Description

The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) strives to democratize
access to the best data on religion. Founded as the American Religion
Data Archive in 1997 and going online in 1998, the initial archive was
targeted at researchers interested in American religion. The targeted
audience and the data collection have both greatly expanded since 1998,
now including American and international collections and developing
features for educators, journalists, religious congregations, and
researchers. Data included in the ARDA are submitted by the foremost
religion scholars and research centers in the world.
Currently housed in the Social Science Research Institute, the College of Liberal Arts, and the Department of Sociology at the Pennsylvania State University, the ARDA is funded by the Lilly Endowment, the John Templeton Foundation, Chapman University and the Pennsylvania State University.