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Religious Studies Subject Guide

ATLA Religion Database
Database of journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all scholarly fields of religion. Subjects include church history, theology, the Bible, and world religions.
Covers: 1949 - present.
ATLA Religion Database
RAMBI: Index of Articles on Jewish Studies
Selective bibliography of articles in Jewish studies and Israel, based largely on the collections of the Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem, and from collections of articles.
Acta Sanctorum
Database of complete printed text of Acta Sanctorum, from the sixty-eight volume publication by the Société des Bollandistes in Antwerp and Brussels. Contains documents examining the lives of saints, organized according to each saint's feast day.
Covers: Volumes published 1643-1940.
Britannica Encyclopedia of World Religions
"...provides an authoritative and comprehensive guide to the religions of the world and to the concepts, movements, people, and events that have shaped them; 3,500 detailed entries, 30 in-depth articles documenting the attitudes and ideals of major religions, as well as many other key religious topics."
Encyclopaedia Judaica
2nd Ed. (2007).  Provides an exhaustive and organized overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel, from Rabbinic to modern Yiddish literature, from Kabbalah to "Americana" and from Zionism to the contribution of Jews to world cultures.
Encyclopedia of Islam
Comprehensive coverage of Islam and of Muslim minorities all over the world, historical through present day.  Online version of the entire print text of volumes I to XI and Supplement (Volume XII).  Includes 2nd and 3rd editions, plus Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān and Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures.
Encyclopedia of the Quran
The Encyclopedia of the Qu'ran includes a dictionary of qur'anic terms, concepts, personalities, place names, cultural history and exegesis extended with essays on themes and subjects within qur'anic studies.
Philosopher's Index
Contains citations and abstracts from books and journals on philosophy and related interdisciplinary fields.
Covers: 1940 - present
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Sacred Text Archive
"largest freely available archive of online books about religion, mythology, folklore and the esoteric on the Internet"
Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center (TBRC) Digital Library
Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center (TBRC) Digital Library The Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center is dedicated to the preservation, organization and dissemination of Tibetan literature. Includes digital Tibetan texts; searchable database of people, places, and teachings.

Lee Jaffe

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