HOT TOPICS: RELIGION AND SOCIETY
Scope|Subject
Headings|Overview
Sources|Circulating
Books|Periodicals, Journals & Trade
Publications|Web Sites
SCOPE: In today’s society religion still plays an important role in everyday life. As we go about our daily activities with hustle and stress, many of us seek out some sort of solace and meaning for our existence. Especially in times of war or crisis, religion may often provide the comfort that many of us need. Yet, there are still questions and controversies raised over whether religion should be influencing our society, our schools, religion, politics, and even economic issues. The purpose of this pathfinder is to serve as a guideline for student research. It is not intended as a comprehensive listing of all the resources available in the library on this topic, but as a selective sampling of the many types of materials available.
SUBJECT HEADINGS
Books dealing with religion and society are listed in the Baddour Library’s online catalog under the following subject headings:
Economics—Religious aspects—Christianity
Religion and politics
Religion and state
United States—Religion
There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.
OVERVIEW SOURCES
REF BL 2525.M45144 2003 Encyclopedia of American Religions
REF BL 31.E46 The Encyclopedia of Religion
CQ Researcher (online database):
Issues and Controversies database from Facts on
File
Some representative books from the circulating collection located upstairs in the library are:
CIRCULATING BOOKS
Blank, Rebecca M. Is the
Market Moral?: A Dialogue on Religion, Economics, and
Justice. Washington, D.C: Brookings Institution Press, 2004.
Butler, Jon. Religion in American
Life: A Short History. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Carter, Stephen L. God’s
Name in Vain: The Wrongs and Rights of Religion in
Politics. New York: Basic Books, 2000.
Lincoln, C. Eric. Race,
Religion, and the Continuing American Dilemma. New York: Hill and Wang, 1999.
Lynch, Gordon.
Understanding Theology and Popular Culture.
Malden,MA: Blackwell
Pub; 2005.
Stahl, William A. God and the
Chip: Religion and the Culture of Technology. Ont, Canada: Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion.
Some of the specific periodicals that the library subscribes to that focuses on the topic of religion and society are:
PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS
Click the links for a list of full text journals
available through our databases in:
Open Access
Journals in
Religion
WEB SITES
Virtual Religion Index (Rutgers University)
http://virtualreligion.net/vri/
Updated
08/24/2007
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