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Tools for identifying books and articles on religous studies (some link to open access full-text)

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General
- Africabib - Bibliography of Africana Periodical Literature Database - includes Africana Periodical Literature - Over 170,000 records from more than 800 journals with a focus on journals from Africa. A number of the articles have links to full text - very useful for research on religion in Africa
- Apocalypse and Millennium: A Bibliography - originally published in Millennialism: a International Bibliography by Garland
- Bibliographie Afrique: religion, philosophie - from the ANKH: Journal of Egyptology and African Civilizations website
- Bibliography on Animals, Religion and Ethics (2013) - compiled by Forrest Clingerman
- The Bibliography of Slavery and World Slaving - searchable database to over 25,000 scholarly works on slavery. Search for the term "religion" retrieves over 300 records. For current material search the issues of Slavery & Abolition
- Digitalia Hispanica - Religion section
- Film, Faith and Popular Culture - compiled by Gordon Matties - listing of books and articles on religion and film
- Guide to Religious Studies Movies (Adherents.com)
- Hell-On-Line - texts and images covering hell from Hinduism, Buddhism, Christian, Zoroastrian, Islamic and Jewish traditions
- International Society for Environmental Ethics Bibliography (2008) - for more recent material see Online Bibliography of Environmental Thought
- Internationale Volkskundliche Bibliographie - international ethnographic bibliography published by the German Society for Ethnology . Can browse the Religion section
- Law and Religion
- Neurophilosophical Inquiries Bibliography - lists material on yoga, mysticism, Zen, Kabbalah, neurotheology
- New Zealand Bibliography of Religion and Theology - last updated 2004
- Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography - "every book article, film or other item ever references in the journal Oral Tradition - over 15,000 works
- Orientalism: A Bibliography compiled by Herb Swanson (last update April 2017)
- Places of Peace and Power - bibliography of global sacred sites
- Reincarnation Bibliography compiled by James G. Matlock
- Religion in Latin America - organized by religion and by region (Central America, South America, Caribbean, North America )
- Religion and Myth in the Movies ( a bibliography of books and articles in the UC Berkeley Libraries) - extensive listing including a separate listing of works about films such as the Last Temptation of Christ and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
- Religion and Psychoactive Sacraments
- Religion and Violence: A Bibliography - compiled by Charles K. Bellinger - published in the Hedgehog Review (Spring 2004)
- Religion in Latin America - Bibliographies
- Religions in Literature - lists comic book characters by religious affiliation as well as listings of works of science fiction with characters and content that include Quakers, Amish, Latter-day Saints, Baha'i, Zoroastrians, Sikhs, Tibetan Buddhists and Unitarian-Universalists
- Research Sources for Astrology (2002) - compiled by Lester Ness. Contains sections for Astrology in Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome, Judaism, Early Christianity, Islam, India and Medieval and Renaissance Europe
- Ritualbibliographien - covers ritual and ceremony in Egypt, Ancient World, Europe, and South Asia
- The Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts - "aggregates observations of pre-modern mansucripts drawn from over 12,000 auction and sales catalogs, inventories, catalogs from institutional and private collections and other sources" - can limit by a wide variety of fields including "liturgical use"
- Science and Religion - listing of key texts by the International Society for Science and Religion
- Socio Rhetorical Interpretation Bibliography
- Spirituality, Medicine and Health Bibliography
Ancient Religions
- ABZU - edited by Charles E. Jones this is a guide to open access material on the Ancient Near East
- Ancient Slavery Bibliography - from The Feminist Sexual Ethics project's section "Slavery, Sexuality and Religion"
- Association for the Understanding of Ancient Cultures (AUAC) Bibliograpahy - contains over 2,000 references and 53 fulltext documents on archaeology research
- Bibliography of Emar Studies (Bibliografia de los estudios de Emar) - ancient Mesopotamian city about 100km east of Aleppo - includes section for religion. Alternate link - Periodical updates appear in issues of Ugarit-Forschungen (vol. 37, 2005, vol. 41, 2009, vol. 43, 2011, vol. 45, 2014)
- Bibliography of Ancient Egypt
- Bibliography of Literacy in Pre-Modern Times - compiled by Meir Bar-Ilan
- Demontistische Literaturubersicht - compiled by Thissen, Felber, Depauw and Hoffmann - "ongoing bibliography of all books, articles,... related to the field of Demotic Studies, and appears in regular installments in the periodical Enchoria. All publications of the Demotistische Literaturübersicht may also be found in the TM Bib, though with less information."
- Dreams of Antiquity - Dreams and Visions in the Greco-Roman world
- Gnostic Reading List - books on Gnosticism and editions of Gnostic Scriptures
- Hethitische bibliographie - Hittite bibliography compiled by Massimiliano Marazzi, Gerfird G.W. Muller, Jana Souckova and Gernot Wilhelm
- Index bibliographique des figurines funeraires - produced by Société d'égyptologie Genève this is an extensive list of Egyptian funeral figurines with links to bibliographic information.
- Keilschriftbibliographie (KeiBi)- content from the annual international cuneiform bibliography published in Orientalia. Note does not include the information from the two latest volumes.
