I have always believed that Bible study groups are a great source of ideas for the semantic web. These small communities use techniques for referencing, discussing, and bringing meaning to text that were developed long before information became a science.

The Holy Bible as Placeless Content is not only an excellent exploration of the semantic web practices of Bible scholarship, but also a very decent set of practical useage scenarios.

But certain tools are build to make it easier for Bible-enthusiasts to live their christian faith.

• Normative Identifiers (aka Uris)
• Cross References (aka Hyperlinks)
• Blogging
• Indices (aka Search Engines)
• Chain Systems (aka Link Collections)
• Excessive Quoting (aka blogrolling)
Source.

I look forward to spending more time delving into how Christians and other followers of "the Book" have implemented the semantic web.