This list is comprised of the best religion and theology databases available freely online or through Garrett and Northwestern. The latter will require active login credentials. Check out the Recommended Databases section to see some of the best options.
The Acta Sanctorum Database is an electronic version of the complete printed text of Acta Sanctorum, a collection of documents examining the lives of saints, organized according to each saint's feast day.
A record of African American history, culture, and daily life, covering life in the Antebellum South through the Civil Rights movement and more. Based upon James P. Danky's African-American Newspapers and Periodicals.
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights is officially charged with three major functions: the protection of human and peoples' rights; the promotion of human and peoples' rights; the interpretation of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Right.
Religious Studies News was designed as a platform for students and professionals in the field to report on research trends, issues in religious studies and higher education, and apply the academic study of religion to broader public conversations.
This video collection includes early broadcasts of United Newsreel and Universal Newsreel , award-winning documentaries, featuring dramatic reenactments, and engaging analysis from prominent scholars and experts.
The American Methodism Project is a digitized collection of interdisciplinary and historical materials related to American Methodism. Contemporary questions of church and state boundaries, the role of government, moral development, education, leadership, labor, immigration, etc. are topics which can benefit from debates and reflections contained within this corpus of materials.
The American National Biography offers portraits of more than 19,000 men & women — from all eras and walks of life — whose lives have shaped the nation.
ATLA Historical Monographs Collection: Series 1 contains over five million pages of content, and consists of titles from the late 13th century through the 1893 World Parliament of Religions, with the majority of titles from the 19th century.
ATLA Historical Monographs Collection: Series 2 consists of over five million pages of content from over 14,880 monographs dating from 1894 through 1922. This collection provides a broad view of the changing landscape of religion in America at the end of a century of dramatic cultural and political change.
Learn more about the ways that Anglicans and Episcopalians are involved with mission in a vast variety of ways: promoting reconciliation of all kinds, meeting people's basic needs, telling the story of the good news of Jesus Christ, and equipping his followers to do all these things.
For over ninety years, the Anglican Theological Review has been the unofficial journal of the seminaries of the Episcopal Church in the United States and the Anglican Church of Canada. It is dedicated to creative intellectual engagement with Christian tradition, and to interdisciplinary inquiry that includes literature and the arts, philosophy, and science.
The archive illuminates the experiences not just of the LGBTQ community as a whole, but of individuals of different races, ethnicities, ages, religions, political orientations, and geographical locations that constitute this community. Historical records of political and social organizations founded by LGBTQ individuals are featured, as well as publications by and for lesbians and gays, and extensive coverage of governmental responses to the AIDS crisis.
The Art in the Christian Tradition (ACT) database is a regularly updated visual image internet resource. Designed for scholars, students, pastors, and religious educators, all of the images may be used for non-commercial purposes, with attribution.
The Association of Religion Data Archives strives to democratize access to the best data on religion. Founded as the American Religion Data Archive in 1997, the initial archive targeted researchers interested in American religion.
The ATLA Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative provides a freely available, web-searchable, central repository of digital resources contributed by participating libraries.
This open access resource is a cooperative between theological libraries. It contains lots of digital content from libraries across the world. The collections are meant to foster and support the study of religion and theology. All can use this resource.
Atla Open Press publishes open access books, journals, and other serials that cover subjects at the intersection of librarianship and religious and theological studies that potentially impact libraries, that guide and support innovative library services, that enhance professional development for religious studies and theological librarians, and that represent specialized topics of interest in religion and theology that are of relevance to the work of libraries in supporting the instructional and research activities of their institutions.
This online collection created by the American Theological Library Association indexes journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion and theology.
This curated list of open access resources provides ample options for finding open access materials online, including articles, book, and dissertations.
"BASE is one of the world's most voluminous search engines especially for academic web resources. BASE provides more than 300 million documents. You can access the full texts of about 60% of the indexed documents for free."
The Bible in English contains twenty versions of the Bible. In addition to the twelve complete Bibles, there are five New Testament works, two Gospel works and William Tyndale's New Testament, Pentateuch and Jonah translations.
This website contains free books, journals, articles, and more. Many religious topics are covered and are meant to be helpful to both pastors and scholars.
The misson of the Bioethics Research Library is to provide exceptional services, curate unique knowledge collections, support collaborative research projects, and host an engaging space for active scholarship at Georgetown University.
