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Databases
Good for research into current issues in the broader world as well as in Religion.
- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new windowThis general database includes full text of more than 4,600 journals in most college subjects, and indexes 4,000 others. Try narrowing your search by SUBJECT and limiting it to "Academic Journals." (See the PAS tutorial to review how to identify scholarly journals.)
- ATLA Religion Database This link opens in a new windowMore scholarly than Academic Search Premier, the American Theological Library Association's database gives you access to more than 1,600 religion and theology journals, some full-text.
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Books
Encyclopedia of Religious Freedom by Call Number: Reference BV741 .E47 2003With a broad scope and extensive bibliographic support, this provides big and small pictures of historic struggles to worship freely.
Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature by Call Number: Reference BL65.N35 E53 2008 v. 1–2The ancients studied the natural world closely (giving rise to today's sciences) because they believed the earth was a concrete expression of the divine. These two volumes explore the still-living connection between God and nature.
Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America by Call Number: Reference BL458 .E52 2006 v. 1–3An exhaustive look at the historic and cultural movement away from male-centered religious practices and beliefs.
How to Be a Perfect Stranger : The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook by Call Number: Reference BJ2010 .H68 2003In alphabetical order by church (or temple, meeting house, or sweat lodge), this is a practical, one-stop guide to cultural and spiritual practices in a wide variety of faiths.
Encyclopedia of Islam in the United States by Call Number: Reference BP67.U6 E53 2007 v. 1–2From Harvard’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies, these two volumes give an unbiased, scholarly approach to one of America's fastest-growing religions. Look to the first volume for traditional A-to-Z entries, and the second for nearly 100 primary-source documents.
Web Resources
- The Pew Forum on Religion in Public LifeNonpartisan coverage (aimed at government leaders and others) of current events and issues in four religion-related areas: politics, the law, U.S. domestic policy, and world affairs.
- Worldwide Faith NewsAn open database of more than 30,000 press releases and policy statements from the news offices of national and world faith groups.
- Church World ServiceCurrent news releases collected by a New York–based agency whose aim is to eradicate world hunger and poverty.
- National Council of ChurchesThe NCC's members include more than 100,000 Anglican, Orthodox, Evangelical, historic African American, mainstream Protestant, and Living Peace churches: 45 million people across the U.S. This is their searchable news service.
- PRRINonpartisan, independent public opinion research.
- Association of Religion Data ArchivesThe ARDA brings together data on religion from many different sources. It includes American and international data and has features for educators, researchers, religious congregations, and journalists.