Welcome to the Intro to Comparative Religions Research Guide. In this guide, you will find library and online resources to help you with your research and course assignments. Scroll below to see the resources most used to get started on your research. Click on the side navigation tabs on the left to see more in-depth and comprehensive resources.
How is religion experienced around the world? this course will introduce the academic and comparative study of the world's religious traditions using historical and/or thematic approaches to beliefs, practices, institutions, and cultural expressions of selected world religions.
This database covers many subjects found at colleges and universities. Contains articles from thousands of journals, magazines, news sources, and videos from the Associated Press.
Gale OneFile: Religion and Philosophy is a comprehensive collection of periodical content covering topics across a wide range of philosophies and religions. Researchers will gain valuable insight about the impact religion has had on culture throughout history, including literature, arts, and language. Updated daily, this library resource supports a broad range of topics from theological approaches to social issues.
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The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
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The best-value and most wide-ranging reference volume available on the subject The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions is an exceptionally wide-ranging A-Z reference guide to the history, beliefs, dogmas, practices, individuals, customs, and artefacts of the worlds religions past and present. As well as detailed information on individual religious traditions there are fascinating general entries on common topics such as prayer, ethics, asceticism, confession, cosmology, art and architecture, and music. With over 8,200 entries from eighty multi-faith international contributors this really is the definitive one-volume work on all the worlds religions.
Religions of the World: The illustrated guide to origins, beliefs, traditions & festivals
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Wisdom from the World's Religions: a Guide to Basic Human Questions
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Offers a unique and inspiring way to think about religions and even one's own religion in light of the religious plurality that exists today. Looks at various religious/spiritual topics (Who is God? Who am I? How might I find and serve God? etc.) and then draws on and reflects particularly interesting ideas and practices from various religions.
Atlas of World Religions
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Featuring more than sixty brand new maps, photographs, diagrams and charts, the Atlas of World Religions is an essential companion to any study on the key religions of the world. The concise, helpful text written by acknowledged authorities guides the experience and helps readers to interpret the visuals. Consciously written for students of all levels, this volume is perfect for individual or course-based study.
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Gale OneFile: Religion and Philosophy is a comprehensive collection of periodical content covering topics across a wide range of philosophies and religions. Researchers will gain valuable insight about the impact religion has had on culture throughout history, including literature, arts, and language. Updated daily, this library resource supports a broad range of topics from theological approaches to social issues.
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Contains thousands of videos, including documentaries, educational films, and news clips spanning the widest range of subject areas.
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