A-Z Resource List & FAQs
Topic » Religious Studies

A digital public library of Arab and Islamic culture.

228 Arabic journals, 277,000 articles by 46,281 writers, providing online access to the content of 228 Arabic literary journals, from 23 Arab countries, dating from the early Arab renaissance (al Nahda) in the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the twenty-first century. 

Videos and audio on the topic of religion from the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.

What does religion sound like? Audio files of ceremonies and prayers.

Includes the Qu'ran (Koran), which can be read in parallel with Latin, English, and Chinese translations.

Contains datasets and analysis on religion in the U.S. and the world.

Data and reports on religion around the world.

The items found in the Atla Digital Library are of importance to those with an interest in researching, studying, teaching, and otherwise searching for historical and archival content in religion and theology.

Research in Ministry is a thesis and dissertation abstract database. Users can search graduate works related to ministry, theology and religion.

Digital versions of the Old Testament and New Testament, viewable in parallel with Greek, Latin, and English translations.

Brill is an academic publisher with specialties in humanities and social sciences. Search with your keyword at the left under Refine Search > All.  A green icon next to a title will indicate full text access.

Non-UWest patrons: Alternative access.

Search and read US case law, include rulings of religion in civic life.

"The mission of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) is to build up the church by making classic Christian literature widely available and promoting its use for edification and study by interested Christians, seekers and scholars."

An expanded web version of the The Coptic Encyclopedia (Aziz S. Atiya, ed. NY: Macmillan, 1991). "This monumental work, with approximately 2800 entries written by 215 scholars, covers treasures of Coptic language and literature; Copto-Arabic literature; Coptic art, architecture, archaeology, history, music, liturgy, theology, spirituality, monasticism; and biblical, apocryphal, social, and legal texts."

"What are you drawn to like, to watch, or even to binge? What are you free to consume, and what do you become through consumption? These questions of desire and value, Kathryn Lofton argues, are questions for the study of religion."

A journal of the Association of Chinese Philosophers in America.

A journal of the Association of Chinese Philosophers in America.

"...the world’s first comprehensive online quantitative and qualitative encyclopedia of religious cultural history." Select the 'browse' link to begin your search.

Items under section 293 are the digitized manuscripts. Additional keywords can be added by the + next to the search.

Discovering Sacred Texts provides access to the richness and diversity of the texts from some of the world’s greatest faiths. Discover more about the sacred texts from Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism and the Baha’i Faith, Jainism and Zoroastrianism.

Encyclopædia Iranica is a comprehensive research tool dedicated to the study of Iranian civilization in the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. This 'Online' version from Brill includes new entries.

This is the online version of the second edition of this highly regarded encyclopedia (physical version also available: http://uwest.worldcat.org/oclc/56057973). Comes with searchable full text entries, with information intended to reflect both changes in academia and in the world since 1987. Includes almost all of the 2,750 original entries -- many heavily updated -- as well as approximately 600 entirely new articles.

The Encyclopædia Iranica is a comprehensive research tool dedicated to the study of Iranian civilization in the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.

Get biographical information about religious figures. Includes the latest full text newspaper, journal articles, pictures, and multimedia files.

Use the power of Google to search for books, articles, and online resources. Access via UWest to incorporate our full text database resources.

👩‍🏫 Accessing library resources with Google Scholar: PDF, Video. If you encounter an error such as "ERROR for site owner: Invalid domain for site key", use the personalized Google Scholar setup instead.

Non-Uwest patrons: Alternative access.

"...a comprehensive bibliography for theology and religious studies. It is now possible to search not only for articles, but also for monographs, databases and relevant Internet links."

"...a comprehensive bibliography for theology and religious studies. It is now possible to search not only for articles, but also for monographs, databases and relevant Internet links." Includes ability to search for Bible passages within its results.

A scholarly and refereed encyclopedia hosted by The University of Tennessee at Martin.

An online encyclopedia for Jewish history and current events.