LibGuides: Religious Studies: Christian Traditions

Acta Sanctorum Database This link opens in a new window
This is a complete electronic version of the 68 print volumes published by the Société des Bollandistes in Antwerp and Brussels. The contents examine the lives of the saints.
Patrologia Latina Database This link opens in a new window
Contains the works of the Church Fathers from 200 CE to 1216 CE
The Patrologia Latina Database is an electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina, published between 1844 and 1855, and the four volumes of indexes published between 1862 and 1865. Migne's column numbers, essential references for scholars, are also included.
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae This link opens in a new window
This database contains nearly all ancient Greek texts (from 8th Century BCE to 600 CE). It also has several texts from 600 - 1453 CE. The collection is steadily growing as more Greek and Byzantine authors are being added.
Note: To use the full corpus, each user must register and create his or her own TLG user profile. To do so, click on Register in the upper right corner of the opening screen, or on Full Corpus in the menu bar.

Adherents.com

A collection of religious adherent statistics and religious geography citations. Contains references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc.

All-in-one Biblical Resources Search

Engine which searches the full text of several versions (in several languages) of the Judeo-Christian Bible.

The American Religion Data Archive

A database of quantitative data on American religions including churches and church membership, religious professionals, and religious groups.

Christian Works from the Cambridge Digital Library

EuroDocs

Primary History Documents from Western Europe.
Provides high quality articles, books, essays, documents, historical photos, and links, screened for content, for a broad range of historical subjects

Internet Sacred Texts Archive

Online archive of sacred texts from many of the world's religions. Scroll down the left side and click on a tradition.
Christian Texts

Perseus Project

Tufts University's digital library project, containing materials related to: Greece & Rome, Renaissance, 19th century America and more. Access to Greek and Latin lexica.

Religion Online

This site has thousands of full-text articles on Religious Studies, but its focuses are Christianity and sociology.

Restoration Movement

Contains primary and secondary source material for researching the Restoration Movement (out of which came the Churches of Christ, the Christian Churches, and the Disciples of Christ).

Shaker Manuscripts Online

Links to various Shaker manuscripts.

Print Reference Sources

Bible (NRSV, New Oxford Annotated Bible)
Main Ref BS 191.5 A1 2001 .N49

Catholic Almanac
Main Ref AY 81 R6 N3 2007

Encyclopedia of Christianity (5 vols.)
Main Ref BR 95 E8913 1999

Encyclopedia of Early Christianity (2 vols.)
Main Ref BR 162.2 E53 1997

Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Politics
Main Ref BR 115 E58 2006

Encyclopedia of Protestantism (4 vols.)
Main Ref BX 4811.3 E53 2004

New Catholic Encyclopedia (15 vols.)
Main Ref BX 841 N44 2003

The Encyclopedia of American Catholic History
Main Ref BX 1406.2.E53 1997

Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Main Ref BR 95 O8 2005

Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
Main Ref BR 302.8 O93 1996

Timeline Charts of the Western Church
Main Ref BR 149 P48 1999

Libraries and Research Centers

American Religions Collection

A guide to the American Religions Collections at Special Research Collections in UCSB Library.
Includes J. Gordon Melton's manuscript collection.

Center for the Study of Religion, Princeton University

Encourages intellectual exchange and interdisciplinary scholarly studies about religion
Offers diverse perspectives of the humanities and social sciences.
Examines religion comparatively and empirically in its diverse historical and contemporary manifestations.

Center for the Study of American Religion & Culture

A research and public outreach institute devoted to the promotion of the understanding of the relation between religion and other features of American culture.

Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism

A leading center for the historical study of Roman Catholicism in the United States.

Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Religion and Public Life

Promotes the study of religious pluralism.
Provides a useful list of links to other pages about this topic.

Organizations and Associations

American Academy of Religion

Association for the Sociology of Religion

Canadian Society for the Study of Religion

Center for the Study of Religion and Culture

Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

American Society of Church History

Society of Biblical Literature

Society for the Scientific Study of Religion

World Council of Churches