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Women in American Religious History

American Religious History: Selected Reference Sources (Special Topics)

Encyclopedia of African American Religions. Larry Murphy, J. Gordon Melton, Gary L Ward, editors. New York: Garland Pub., 1993. lxxvi, 926 p.; 29 cm. (Religious information systems; vol. 9) (Garland reference library of social science; vol. 721) [Ref. BR563.N4 E53 1993]

The Encyclopedia of African and African-American Religions. Stephen D. Glazier, editor. New York: Routledge, 2001. xx, 452 p.: ill., maps; 29 cm. (Routledge encyclopedias of religion and society) [Signed articles with bibliographies; some of the articles are long, so using the index is important for locating specific references.] [Ref. BL2462.5.E53 2001]

Jones, Charles Edwin, 1932-. Black Holiness: A Guide to the Study of Black Participation in Wesleyan Perfectionist and Glossolalia Pentecostal Movements. Metuchen, N.J.: American Theological Library Association: Scarecrow Press, 1987. xxxi, 388 p.; 22 cm. (ATLA bibliography series; no. 18) [Jones has also done a general bibliography on Holiness as well as one on Pentecostalism] [Ref. Z1361.N39 J66 1987]

African-American Religion: Research Problems and Resources for the 1990s: Proceedings of the Symposium: May 26, 1990, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. New York, N.Y.: The Center, c1992. vii, 159 p.; 23 cm. [Proceedings of the symposium "Preservation of the Black Religious Heritage Project."] [Ref. BR563.N4 A34 1990]

Discovering Latino Religion: A Comprehensive Social Science Bibliography. Antonio M. Stevens Arroyo, editor. New York, N.Y.: Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, c1995. 142 p.; 24 cm. (Bildner Center series on religion; v. 4) (PARAL series; v. 4) [Ref. BR563.H57 D57 1995]

Hispanic Christianity Within Mainline Protestant Traditions: A Bibliography. Paul Barton and David Maldonado, editors. Decatur, Ga.: Asociacion para la Educacion Teologica Hispana, 1998. iii, 318 p.; 24 cm. [Ref. BR563.H57 H57 1998]

Hirschfelder, Arlene B., and Paulette Fairbanks Molin. The Encyclopedia of Native American Religions: An Introduction. New York: Facts on File, c1992. xii, 367 p.: ill.; 29 cm. [Tozzer: REF E98.R3 H5 1992]

Melton, J. Gordon. Encyclopedic Handbook of Cults in America. Rev. and updated ed. New York: Garland Pub., 1992. xv, 407 p.; 22 cm. (Religious information systems series; vol. 7) (Garland reference library of social science; vol. 797) [Ref. BL2525.M45 1992]

Lewis, James R. The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1998. 595 p.: ill., ports.; 25 cm. [Bibliography is at the end, not with individual articles.] [Ref. BL2525.L49 1998]

Choquette, Diane. New Religious Movements in the United States and Canada: A Critical Assessment and Annotated Bibliography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, c1985. i, 235 p.; 25 cm. (Bibliographies and indexes in religious studies; no. 5) [Ref. Z7834.U6 C46 1985]

Nadell, Pamela Susan. Conservative Judaism in America: A Biographical Dictionary and Sourcebook. New York: Greenwood Press, c1988. xvi, 409 p.; 25 cm. (Jewish denominations in America) [Ref. BM750.N33 1988]

Sherman, Moshe D. Orthodox Judaism in America: A Biographical Dictionary and Sourcebook. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996. x, 291 p.; 24 cm. (Jewish denominations in America) [Ref. BM750.S395 1996]

Reform Judaism in America: A Biographical Dictionary and Sourcebook. Kerry M. Olitzky, Lance J. Sussman, and Malcolm H. Stern, editors. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993. xxxi, 347 p.; 25 cm. (Jewish denominations in America) [Ref. BM750.R39 1993]

Islam in North America: A Sourcebook. Michael A. Koszegi, J. Gordon Melton, editors. New York: Garland Pub., 1992. xxii, 414 p.; 23 cm. (Religious information systems series; vol. 8) (Garland reference library of social science; v. 852) [Ref. BP67.A1 I82 1992]

Schultz, Jeffrey D., John G. West, and Iain S. MacLean. Encyclopedia of Religion in American Politics. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press, 1999. (The American political landscape series) [Ref. BL2525.E52 1999]

Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. William H. Swatos, Jr., editor; Peter Kivisto, associate editor; Barbara J. Denison, James McClenon, assistant editors. Walnut Creek, Calif.: AltaMira Press, c1998. xiv, 590 p.: ill.; 28 cm. [Emphasis on U.S. and Canada; topical (e.g., "life satisfaction") and biographical (e.g., "Wood, Frances") with bibliographies.] [Ref. BL60.E53 1998]

Utter, Glenn H., John W. Storey. The Religious Right: A Reference Handbook. 2nd ed. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, c2001. xii, 382 p.: ill.; 24 cm. (Contemporary world issues) [Directory, bibliography, etc.] [Ref. BR526.U88 2001]

Encyclopedia of Religion in the South. Samuel S. Hill, editor. Macon, Ga.: Mercer, c1984. vii, 878 p.; 27 cm. [Ref. BR535.E52 1984]

Contemporary American Religion. Wade Clark Roof, editor in chief. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, c2000. 2 v. (xxvii, 861 p.): ill.; 28 cm. [Signed articles, bibliographies, and index.] [Ref. BL2525.C65 2000]

Twentieth-century Shapers of American Popular Religion. Charles H. Lippy, editor. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989. xxv, 494 p.; 24 cm. [Ref. BL2525.T84 1989]

Lippy, Charles H. Modern American Popular Religion: A Critical Assessment and Annotated Bibliography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996. xiv, 250 p.; 25 cm. (Bibliographies and indexes in religious studies; no. 37) [Ref. BL2525.L566 1996]

Encyclopedia of Religious Controversies in the United States. George H. Shriver and Bill Leonard, editors. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997. xii, 542 p.; 24 cm. [Ref. BR515.E53 1997]

The complete guide is also available in a one-page format, which is especially useful for viewing and printing the entire guide at once.

This guide was originally prepared for HDS 2325, "The Religious History of American Women," September 1999, by Clifford Wunderlich. It was last revised March 11, 2005.