There has been a long tradition of interest in philosophy in the Islamic world, and it is the aim of this comprehrensive reference work to represent the lives of some of the major thinkers within this tradition
This collection searches a unique set of primary sources from African Americans actively involved in the movement to end slavery in the United States between 1830 and 1865. The content includes letters, speeches, editorials, articles, sermons, and essays from libraries and archives in England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, and the United States.
Black Studies Center is a fully cross-searchable gateway to Black Studies including scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, reference books, and more. Includes "The A.M.E. church review."
Black Studies in Video features award-winning documentaries, newsreels, interviews and archival footage surveying the evolution of black culture in the United States.
The Black Theology Papers Project aims to preserve and promote the intellectual heritage of black theology. The journal publishes one annual issue featuring papers presented by the Black Theology Unit of the American Academy of Religion.
Encompassing 725 titles, and dozens more added each year, Blackwell Reference Online is the home of reference resources from across the social sciences and humanities.
The Book of Common Prayer is one of the major works of English Literature. Since its introduction in the sixteenth century, it has had an enormous influence on everything written in English.
This resource includes the International Medieval Bibliography, the International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages, the Library of Latin Texts, and Europa Sacra.
A resource devoted to Greco-Roman antiquity, ranging from the second millennium BC to early medieval Europe. Special emphasis is given to the interaction between Greco-Roman culture on the one hand, and Semitic, Celtic, Germanic, and Slavonic culture, and ancient Judaism, Christianity, and Islam on the other hand.
This is an essential reference resource for scholars of global hymnody, with information on the hymns of many countries and languages, and a strong emphasis on the historical as well as the contemporary. You must log in to fully access this site. Email for the login information.
This database of the literature of philanthropy incorporates the unique contents of Foundation Center's five libraries and contains more than 33,000 records, the majority of which include descriptive abstracts.
The China Historical Christian Database (CHCD) quantifies and visualizes the place of Christianity in modern China (1550-1950). It provides users the tools to discover where every Christian church, school, hospital, orphanage, publishing house, and the like were located in China, and it documents who worked inside those buildings, both foreign and Chinese. Collectively, this information creates spatial maps and generates relational networks that reveal where, when, and how Western ideas, technologies, and practices entered China. Simultaneously, it uncovers how and through whom Chinese ideas, technologies, and practices were conveyed to the West.
The mission of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) is to build up the church by making classic Christian literature widely available and promoting its use for edification and study by interested Christians, seekers and scholars. The CCEL accomplishes this by selecting, collecting, distributing, and promoting valuable literature through the World Wide Web and other media.
The Chronicle of Higher Education is a regular publication about higher education. Create a free account to receive newsletters and notifications about new content. You can also use it to search for jobs.
This readable guide to Judaism contains information on every aspect of Jewish belief and practice, both ancient and modern. For anyone wanting to learn more about the diverse heritage of the Jewish religion.
This guide to every aspect of the Christian religion and life, including theology, patristic scholarship, churches and denominations, the church calendar and organization, and the Bible.
This ebook is comprised of "papers presented at the International Conference on "Contrasting Values and Multicultural Society," held in Vila Lanna, Prague, Czech Republic [from] 19-22 September 2001." It was published on behalf of IAMSCU by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry in 2004.
Counseling and Therapy in Video provides faculty and students with a first-hand look at the realities of working with clients and the challenges associated with putting theoretical concepts into practice.
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The DRH is designed to serve as a centralized clearinghouse for scholarly knowledge of the historical record, bringing together a core of quantified, standardized data with qualitative comments.
This dictionary features broad-ranging entries on the history and doctrines of the major Buddhist schools, information on the spread of Buddhism in Asia and the West, and coverage of issues of contemporary concern such as human rights, abortion, euthanasia, ‘engaged Buddhism’, and the role of women in Buddhist teachings.
This is a list of open access books in religion available freely online. There are many others available on this site in other subject areas. This is fully searchable.
Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology (DDM) is an international database of bibliographic records for completed dissertations and new dissertation topics in the fields of musicology, music theory, and ethnomusicology.
Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library (1475-1900) is the first full-text searchable digital library of early printed books in Arabic script. Covering religious literature, law, science, mathematics, astrology, alchemy, medicine, geography, travel, history, chronicles, and literature, and including European translations of Arabic works and Arabic translations of European books, it exemplifies the long exchange of ideas and learning between Europe and the Arabic-speaking world.
Ebrary offers ebooks from trusted publishers in all academic subject areas along with powerful research tools as part of its Academic Complete collection. Readable online, as a download, or on a mobile app.
Eco-justice ministries of The Episcopal Church seek to heal, defend, and work toward justice for all God's creation and to respect the kinship and connection of all that God created through education, advocacy, and action.
eHRAF World Cultures contains ethnographic collections covering all aspects of cultural and social life. eHRAF is unique in having subject indexing at the paragraph level. This allows detailed and precise searching for concepts not easily found with keywords.
Bringing together rare journals printed between c.1685 and 1835, this resource illuminates all aspects of eighteenth-century social, political and literary life. Topics covered are wide-ranging and include colonial life, provincial and rural affairs, the French and American revolutions, and London coffee house gossip and discussion.
A five-volume set and supplement covering all aspects of the African-American experience from 1619 to the present day. Using biographies, historical essays, and thematic pieces, many written by foremost scholars.
Comprehensive coverage of more than 2,300 North American religious groups in the U.S. and Canada -- from Adventists to Zen Buddhists. Information is presented in two distinct sections, essays and directory listings describing the historical development of religious families and providing factual information about each group within those families.
Encyclopedia containing a full analysis of the economic, political, sociological, historical, literary, and philosophical issues related to Americans of African descent.
This encyclopedia describes the Buddhist world view, basic teachings and practices of Buddhism, as well as its different schools and sects. It also explores the history of Buddhism, the different forms it has taken in different parts of the world, and how Buddhism has blended with other religions.
The World Wide Web has influenced The Encyclopedia of Chicago from its inception in 1994. As we mapped out the project, we came to realize that the form of the encyclopedia–with its emphasis on multiple pathways through a complex body of knowledge rather than on a single narrative–resembled the structure of the Web.
This encyclopedia traces the history of events that qualify as genocide and crimes against humanity, profiles perpetrators and heroes, and explains international laws and law proceedings aimed at ending genocide and crimes against humanity.
This encyclopedia is the first systematic effort to organize and summarize what we know about this complex topic that impacts not only the homeless but all of society. The encyclopedia focuses on the current situation in the United States with a comparative sampling of homelessness around the world.
This encyclopedia looks at Islam's role in the modern world, doing so in the context of the religion's history and development over the last 13 centuries.
A three-volume survey of more than 400 years of lesbian and gay history and culture in the United States, presented through over 500 alphabetically arranged entries. Coverage includes people, public policy, economics, social issues, identities, and culture, among many others.
This encyclopedia integrates psychology and religion in the context of modern social and behavioral sciences, Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion continues to offer a rich contribution to the development of human self-understanding.
The second edition of a resource that is considered a standard reference in the field. Presents a cross-cultural approach that emphasizes religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture.
Encyclopedia of Religion in America examines how religious history and practices are woven into the political, social, cultural, and historical landscape of North America.
A multidisciplinary approach that addresses all aspects of the dialogue between the sciences and the world's religions, reaching into the humanities as well as into the physical sciences and technology.
Provides detailed discussions of the who, what, where, when, and why of terrorism, including definitions of key terms, famous cases, biographies, laws, and law enforcement techniques.
Explores art, architecture, religion, law, science, language, philosophy, and theology, as well as cultural, religious, intellectual, social and political history. With a focus on focus on Europe and Christendom, the Encyclopedia also covers the rise of Islam and people of other cultures with whom Europeans came into contact.
From Iceland to Russia, witch hunting engulfed Europe, eventually spreading to the New World. Why did Europeans believe witches flew to Sabbats, signed pacts with Satan, practiced cannibalism, and worked evil magic to overthrow Christian society?
The three volumes of this encyclopedia contain over 800 original articles written by more than 125 renowned scholars. The entries contributing to this work explore poverty in various regions of the world, and examine the difficulties associated with the definition and measurement of poverty, along with its causes and effects.
This encyclopedia has been designed to pursue a twofold task: (1) to provide comprehensive rendering of the current state of knowledge on the origins and development of the Bible in its different canonic forms in Judaism and Christianity, and; (2) to document the history of the Bible's reception in the Christian churches and the Jewish Diaspora; in Islam, in other religious traditions and current religious movements, Western and non-Western alike, as well as in literature, art, music, and film.
The Episcopal Café seeks to be an independent voice, reporting and reflecting on the Episcopal Church and the Anglican tradition. The Café is not a platform of advocacy, but it does aim to tell the story of the church from the perspective of Progressive Christianity.
