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Reference Sources - What are they?
Reference sources:
- are an excellent place to start research
- provide background information
- include basic information sources like dictionaries, encyclopedias, bibliographies, chronologies, and research guides.
Some of the most common types of reference sources are:
- Bibliographies
- Provide list of sources (books, articles, etc.) for specific subjects. May include annotations.
- Guides to Research
- Provide list of sources (books, articles, etc.) for specific subjects. May include annotations
- Subject Encyclopedias
- Provide in-depth, scholarly articles, focused on a specific subject or discipline. Often include bibliographies.
Online Journals on Politics and Religion
- Church & State (1997-present)
- A magazine published by Americans United for Separation of Church and State (not peer-reviewed.) It reviews church-state news and analysis and promotes the concept of separation of church and state.
- A magazine published by Americans United for Separation of Church and State (not peer-reviewed.) It reviews church-state news and analysis and promotes the concept of separation of church and state.
- Journal of Church and State (1959-present)
- A peer-reviewed journal published by Baylor University's J.M. Dawson Institute for Church-State Studies. It seeks to stimulate interest, dialogue, research, and publication in the broad area of religion and the state. JCS publishes constitutional, historical, philosophical, theological, and sociological studies on religion and the body politic in various countries and cultures of the world, including the United States.
- A peer-reviewed journal published by Baylor University's J.M. Dawson Institute for Church-State Studies. It seeks to stimulate interest, dialogue, research, and publication in the broad area of religion and the state. JCS publishes constitutional, historical, philosophical, theological, and sociological studies on religion and the body politic in various countries and cultures of the world, including the United States.
- Journal of Law and Religion (1983-2 years ago)
- A peer-reviewed journal published by Emory University's Center for the Study of Law and Religion. The journal publishes cutting-edge interdisciplinary, interreligious, and international research on critical issues of law and religion.
- A peer-reviewed journal published by Emory University's Center for the Study of Law and Religion. The journal publishes cutting-edge interdisciplinary, interreligious, and international research on critical issues of law and religion.
- Journal of Law and Society (1983-present)
- A peer-review journal on law and society, including aspects of religious freedom, tolerance, and church-state relations.
Online Reference Sources
The Blackwell Companion to Religion in America by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781444324099Publication Date: 2010-03-25This authoritative and cutting edge companion brings together a team of leading scholars to document the rich diversity and unique viewpoints that have formed the religious history of the United States. A groundbreaking new volume which represents the first sustained effort to fully explain the development of American religious history and its creation within evolving political and social frameworks Spans a wide range of traditions and movements, from the Baptists and Methodists, to Buddhists and Mormons Explores topics ranging from religion and the media, immigration, and piety, though to politics and social reform Considers how American religion has influenced and been interpreted in literature and popular culture Provides insights into the historiography of religion, but presents the subject as a story in motion rather than a snapshot of where the field is at a given moment
Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America, Set by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 0253111706Publication Date: 2006-04-19The Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America harvests the fruits of 25 years of scholarship on the history and current state of women's religious experience in North America. The result of a five-year project led by Rosemary Skinner Keller and Rosemary Radford Ruether and funded by the Lilly Endowment and the Henry Luce Foundation, the encyclopedia marshals the talents of more than 150 scholars to produce the most comprehensive and up-to-date description and analysis of women and religion in North America. The encyclopedia is interreligious, interracial, and multicultural and is aimed at a broad general audience. Instead of hundreds of short entries, this encyclopedia features more than 145 longer essays that enable major themes to be developed more fully. The articles focus on institutions, movements, and ideas. The authors weave biographical sketches into their articles to give them a more personal and humanizing quality, and to recognize the women responsible for the gains made over the centuries. The essays demonstrate that neither the story of women nor the story of religion in North America can be accurately told unless the religious experience of women is integrated into the center of women's and religious history. These well-illustrated volumes will be an essential reference for all of those interested in the role of women in North America's vibrant and complex religious life.
Evangelical America by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 1610697731Publication Date: 2017-09-21An essential new reference work for students and general readers interested in the history, dynamics, and influence of evangelicalism in recent American history, politics, and culture. What makes evangelical or "born-again" Christians different from those who identify themselves more simply as "Christian"? What percentage of Americans believe in the Rapture? How are evangelicalism and Baptism similar? What is the influence of evangelical religions on U.S. politics? Readers of Evangelical America: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Religious Culture will learn the answers to these questions and many more through this single-volume work's coverage of the many dimensions of and diversity within evangelicalism and through its documentation of the specific contributions evangelicals have made in American society and culture. It also illustrates the Evangelical movement's influence internationally in key issues such as human rights, environmentalism, and gender and sexuality.
Mainline Christians and U. S. Public Policy by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 1280918489Publication Date: 2007-01-01This insightful reference work explores the relationship between mainline Christian denominations and U.S. politics and public policy, from colonial times to the present.
The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 0807877166Publication Date: 2006-12-13Evangelical Protestant groups have dominated religious life in the South since the early nineteenth century. Even as the conservative Protestantism typically associated with the South has risen in social and political prominence throughout the United States in recent decades, however, religious culture in the South itself has grown increasingly diverse. The region has seen a surge of immigration from other parts of the United States as well as from Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East, bringing increased visibility to Catholicism, Islam, and Asian religions in the once solidly Protestant Christian South. In this volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, contributors have revised entries from the original Encyclopedia on topics ranging from religious broadcasting to snake handling and added new entries on such topics as Asian religions, Latino religion, New Age religion, Islam, Native American religion, and social activism. With the contributions of more than 60 authorities in the field--including Paul Harvey, Loyal Jones, Wayne Flynt, and Samuel F. Weber--this volume is an accessibly written, up-to-date reference to religious culture in the American South.
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Politics in the U. S. by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 1118528654Publication Date: 2016-04-15The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Politics in the U.S. provides a broad, inclusive, and rich range of chapters, in the study of religion and politics. Arranged in their historical context, chapters address themes of history, law, social and religious movements, policy and political theory. Broadens the parameters of this timely subject, and includes the latest work in the field Draws together newly-commissioned essays by distinguished authors that are cogent for scholars, while also being in a style that is accessible to students. Provides a balanced and inclusive approach to religion and politics in the U.S. Engages diverse perspectives from various discourses about religion and politics across the political and disciplinary spectra, while placing them in their larger historical context
