Guides: REL 497 Religion Senior Seminar: Identity in Christ (De Long): Databases

Databases

Atla Religion Database This link opens in a new window
Includes theology and religious journals reflecting all major faiths, denominations and language groups, plus book reviews, essays, ministry reports and multimedia citations. Collection dates to 1949.
Database of Religious History This link opens in a new window
An independent academic initiative, based at University of British Columbia, concerning the history of religions, and cultural history, around the world.
Brill Publishing Online This link opens in a new window
Includes titles in the area of Humanities & Social Sciences, International Law, and Biology & Sciences from 2000 to 2016, plus e-book collections:
Asian Studies, 2007-2014; Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East, and Early Christianity, 2007-2014 Classical Studies, 2007-2014 Middle East and Islamic Studies, 2007-2014 Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy, 2007-2014
Bloomsbury Religion in North America (BRINA) This link opens in a new window
Covering North America’s diverse religious traditions, provides peer-reviewed information on religious studies, anthropology of religion, sociology of religion, and history.
Old Testament Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Abstracts for journal articles and books related to Old Testament studies, covering antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology, philology and more, coverage back to 1978.
New Testament Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Article, book and biblical software abstracts pertaining to the New Testament, dating back to 1985.
Each year an additional 2,000 articles from more than 500 periodicals in numerous languages are selected for inclusion. In addition, approximately 900 current books are also summarized annually.
Open Access Digital Theological Library (OADTL) This link opens in a new window
Open access content in religious studies and related disciplines.
Biblical Archaeology Society Online Archive This link opens in a new window
Contains the Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR) dating back to 1985.
Loeb Classical Library This link opens in a new window
Greek and Latin texts with English translations. Requires profile sign-in.
First time users, to create profile and set password, visit https://www.loebclassics.com/
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides full text coverage to peer-reviewed titles in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and more.

Religion Data and Statistics

Statista This link opens in a new window
Statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources, includes access to the Global Consumer Survey .

Pew Research Center: Religion & Public Life
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Pew Research Center does not take policy positions. It is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Association of Religion Data Archives
Data on religion in the U.S. and around the world.
Religious Landscape Study
Survey data of 35,000 American adults from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life,
National Study of Youth and Religion
The National Study of Youth and Religion is a research project directed by Christian Smith, Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame and Lisa Pearce, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The project is designed to enhance our understanding of the religious lives of American youth from adolescence into young adulthood, using telephone survey and in-depth interview methods.
National Congregations Survey
Ongoing national survey on the basic characteristics of America's congregations from Duke University
American Religious Identification Survey
The ARIS (American Religious Identification Survey) time series tracks changes in the religious loyalties of the American public. It comprises a set of three large replicate, representative, national surveys of adults in the continental U.S.A. (48 states & DC) in 1990, 2001 and 2008.