Web Resources in the Religions Collection in the Library
Freely available web resources selected by the Religions librarian which will support your research into the study of religions
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General resources
General resources
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A-Z Open Access journals on Ancient Studies
Part of the AWOL (Ancient World Online) blog, this index links to over 1200 open-access journals, including titles on the Ancient Near East, the Syriac and Coptic churches, the Byzantine world and Hebraica -
Adherents
Explore statistical data on the world’s religions from primary research sources such as government census reports, statistical sampling surveys and organizational reporting, as well as citations from secondary literature. -
Beliefnet
Magazine-style, commercially run website with information on a wide range of faiths. Includes guided meditations, sacred texts, virtual communities and discussion groups -
DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals (Religions)
Brings together links to academic open-access journals on religious studies -
Internet Guide to Religion (Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, Indiana)
Directory to a wide range of web resources on all aspects of religion and world faiths -
NationMaster: Religions
Consult statistics on world religions and faith groups building on data from CIA World Factbooks (2003-2008). These can be viewed as maps and charts. Users can create their own datasets. -
Overview of World Religions (University of Cumbria)
Digital encyclopaedia of the world’s faiths with comprehensive introductory text. Database includes charts and diagrams showing how various sects and schools evolved from the parent faith over time. -
Virtual Religion Index (Rutgers University)
Portal to information resources on world religions, including anthropology and psychology of religions
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A-Z Open Access journals on Ancient Studies
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Open-access publications / digitised texts (general) – for those relating to a specific faith please go to that link
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AWOL (Ancient World Online)
Directory to open-access historical texts on the Ancient World: includes late antiquity, Byzantium, early Church history, Syriac and Coptic studies, history of medicine.
AWOL includes the A-Z Open Access journals on Ancient Studies -
DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals (Religions)
Brings together links to academic open-access journals on religious studies -
Internet History Sourcebooks (Fordham University, New York)
Directory to open-access historical texts on a range of subjects and regions: including Jewish and Islamic history. -
Internet Sacred Texts Online
Archive of open-access books on religion, mythology and folklore -
SOAS Research Online
Open access e-print repository of academic publications (articles, book chapters, theses etc.) by SOAS staff and PhD students. -
Theological Commons (Princeton Theological Seminary)
Open-access, searchable database of digital and non-digital material in the Seminary’s library dating from the 10th to 20th centuries. The focus is Christianity, mission studies and theology but also includes the Eastern Church, Buddhism, Islam and Judaism. -
Frazer, J. G. (1922)
The golden bough
A classic study on comparative folklore, magic and religion
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AWOL (Ancient World Online)
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Organizations
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British Museum
Showcases the world’s cultural and artistic heritage from pre-history to artefacts of the 21 st century. View detailed bibliographic records and photographs of thousands of items from the collection. -
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The Museum’s website looks at the Holocaust in all its ramifications. Of interest to researchers into genocide studies, Jewish history, social history and 20th century European history. -
Victoria and Albert Museum
Art and design museum with strong collections on the religious artwork in its historical and cultural context
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British Museum
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Theses
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DART-Europe
Portal to over 300,000 open-access theses from over 430 universities in 24 European countries -
Digital Islam Theses
JISC-funded project giving access to over 900 UK PhD theses on Islamic studies via ETHOS. Registration with ETHOS is required (free) -
History Online : Theses
Part of the Institute of Historical Research’s History Online . Browse or search the database for details of U.K. PhD and Research Masters theses completed since 1970, and for research in progress (for history of religions) -
Researching World Christianity
Doctoral dissertations on Mission since 1900. Complied by the International Bulletin of Missionary Research in association with Yale School of Divinity, this bibliographic database includes theses on Christianity outside the West as well as those directly related to Mission studies. Includes PhD, ThD, DMin and DMiss -
SOAS Research Online: Theses
Selection of SOAS PhD theses (mostly from 2011 onward). Very recent theses may not be available electronically -
Theses Canada
Portal to free full-text access to Canadian theses completed between 1998 and 2002. In English and French.
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DART-Europe
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Teaching materials
These open-access resources have been assigned for teaching by SOAS academics.
- Kant, I. What is enlightenment?
- Fitzgerald, T. Religious studies as cultural studies: a philosophical and anthropological critique of the concept of religion . DISKUS, Vol.3, no.1 (1995)
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Frazer, J. G. (1922)
The golden bough
A classic study on comparative folklore, magic and religion - Griffiths, P. J. The very idea of religion (response to Fitzgerald and others):
- McKenzie, P. Otto, Wach and Heiler: towards a systematic phenomenology of religion . DISKUS, Vol.2, no.1 (1994)
- Morgan, P. The authority of believers in the study of religions DISKUS Vol.4, no.1 (1996)
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Postmodern culture
(1990 - )
Open-access journal from John Hopkins University Press via Project Muse