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U.S. History: Religion: Overview

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Background & Reference

A Companion to American Religious History
Essays exploring the history of the various American religious traditions

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion This link opens in a new window
Peer-reviewed encyclopedic articles on world religions

The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in America
Analyzes the Bible in America in various historical moments and in relationship to specific institutions and cultural expressions.
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Politics in the U. S.
Chapters address themes of history, law, social and religious movements, policy and political theory.

Recommended Resources

America: History & Life (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Any topic regarding U.S. or Canadian history
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials PLUS This link opens in a new window
Any topic relating to religion
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Fulltext of the entire back issues of scholarly journals
Library Search - Advanced This link opens in a new window
Articles, books, & media among SMU Libraries' collections & databases

History Databases at SMU

Primary Sources

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Religion, Reform, and Society This link opens in a new window
Primary sources of religious & philosophical movements in the 1800s
ATLA Historical Monographs Collection: Series 2 (1894 to 1923) This link opens in a new window
Religion in America around 1900
Jewish Life in America, c1654-1954 This link opens in a new window
Primary documents depicting the lives of American Jews

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