Episcopal Life Online is an information stream offering timely and well-researched reporting, analysis and commentary. Its overall content offers the historic and contemporary contexts surrounding today's issues and reflects a range of voices beyond that of its sponsoring institution.
This resource provides information on Church prelates from the middle ages as well as information on medieval bishoprics, archdioceses and patriarchates and prosopographical information on 18,507 bishops, archbishops and patriarchs.
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America contains 152 original essays on specific ethnic groups in the U.S., with an emphasis on religions, holidays, customs, language, historical backgrounds, and settlement patterns.
The mission of the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women is to challenge The United Methodist Church at all levels to work for full and equal participation of women in the total life of the denomination.
The Gifford Lectureships were established by Adam Lord Gifford (1820–1887), a senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, to “promote and diffuse the study of Natural Theology in the widest sense of the term—in other words, the knowledge of God”.
The Global Digital Library on Theology and Ecumenism [GlobeTheoLib] is a multilingual online library offering access free of charge to more than 650'000 full-text articles, journals, books and other resources. Its focus is on theology, intercultural and interreligious dialogue, ethics, and ecumenism in World Christianity.
The resources on this site are curated to assist worship planners in designing services that celebrate our Creator and call us to the task of joining the Creator's work in the world.
GreenFILE provides scholarly, government and general-interest sources covering the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and governments and what can be done at each level to minimize negative impacts.
Grove Music Online (GMO) is an authoritative resource for music research with an ongoing mission to chart the diverse history and cultures of music and musicians from around the globe.
This hypertext document contains pointers to Internet-accessible files relating to the early church, including canonical documents, creeds, the writings of the Apostolic Fathers and other historical texts relevant to church history.
HathiTrust is a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
Hymnary.org indexes the contents of 4876 hymnals, published in North America between 1640 and 1978, and over one million hymns contained in these publications.
The IDA contains a cooperative collection of digital archives from libraries throughout Illinois. There are many different subjects, areas, and time periods covered.
This database is a comprehensive index to publications on Islamic subjects throughout the world. Records cover almost 100 years, from 1906 to the present. The scope includes the Middle East, the Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, plus Muslim minorities elsewhere in the world.
The Index of Christian Art houses, contextualizes, and presents images and information relating to the iconographic traditions of the medieval world. Founded in 1917 and maintained by a specialized staff of art historians, it serves iconographic researchers through both its physical archive on the Princeton University campus and an expanding online database.
Index Theologicus is a comprehensive bibliography for theology and religious studies. It is now possible to search not only for articles, but also for monographs, databases and relevant Internet links.
Index to Jewish Periodicals is an index on Jewish history, activity and thought. It provides a comprehensive guide to English-language articles, book reviews, and feature stories in more than 230 journals devoted to Jewish affairs.
IPM is the only electronic resource for finding individual pieces of music published in standard scholarly editions. Included is music from ancient Greek times to the present.
Ingenta contains thousands of free articles. Use this database to discover many free periodicals online. Make sure to select "All Free" from the Show options.
Originating in 1996, the Internet Archive contains a wealth of online resources. In recent years, it has begun scanning books and allowing folks to borrow those. You will need a free account to utilize all that this resource has to offer.
Some volumes of The Anchor Bible commentaries are in this collection in addition to various other commentaries.
Iter, meaning a journey or a path in Latin, is a not-for-profit partnership dedicated to the advancement of learning in the study and teaching of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700) through the development and distribution of online resources.
This digital collection presents large-format scans with complete, searchable transcriptions of 139 Wesley letters. Dating from 1741 to 1791, these missives were addressed to such recipients as Francis Asbury, John Newton, Adam Clarke, Joseph Benson, and various members of the Wesley family.
"JURN is a unique search tool, helping you to find free academic articles and books. JURN harnesses all the power of Google, but focusses your search through a hand-crafted and curated index."
A Liturgical Calendar for with Links to the Lessons for Sundays and Major Holy Days. From the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) (as adapted for use in Episcopal worship.
Dedicated to scholarly work on the innovations and implications of the thought of Emmanuel Levinas, Levinas Studies includes insightful and inspiring essays by well-known and newer Levinas scholars.
A video collection in LGBT Studies features award-winning films, documentaries, interviews, and archival footage exploring the social, cultural, and political evolution of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day.
This public domain resource provides original arrangements inspired from Lutheran Book of Worship tunes. Those with copyrighted melodies are unavailable, and will display a text file indicating this.
Luthers Werke on the World Wide Web reproduces the Weimar Edition in electronic form. The Weimar Edition, which is regarded as a monumental work in the field of theology and the German language, was first published in 1883 and includes 127 volumes.
With thousands of original articles and blogs, unique book reviews, and preaching tips, Ministry Matters offers practical inspiration for preachers, teachers, and Christian leaders.
This 15 volume, second edition features revised and new articles. Among the 12,000 entries in the encyclopedia are articles on theology, philosophy, history, literary figures, saints, musicians and much more.
New Testament Abstracts provides indexing and abstracts of articles, reviews, and software. In additional almost 19,000 book summaries are included in this database. The areas of study encompassed by this resource include New Testament , Gospels-Acts, Epistles-Revelation, Biblical Theology and the World of the New Testament.
This is the list of religion databases that are available through Northwestern. This list includes some items from the Styberg religion databases as well as other interesting ones.
Created by OCLC, OAIster is an open access database that contains books, articles, archival files, movies, datasets, and more. All are freely available with a single click.
The OAPEN Library contains freely accessible academic books, mainly in the area of humanities and social sciences. OAPEN works with publishers to build a quality controlled collection of open access books, and provides services for publishers, libraries and research funders in the areas of deposit, quality assurance, dissemination, and digital preservation.
Indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies. The majority of records in this index are for journal articles. Areas of study include antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology, and philology.
This resource contains a multitude of open access resources in theology, religious studies, and related disciplines. This is free resource but requires registration. This resource currently contains over 75 resources and will continue to grow.
The Oxford African American Studies Center combines the authority of edited reference works with technology to create a comprehensive collection of scholarship that focuses on African American and African history and culture.
Provides peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on Biblical studies, including perspectives from fields ranging from archaeology, Egyptology, Assyriology, and linguistics through textual, historical, and sociological studies, to literary theory, feminism, philosophy, and theology. Bibliographies are browseable by subject area and keyword searchable.
Developed cooperatively with scholars and librarians worldwide, Oxford Bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides. This resource guides researchers to the best available scholarship across a wide variety of subjects.
Designed for readers with little or no knowledge of Islam, the Oxford Dictionary of Islam provides vividly-written, up-to-date, and authoritative entries. The Dictionary focuses primarily on the 19th and 20th centuries, providing a highly informative look at the religious, political, and social spheres of the modern Islamic world.
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is the national record of men and women who have shaped British history and culture, worldwide, from the Romans to the 21st century.
This dictionary gives concise accounts of every officially recognized pope in history, from St Peter to Pope Benedict XVI, as well as all of their irregularly elected rivals, the so-called antipopes.
First published in 1978, the Oxford Dictionary of Saints offers more than 1,700 fascinating and informative entries covering the lives, cults, and artistic associations of saints from around the world, from the famous to the obscure, the rich to the poor, and the academic to the uneducated.
The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages covers key aspects of European history, society, and culture from 500 to 1500 A.D., as well as the Byzantine Empire, Islamic dynasties, and Asiatic peoples of the era.
The Oxford Encyclopaedia of South Asian Christianity covers a 2000-year old story of Christianity in India and its neighbouring countries. Looking at Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and Maldives, alongside India, as well as Myanmar, Afghanistan, and the global South Asian diaspora, the Encyclopaedia celebrates the trans-cultural, migratory, and unique nature of South Asian Christianity.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women provides clear, current, comprehensive information on the major topics of scholarly interest within the study of Islam and women.
This encyclopedia draws together the diverse historical and contemporary experiences in the United States of Latinos and Latinas from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
This encyclopedia explores the intersection between biblical sources and ethical issues, both historical and modern, through extensive analytical and constructive treatments of a wide range of topics by leading biblical scholars and ethicists.
This encyclopedia seeks to advance the scholarly conversation by systematically exploring the ways in which gender is constructed in the diverse texts, cultures, and readers that constitute “the world of the Bible.”
A definitive source for information about the entire range of religious and social changes that altered the face of Europe in the sixteenth century, encompassing not only issues of church polity and theology but also developments in politics, economics, demographics, art and literature.
A guide that describes the people and places that appear in the New Testament and Old Testament of the Bible. From prophets, apostles, and groups (such as Hebrews and Angels) to kingdoms and countries, cities and mountains where Biblical events took place.
