(This page was most recently updated on 26 May 2012)

Academic and journalistic observers of religion: Bloggenheimer, journalist Mark Oppenheimer on news about religion in the USA; Religion Dispatches, which declares itself to represent “expert opinion, in-depth reporting, and provocative updates from the intersection of religion, politics and culture”; The Revealer, “a daily review of religion & media” from New York University’s journalism department

Christian ethics: Inward/Outward, each day a brief, provocative statement of Christian ethics, drawn from writers past and present; Godthings, similar in concept to Inward/ Outward, but tends to provide longer quotes and more substantive theology

Judaism: The Tablet, a web magazine that gives voice to a range of views on Jewishness; The Velvet Kippah, Yitzchok Adlerstein is an Orthodox rabbi who takes ecumenism to remarkable lengths

Mormons: Mormon Metaphysics, by Latter Day Saint who makes his living as a professor of philosophy; Kristine Haglund at By Common Consent

Muslims: “The Long Black Veil and Life Within It,”  by Kashmir’s greatest fan of P. G. Wodehouse, Sabbah Haji.  Not exactly about religion, but she will shatter every stereotype you’ve ever had of a hijab-clad Muslim woman; Rickshaw Diaries, notes from Baraka, a Pakistani-American woman who practices Islam, raises a newborn, and advocates for peace in San Francisco

Orthodox Christianity: Notes on Arab Orthodoxy, Orthodox Christianity in the Arab world, both as practiced under the authority of the traditional patriarchates and of missionary churches there; Father Stephen Freeman, an ex-Anglican who serves Orthodox parishes in Eastern Tennessee

Quakers: Quakerquaker, an online community which Martin Kelley started after he began ”The Quaker Ranter,” but before he started QuackQuack; Johan Maurer, formerly a bigshot in the world of Quakerism,* now an English teacher in Elektrostal, Russia (he also has a page here); Mark Wutka, who wonders why the followers of an allegedly experiential religious tradition never talk about their religious experiences; Micah Bales, focus on social justice issues; Joshua Brown, who reports from Indiana, where Friends are not being very friendly to each other; Doug Bennett, who used to be the president of Earlham University, which used to be a Quaker school

Roman Catholics: Eve Tushnet, who is a pious Roman Catholic, a secular Jew, a conservative, a lesbian, a Yale grad, and a native of Washington, DC.; Mark P. Shea is “Catholic and Enjoying It!”  If you doubt such a combination is possible, have a look- he does seem to be extremely cheerful; Gay Catholic Priests, by the Rev. Dr. Richard Wagner (I don’t believe he’s any relation to the composer); Simcha Fisher, a “cradle Hebrew Catholic“

Secularists: Atheist Nexus, social networking and discussion forums for the godless; The Friendly Atheist, who often says things like “perhaps you’re not fully god free until you are also free of the importance of getting others to be god free“; John Wilkins‘ postings about agnosticism; Secular Right, proving you don’t have to be left-wing to be irreligious; Rebecca Watson, the “Skepchick“; Pandaemonium, by Kenan Malik; P Z Myers, who is just irascible enough to be funny

*I am fully aware of the irony of both halves of the word “bigshot” as applied to Quakerism