Research Guides: Religious Studies: Get Started

Welcome

Welcome to the Religious Studies Research Guide! This is a mini-universe of web-based and print resources to support your study of religion, so that you don't need to rely on your first Google result or search in every database.

If you don't find what you're looking for or have any questions, contact your librarian!

Topic Overviews

Britannica Encyclopedia of World Religions by Encyclopaedia Britannica Publishers
ISBN: 9781593392666
Publication Date: 2006-05-01
ProQuest Ebook Central
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Religion and Politics in America by Frank J. Smith (Editor)
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 9781598844368
Publication Date: 2016
This encyclopedia provides a comprehensive overview of the interrelation of religion and politics from colonial days to the present. This work shows that politics and religion have always had an impact on one another and have done so in many ways.
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion by Robert A. Segal (Editor); Nickolas P. Roubekas (Editor)
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 9780470656563
Publication Date: 2021
Explore a rigorous but accessible guide to contemporary approaches to the study of religion from leading voices in the field. An analysis of modern perspectives on the study of religion across the humanities and the social sciences.

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Organizations & News Sites

American Academy of Religion
Pew Research Center: Religion & Public Life
The Pluralism Project at Harvard University
Religious Freedom Center
Patheos An online media company that describes itself as "non-denominational and non-partisan providing commentary from various religious and nonreligious perspectives."
Religious Studies News the web magazine of the American Academy of Religion and is 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.