Finding Aid: Religion

The following selective list of print and Web resources has been compiled by the McGovern Library staff as a starting point for research on issues relating to religion in the United States. It is not a complete listing of religion materials either held by McGovern Library or available online, but is intended to serve as a guide to some of the Library's resources, and as a pointer to a variety of online resources.

Encyclopedia and Reference Sources

Web Resources:

• Catholic Encyclopedia
• The Ecole Initiative: Hypertext Encyclopedia of the Early Christian Church

  Print sources available in McGovern Library:

• American Religious Creeds REF. BL427 .E52 1991
• Creeds of the Churches REF. BT990 .C655 1982
• Encyclopedia of Religion REF. BL31 .E46 1987
• Facts on File Dictionary of Religions REF. BL31 .F33 1984
• Encyclopedia of World Faiths REF. OVERSIZE BL80.2 .E495 1988
• Encyclopedia of American Religions REF. BL2525 .M449 1999
• Encyclopedia of American Religions, Religious Creeds REF. BL427 .E52 1994 v.2
• Encyclopedia of Jewish History REF. DS118 .E465 1986b
• Encyclopedia of Native American Religions REF. E98.R3 H73 1991
• Encyclopedia of Philosophy REF. B41 .E5
• Encyclopedic Handbook of Cults in America REF. BL427 .E52 1994 v.2
• The Handbook of Denominations in the United States REF. BL2525 .M425 1995
• Great Books of the Western World (series) AC1 .G7
• Great Thinkers of the Western World REF. B51 .O94 1995
• The Jewish Encyclopedia REF. DS102.8 .J6
• The New Catholic Encyclopedia REF. BX841 .N44 1967
• The New Dictionary of Theology REF. BR95 .N38 1987
• Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church REF. BR95 .O8 1997
• Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion REF. BM50 .O94 1997
• Oxford Companion to Philosophy REF. B51 .O94 1995
• Peculiar Prophets: a Biographical Dictionary of New Religions REF. BL72 .L48 1999
• Religious Leaders of America REF. BL72 .M458 1991

Indexes

• EBSCO Fulltext Databases: citations, abstracts, and full text articles
• Proquest: abstracts, citations and full text articles
  

Print journals available in McGovern Library (some may be on microfiche)

• The Christian Century – Baptist Church
• Christian Social Action
• Christianity Today -- theology
• The Churchman -- Episcopal Church
• Commonweal – Catholic Church
• History of Religions
• Human Quest -- Liberalism
• Journal of the American Academy of Religion
• Methodist History
• Quarterly Review – United Methodist Church
• Soundings -- religion and social problems

Searching the Library Catalog

Use specific names and/or topics to locate materials in the library catalog. If you have questions please ask the library staff for assistance.

Videos

• Ancient Philosophy and Faith VT 989-990
• Can We Know God Through Experience? VT 1499
• Catholicism VT 393
• Charles Colson VT 980
• Does God Exist? VT 1498
• Dragon over America VT 1608
• Dr. Seyyed Nasr VT 985
• Elder Neal A. Maxwell VT 986
• Father Thomas Keating VT 983
• An Ensign to the Nations (Mormons) VT 1189
• God and Politics VT 372-374
• His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama  VT 987
• Interview with Pastor Forrester Church VT 345
• Is Morality Relative VT 1506
• Judaism VT 396
• The Long Search (series)
• The Mountain of the Lord (Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints) VT 1188
• My Philosophy VT 481
• Philosophers’ Ideas that Changed the World A-V VT 845
• Protestants VT 390
• Orthodox Christianity VT 395
• Rabbi Harold Kushner VT 981
• Religion (women)  VT 714
• Religion in the U.S.  VT 401
• The Reverend Cecil Murray  VT 982
• The Reverend Roberta Hestenes VT 984
• Searching for God in America (series) VT 980-987
• Seasons of the Navajo  VT 441
• What is Human Nature? VT 1490
• What is the Meaning of Life  VT 1514
• A World of Ideas (series)
• Zen: The Best of Alan Watts  VT 978

Legislation

• THOMAS -- US Congress on the Internet
  Useful for locating current information on proposed and recently passed laws.

Court Decisions

• Supreme Court Collection
  Full text of recent Supreme Court decisions provided by Cornell University School of Law – searchable by subject.

Websites

• American Academy of Religion
• Association for Jewish Studies
• Papal Encyclicals Online
• North American Association for the Study of Religion
• Religion: Information and links for study and interpretation of religions
• Society of Biblical Literature
• United Methodist Church
• Virtual Religion Index
• World Council of Churches