Oxford Handbooks Online in Religion offers thorough introductions to topics and a critical survey of the current state of scholarship in the field of Religion.
The Oxford Institute has produced more than a half-century of scholarly work in service to Wesleyan and Methodist traditions, and has provided public access to its basic archival materials.
Encompassing over 3,000 A-Z reference entries, chapters from scholarly and introductory works, Qur'anic materials, primary sources, images, and timelines, Oxford Islamic Studies Online provides a first stop for anyone needing information on Islam. Users can search and browse by era, topic, and geographic region.
7+ reference titles covering diverse topics in classical studies, including:
The Oxford Classical Dictionary
The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization
The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome
Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary: English-Latin
Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary: Latin-English
Who's Who in the Classical World
25+ reference titles covering diverse topics in religion, including:
The Biographical Encyclopaedia of Islamic Philosophy
A Dictionary of Buddhism
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
A Dictionary of Atheism
A Dictionary of Popes (3 ed.)
A Dictionary of the Bible (2 ed.)
Dictionary Plus Religion
A Dictionary of Hinduism
The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
A Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion
The Oxford Companion to the Bible
The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (5 rev. ed.)
The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion (2 ed.)
The Oxford Encyclopaedia of South Asian Christianity
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Ethics
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Gender Studies
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and the Arts
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Theology
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible
The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Oxford Scholarship Online is a vast online library, providing easy access to thousands of books across the world-renowned scholarly list of Oxford University Press. Spanning subjects across the humanities, social sciences, science, medicine, law, and religion.
A collection of full-text electronic editions of significant works in philosophy, literature, political thought, religious thought, history of science, and social theory. Particularly strong for major philosophical texts. Original language texts in English, Latin, French, German, Danish and Dutch, as well as some works in English translation.
Pastoral Psychology is an international interdisciplinary forum for the publication of peer-reviewed original papers that discuss the work of caring for, understanding, and exploring human beings as persons, in families, in small groups, and in community.
The Patrologia Latina covers works of the Latin Fathers from Tertullian around 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216. In 221 volumes, it contains influential works of late ancient and early medieval theology, philosophy, history, and literature.
This unique digital library has a wide range of collections, including its flagship that deals with the Greco-Roman world. The Perseus Digital Library applies what has been learned from Classics to other subjects within the humanities and beyond.
The Philosopher’s Index, considered the most thorough index of journal literature on the subject, features author-written abstracts covering scholarly research published in journals and books, including contributions to anthologies and book reviews.
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Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine (PEHM) is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that encompasses all aspects of the philosophy of medicine and biology, and the aspects of clinical practice and research.
The Pluralism Project is a two decade-long research project that engages students in studying the new religious diversity in the United States, particularly the communities and religious traditions of Asia and the Middle East that have become woven into the religious fabric of the United States in the past twenty-five years.
Project MUSE is a leading provider of digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community. Since 1995 the MUSE journal collections have supported a wide array of research needs at academic, public, special, and school libraries worldwide.
ProQuest Dissertation & Theses Global (PQDT Global) simplifies searching for dissertations and theses via a single access point to explore an extensive, trusted collection of 3.8 million graduate works, with 1.7 million in full text.
All free, open-access theses and dissertations will now be a part of the full ProQuest dissertations and theses database. This includes all dissertations that were published open access through ProQuest and are available freely online.
RAMBI – The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies – was founded by Dr. Issachar Joel in 1966. It is a selective bibliography of academic articles covering all of the fields of Jewish studies as well as the study of Eretz Israel and the State of Israel.
Searchable database of tables-of-contents and indexes from several thousand reference works and subject encyclopedias. Useful for locating the resource that will provide background information on a particular topic.
"RefSeek is a web search engine for students and researchers that aims to make academic information easily accessible to everyone. RefSeek searches more than five billion documents, including web pages, books, encyclopedias, journals, and newspapers."
Renaissance Liturgical Imprints seeks to shed light on worship practices in Renaissance Europe by portraying the European books of ritual for the several Catholic churches and also books for Protestant and Jewish faiths during the tumultuous generations before 1601.
Research in Ministry® (RIM®) indexes and abstracts projects and theses from over 100 Doctor of Ministry (DMin), Doctor of Missiology (DMiss) and Doctor of Educational Ministry (DEdMin) programs accredited by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS).
