Research Guides: Religious Studies: A Guide to Research

Recommended Resources

ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials PLUS This link opens in a new window
Start here for scholarship regarding topics in religious studies; indexes articles, essays, books, and periodicals.
Religion & Philosophy Collection This link opens in a new window
World religions, biblical studies, political philosophy, & more

Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA)
Provides data on churches and church membership, religious professionals, and religious groups (individuals, congregations, and denominations). Includes interactive map and membership reports of religious congregations, adherents, and rates of adherence, searchable by state, county, and metropolitan area.

Philosopher's Index This link opens in a new window
This is the principal resource philosophical research. Use this index to find ways of being spiritual ; bible and ethics; philosophy of religion; Christian theology; Sikhism or Confucianism.
APA PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
This index to psychological literature is fairly broad in scope and you will find it helpful for researching: understanding the self: east and west; ways of being religious; human meaning and value in personal life; religion and the Holocaust; Jews and Christians in Germany.

Theology
Materials related to the study of the nature of the divine and religious belief.
Biblical Studies
Resources to help you study the Bible and the scholarship based upon it.
Biblical Greek
Resources for working with the Greek text of the Bible
Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic
Resources for working with the Hebrew and Aramaic text in the Bible
Jewish Studies
Materials related to the history and culture of Judaism
Christian Heritage
Primary sources for various stages of Church History
Methodist History
How to find documents for Methodist history
Church Music
Hymnology, Choral and Orchestral Music, Medieval Music, World Music, Scores and Recordings

BrillOnline Reference Works This link opens in a new window
Biblical & Religious Studies, Classical Studies, Islamic Studies, & more

World Religions Reference Library
Covers the history, traditions and worldviews of dominant and less prominent religions and their sects and offshoots.
Encyclopedia of Religion
Presents a cross-cultural approach that emphasizes religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture.