Religion Subject Guide

Article Databases

Religion and Philosophy Collection (EBSCOHost)
A fulltext database covering world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.

Index Islamicus

A bibliography of books, articles, and reviews on Islam and the Muslim World.

Humanities International Complete (EBSCOHost)
A fulltext database covering all aspects of the humanities.

Philosopher's Index
Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields.

Google Search of Open Access Religion Journals
Searches over 300 religion journals related to scripture studies, systematic theology, practical ministries, and cognate disciplines for which full text is freely available on the Internet.

 

Free Internet Resources

Bible Gateway

Quickly search for Bible passages in many different versions and languages.

Religion Online
A collection of essays and books on a wide variety of topics in theology and religious studies, by reputable scholars.

Internet Sacred Text Archive
Find texts relating to the major world religions, as well as many lesser known topics.

Christian Classics Ethereal Library
An excellent resource for electronic texts: the Bible, commentaries, hymns, sermons, Early Church Fathers (38 vols.), and many texts from the history of Christianity.

USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts
Offers basic information on Islam and a collection of key texts such as the Qur'an in three translations, and the Hadeeth.

Pluralism Project
Documents the contours of our multi-religious society, explores new forms of interfaith engagement, and studies the impact of religious diversity in civic life.

Wabash Center's Internet Guide to Religion
A selective, annotated guide to a wide variety of electronic resources of interest to those who are involved in the study and practice of religion.

 

Print Resources

The Encyclopedia of religion
Dictionary of philosophy and religion : Eastern and Western thought
The Oxford dictionary of world religions
World religions