This resource contains documents and special collections on ecumenical, intercultural and contextual theologies, theological education, world Christianity, and interreligious studies, regularly receiciving updates from the Index Theologicus, International Bibliography of Theology and Religious Studies.
A collection of Jewish texts in Hebrew, which embody thousands of years of Jewish learning. Covers Responsa Literature - rabbinic case-law rulings which represent the historical-sociological milieu of real-life situations; the Bible, the Talmud and their principal commentaries; works about Jewish law and customs; and codes of Jewish law.
The Revised Common Lectionary is a three-year cycle of weekly lections, used to varying degrees by the vast majority of mainline Protestant churches in Canada and the United States, built around the seasons of the Church Year.
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online provides access to over 2,700 articles that have been edited for level and consistency by a team of renowned subject experts.
The St Andrews Encyclopedia of Theology is a nascent online, free-to-access encyclopaedia of the highest academic standards, treating the full discipline of Theology with rigor and clarity.
The SEP was designed so that each entry is maintained and kept up-to-date by an expert or group of experts in the field. All entries and substantive updates are refereed by the members of a distinguished Editorial Board before they are made public.
The Syriac Reference Portal is a digital project for the study of Syriac literature, culture, and history. Today, a number of heritage communities around the world have linguistic, religious or cultural identities with roots in Syriac language and culture. Syriaca.org exists to document and preserve these Syriac cultural heritages.
"Since 2003, The Free Library has offered free, full-text versions of classic literary works from hundreds of celebrated authors, whose biographies, images, and famous quotations can also be found on the site. Recently, The Free Library has been expanded to include a massive collection of periodicals."
This site features a wide variety of resources for study and liturgy based on the 3-year Revised Common Lectionary cycle, with links to resources for liturgical readings that may prove useful for teaching and preaching.
The Theological Commons is a digital library of over 80,000 resources on theology and religion. It consists mainly of public domain books but also includes periodicals, audio recordings, and other formats.
The Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) is a library of over 25,274 theological thesis/dissertation titles representing research from as many as 150 different institutions. TREN also makes available conference papers presented at annual meetings of several academic societies.
The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae is a research program at the University of California, Irvine. Founded in 1972 the TLG has collected and digitized most literary texts written in Greek from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453.
The data contained in TML is made available to scholars for non-commercial educational use and scholarship. It has been compiled from public domain and copyrighted materials.
This multivolume, cross-searchable online collection brings together the seminal works and archival materials related to worldwide religious thinkers, from the early 1900s until the turn of the 21st century.
Twentieth Century Religious Thought: Islam focuses on modern Islamic theology and tradition and details Islam’s evolution from the late 19th century by examining printed works and rare documents by Muslim writers, both non-Western and Western voices.
The General Commission on Archives and History, which serves the Church's Ministry of Memory, has digitized and made accessible local church histories, historic radio broadcasts, genealogical materials, and conference proceedings.
The Archivio Segreto Vaticano pursues it specific activity aimed at preserving and enhancing the deeds and documents related to the government of the Universal Church. It primarily serves the Roman Pontiff and the Holy See and secondly offers its services to scholars of all faiths from all nations.
This Virtual Religion Index is a tool for students with little time. It analyzes & highlights important content of religion-related websites to speed research. Hyperlinks are provided not only to homepages but to major directories & documents within.
Wesley and Methodist Studies publishes peer-reviewed articles that examine the life and work of John and Charles Wesley, their contemporaries, their historical and theological antecedents, their successors, and studies of traditions today. This database requires you to log in to Moodle to access instructions.
The Wesley Center Online website is a collection of historical and scholarly resources about the Wesleyan tradition, theology, Christianity, and the Church of the Nazarene.
The Mission of Wesleyan Holiness Women Clergy is to encourage and equip women called by God to vocational Christian ministry within the Wesleyan/Holiness tradition for the advancement of God’s Kingdom.
The WCD provides comprehensive statistical information on world religions, Christian denominations, and people groups. Extensive data are available on over 9,000 Christian denominations, as well as data on people, cities, and countries.
The mission of the Wynkoop Center for Women in Ministry is to equip, empower and encourage women called by God to serve in and through the church of Jesus Christ.
This online collection created by the American Theological Library Association indexes journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion and theology.
This is an essential reference resource for scholars of global hymnody, with information on the hymns of many countries and languages, and a strong emphasis on the historical as well as the contemporary. You must log in to fully access this site. Email for the login information.
