish Theater
    • Art - Jewish Knowledge Base (Chabad)
    • Azure
    • Bintel Blog
    • Breslov Arts
    • Cine-Journal (George Robinson)
    • Contentions/Commentary Magazine Blog
    • Failed Messiah
    • Jewish Art Salon
    • Jewish Blogmeister
    • Joe Kubert
    • Journey Circles
    • Mark Podwal
    • Mel Alexenberg
    • Mima'amakim Blog
    • Mixed Multitudes (Blog, MyJewishLearning)
    • Moment Magazine (Blog)
    • Museum Director's Blog (David G. Marwell, Museum of Jewish Heritage)
    • Nextbook
    • Richard McBee
    • Siona Benjamin
    • Soul Works Studio
    • The Artist's Torah
    • The Jewish Channel
    • The Jewish Museum of Maryland
    • Windows and Doors (Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, Beliefnet)
    • World Jewish Daily
    • Yeshiva Univeristy Arts

  • LDS/Mormonism

    • A Motley Vision
    • BYU Museum of Art Digital Collection
    • Famous Mormon Artists
    • Idaho Mormon (Blog)
    • Images of the Restoration
    • LDS Art
    • LDS Art Collector Blog
    • LDS Artworks
    • Mormon Artist Magazine
    • Mormon Inquiry (Dave Banack, Beliefnet)
    • Museum of Church History and Art
    • Nothing Wavering (LDS & Mormon Blog Portal)
    • Reflections of Christ
    • Segullah (Writings by LDS Women)

  • Museum Blogs

    • Brooklyn Museum
    • Eye Level
    • Indianapolis Museum of Art
    • Katzen AU
    • Medieval and Renaissance: Past, Present and Future (V&A)
    • Museum Blogs
    • Museum of Art and Archaeology
    • Museum of Jewish Heritage
    • Museum of London Archaeology Service
    • Portable Antiquities Blog (British Museum)
    • Princeton Art
    • SAAM
    • Saatchi Blog
    • Salt Lake Art Center
    • Sherwin Miller Museum
    • Smithsonian
    • TATEetc.
    • The Bigger Picture (Smithsonian)
    • Union of Concerned Museum & Archive
    • University of Leicester
    • V&A
    • Walker
    • Walters

  • Museums

    • 24 Hour Museum (UK)
    • Asia Society
    • Calligraphy Gallery
    • Freer/Sackler Galleries
    • Istanbul Museum of Modern Art
    • Japan Society
    • Jewish Museum
    • Jewish, etc. (NMAJH)
    • Jordan National Gallery of Art
    • L.A. Meyer Museum for Islamic Art
    • MOBIA
    • MOCRA Blog
    • Musei Vaticani
    • Museum Blogs
    • Museum for African Art
    • Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
    • Museum of Contemporary Religious Art
    • Museum of Jewish Heritage
    • Museum of World Religions
    • Museum With No Frontiers
    • National Gallery of Armenia
    • National Museum of African Art
    • Palestine Center
    • Religions Art Gallery
    • Rembrandt's Late Religious Portraits (NGA)
    • Skirball
    • Spertus
    • St. Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art
    • Tareq Rajab Museum
    • Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
    • Tel Aviv Museum
    • Thailand Museum
    • Web Gallery of Art
    • YU Museum
    • YU Museum

  • Other Art

    • Mummies and Masterpieces
    • Olga's Gallery
    • phillips ART expert
    • The Sartorialist
    • we make money not art
    • Web Gallery of Art

  • Religion Blogs

    • A Pagan's Blog (Beliefnet)
    • Alltop Religion
    • Ancient World Bloggers Group
    • Beliefnet
    • Between Two Worlds (Justin Taylor)
    • Blogenspiel (Blog on Medieval History)
    • Brandon Withrow
    • Comment is Free (Belief, Guardian)
    • Dallas Morning News religion blog
    • Duke U. Religion Dept. Blog
    • Exodus Conspiracy
    • Faith & Works blog (Peter Smith, Courier-Journal)
    • Higher Criticism
    • Holy Smoke (Damian Thompson, Telegraph, UK)
    • Idol Chatter (Religion and Pop Culture, Beliefnet)
    • Interfaith Family Blog
    • Jew School
    • Jewess
    • Jewish Currents
    • Jewlicious
    • Jews for Jesus Blog
    • Jspot
    • Laughing Pastor
    • Luke Ford
    • Mind, Body, Soul
    • Mixed Multitudes
    • Most Sincere
    • My Jewish Learning
    • New Covenant
    • On Faith (Washington Post)
    • Overheard in the Sacristy
    • People of the Book
    • Reb Blog
    • Relevant Magazine
    • Religion News Blog
    • Religion Writer (Andrea Useem)
    • Sojourner's Song
    • Spoiled for the Ordinary
    • Stimulation
    • The Aesthetic Elevator
    • The Road We Travel
    • The Telegraph (JTA)
    • Think Christian
    • Windows and Doors
    • Yale Institute of Sacred Music

  • Religious Art Museums/Galleries/Institutions

    • Arab Art Gallery
    • Assoc. of European Jewish Museums
    • BYU Museum
    • Center for Jewish Art (Hebrew U.)
    • Center for Sacred Landmarks Virtual Gallery Tours (Cleveland State U.)
    • Christians in the Visual Arts
    • Contemporary Jewish Museum
    • Coptic Museum
    • Creation Museum
    • Darat Al Funun
    • Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
    • HUC
    • Islamic Art and Architecture
    • Israel Museum
    • Organic Light Photography (Youssef M. Ismail)
    • Pharaonic Gods (Egyptian Museum)
    • Stanton Street Shul Conservation Project
    • Threads Theater Company

  • Religious Artist Websites

    • Art and the bible
    • Artist With Spirit
    • Dina Bursztyn (Potato Spirit)
    • Elizabeth Milkes Jerome
    • Ghenador Art Gallery
    • Ismail Shammout & Tamam Al-AKhal
    • Yona Verwer

  • Sites/Blogs on Art

    • 2blowhards
    • About Last Night (Terry Teachout)
    • afh blog (art for humans)
    • Arma Virumque (New Criterion)
    • Art and Perception
    • Art Blog By Bob
    • Art History Newsletter (Blog)
    • Art News Blog
    • Art Observed
    • Art Radar Asia (Contemporary art trends and news from Asia & beyond)
    • Art Society 114 (morals and meanings in art)
    • Art Vent (Carol Diehl)
    • ArtCal
    • artcritical
    • artdaily.org
    • artforum
    • artnet
    • Artopia
    • Arts & Letters Daily
    • Arts Journal
    • Artworld Salon
    • BibliOdyssey
    • Blogcritics Culture
    • C-MONSTER
    • Coxsoft Art News
    • Cronaca
    • CultureGrrl (Lee Rosenbaum)
    • Design Observer
    • Drama Queen (Wendy Rosenfield)
    • Eastern Art Report (Asia and Africa)
    • From the Mayor's Doorstep (Piri Halasz)
    • Illicit Cultural Property
    • Inside the Gallery
    • Joanne Mattera Art Blog
    • John Haber's Art Reviews
    • Looking Around (TIME)
    • Millinerd (Matthew J. Milliner)
    • Moco Loco (Modern & Contemporary Design Blog)
    • Pop Culture Warrior (Gary Susman)
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