Originating in 1996, the Internet Archive contains a wealth of online resources. In recent years, it has begun scanning books and allowing folks to borrow those. You will need a free account to utilize all that this resource has to offer.
Some volumes of The Anchor Bible commentaries are in this collection in addition to various other commentaries.
With thousands of original articles and blogs, unique book reviews, and preaching tips, Ministry Matters offers practical inspiration for preachers, teachers, and Christian leaders.
This is the list of religion databases that are available through Northwestern. This list includes some items from the Styberg religion databases as well as other interesting ones.
25+ reference titles covering diverse topics in religion, including:
The Biographical Encyclopaedia of Islamic Philosophy
A Dictionary of Buddhism
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
A Dictionary of Atheism
A Dictionary of Popes (3 ed.)
A Dictionary of the Bible (2 ed.)
Dictionary Plus Religion
A Dictionary of Hinduism
The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
A Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion
The Oxford Companion to the Bible
The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (5 rev. ed.)
The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion (2 ed.)
The Oxford Encyclopaedia of South Asian Christianity
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Ethics
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Gender Studies
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and the Arts
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Theology
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible
The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
ProQuest Dissertation & Theses Global (PQDT Global) simplifies searching for dissertations and theses via a single access point to explore an extensive, trusted collection of 3.8 million graduate works, with 1.7 million in full text.
All free, open-access theses and dissertations will now be a part of the full ProQuest dissertations and theses database. This includes all dissertations that were published open access through ProQuest and are available freely online.
Research in Ministry® (RIM®) indexes and abstracts projects and theses from over 100 Doctor of Ministry (DMin), Doctor of Missiology (DMiss) and Doctor of Educational Ministry (DEdMin) programs accredited by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS).
The Revised Common Lectionary is a three-year cycle of weekly lections, used to varying degrees by the vast majority of mainline Protestant churches in Canada and the United States, built around the seasons of the Church Year.
The WCD provides comprehensive statistical information on world religions, Christian denominations, and people groups. Extensive data are available on over 9,000 Christian denominations, as well as data on people, cities, and countries.
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These resources are new additions to the religion and theology databases.
The Art in the Christian Tradition (ACT) database is a regularly updated visual image internet resource. Designed for scholars, students, pastors, and religious educators, all of the images may be used for non-commercial purposes, with attribution.
"BASE is one of the world's most voluminous search engines especially for academic web resources. BASE provides more than 300 million documents. You can access the full texts of about 60% of the indexed documents for free."
The China Historical Christian Database (CHCD) quantifies and visualizes the place of Christianity in modern China (1550-1950). It provides users the tools to discover where every Christian church, school, hospital, orphanage, publishing house, and the like were located in China, and it documents who worked inside those buildings, both foreign and Chinese. Collectively, this information creates spatial maps and generates relational networks that reveal where, when, and how Western ideas, technologies, and practices entered China. Simultaneously, it uncovers how and through whom Chinese ideas, technologies, and practices were conveyed to the West.
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The DRH is designed to serve as a centralized clearinghouse for scholarly knowledge of the historical record, bringing together a core of quantified, standardized data with qualitative comments.
Ingenta contains thousands of free articles. Use this database to discover many free periodicals online. Make sure to select "All Free" from the Show options.
"JURN is a unique search tool, helping you to find free academic articles and books. JURN harnesses all the power of Google, but focusses your search through a hand-crafted and curated index."
Created by OCLC, OAIster is an open access database that contains books, articles, archival files, movies, datasets, and more. All are freely available with a single click.
"RefSeek is a web search engine for students and researchers that aims to make academic information easily accessible to everyone. RefSeek searches more than five billion documents, including web pages, books, encyclopedias, journals, and newspapers."
The St Andrews Encyclopedia of Theology is a nascent online, free-to-access encyclopaedia of the highest academic standards, treating the full discipline of Theology with rigor and clarity.
The Syriac Reference Portal is a digital project for the study of Syriac literature, culture, and history. Today, a number of heritage communities around the world have linguistic, religious or cultural identities with roots in Syriac language and culture. Syriaca.org exists to document and preserve these Syriac cultural heritages.
"Since 2003, The Free Library has offered free, full-text versions of classic literary works from hundreds of celebrated authors, whose biographies, images, and famous quotations can also be found on the site. Recently, The Free Library has been expanded to include a massive collection of periodicals."