- Magic in the Ancient World: Bibliography
- Mamluk bibliography online (Middle East Documentation Center, University of Chicago) - primary and secondary sources on the Mamluk sultanate of Egypt and Syria. Over 1,000 items listed in the subject category of Religion
- Ritual and Ceremony in the Graeco-Roman World: A select Classified Bibliography (1970-1996) - compiled by K. C. Hanson includes section on Dead Sea Scrolls, Jesus Movements and earliest church
- syri.ac: an annotated bibliography of Syriac resources online - includes links to open access resources including bibliographies, canon law, grammars, hagiography, dictionaries, maps and texts of Aphrahat, Bardaisan, Isacc of Antioch, Jack of Sarug, John of Ephesus, Ephrem, Michael the Syrian, Thomas of Marga, Narsai, Synodicon Orientale, Cyrillona, Chronicles of Bar Hebraeus and Chronicle of Seert
- Temples of Karnak Bibliography - produced by the Centre Franco-Egyptien d'Etude des Temples de Karnak
- Trismegistos Bibliography (TM) - Books and articles on Trismegistos texts and religion in the ancient world
Asian Studies
- Ancient Chinese Civilizations: Bibliography of Materials in Western Languages by Paul R. Goldin (October 18, 2017)
- Asian Law Online
- Bibliographies for South Asia Studies - compiled by University of Chicago Library
- Bibliography of Indian Philosophy - updated version of v.1 of the Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies - includes primary texts and secondary literature, can search by author, philosophical school or topic. Material primarily in English
- Bibliography of Western Language Publications on Chinese Popular Religion (1995 to present)
- Bibliography on Women in Chinese History by Patricia Ebrey with updates by Joseph Adler
- Chinese Cultural Studies Bibliography
- Chinese Environmental Philosophy (listings through 2008) - compiled by Yang Tongjin
- Chinese Religious Culture: a research guide - compiled by Barend ter Haar. See also his Religious Culture in 20th century China: bibliography
- Essential Readings on Chinese Philosophy - Compiled by Bryan W. Van Norden (2015). Listing of essential translations and secondary texts on Coonfucianism, Daoism, Mohism, Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism and other aspects of Chinese Philosophy
- Falun Gong - Bibliography by Barend ter Haar presenting resources from a religious perspective
- Korean Bibliography - a searchable bibliography of about 4800 English language books on Korea held by the Library of Congress as of 1995
- Korean History : a bibliography - see section on Religion and Philosophy
- Orientalism: A Bibliography - compiled by Herb Swanson this listing of scholarly works on the concept of Orientalism includes reviews of Said's Orientalism - Updated September 2017
- Religions in China: Influences and History" - Bibliography by Marilyn Shea
- Religion in Modern Asia Newsletter Recent Publications - 2001 listing of 253 works - also links to information on many of the authors with lists of their publications
- Religious culture in 20th century China: bibliography by Barend ter Haar
- Resources for the Study of East Asian Language and Thought - compiled by Charles Muller
- Selected, Annotated Bibliography of the History of Chinese Science and Medicine: Sources in Western Languages
- Shamanism in China: Bibliography by Barend ter Haar (2014)
- Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Digital Repository - includes South Asian Resources Digital Archives (SARDA) - either limit search to SARDA or select "University Library" from community list and then select SARDA
- Uyghurs in China - Bibliography
- Western Language Materials Online Search - Features a database containing over 90,000 titles from the Toyo Bunko's various collections of western language materials (excluding Russian)" - material relates primarily to Asia. Can also Browse by Subject classification . See also links to lists of materials in other languages
Bahai
- American Indians and the Baha'i Faith: a Ten-Part Comprehensive Bibliography by Littlebrave Beaston
- Annotated Bibliography of noteworthy scholarship on the Baha'i faith
- Baha'i Faith Annotated Bibliography - compiled by Babak Kashef (2003)
- Babi and Baha'i Religions: an annotated bibliography
- Bibliography for the Tablets of Baha'u'llah 1853-92
- Ecology and Bahai bibliography - posted on The Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale
- Resource Guide for the Scholarly Study of the Baha'i Faith - by Robert Stockman and Jonah Winters (1997)
Biblical Studies
- AnaBiDeut (Analytische Bibliographie zum Deuteronomium) - analytical bibliography of works on Deuteronomy
- Annotated Old Testament Bibliography (published annually in Denver Journal published by the Denver Seminary)
- Aseneth Home Page : Hyperlinked Bibliography
- Ben Sira Bibliography
- The Bible and Homosexuality - from The Feminist Sexual Ethics Project
- Bible Commentaries Bibliography - a searchable database of Biblical Commentaries of the New Testament
- Bible Translation Bibliography" - searchable database of over 5,000 books and journal articles on Biblical translation and translation more broadly. See also CBTA (Centre for Bible Translation in Africa) Bibliography - focus is on Biblical Hebrew
- Biblia Sacra - information and reproductions of bibles printed in the Netherlands and Belgium.
- Biblical Studies - extensive listing of books, articles and websites compiled by Robert Bradsahw
- Biblical Bibliographies - listing of texts, commentaries and critical works compiled by Charles Conroy - focussed on Hebrew Bible Biblical Studies.org.uk - bibliographies including fulltext links to over 30,000 articles and books.
- Bibliographie zu den Pseudepigraphen im allgemeinen - provides information on translations of the pseudepigrapha of the Hebrew Bible, secondary material and links to web resources
- Bibliography of the Septuagint - article citations 1949-1998
- Bibliography of Ugaritic Grammar and Biblical Hebrew Grammar in the Twentieth Century - Mark Smith, Oriental Institute Research Archives
- Bibliography of Works Pertaining to the Study of Targum - compiled as part of an undergraduate research project
- Bibliography on the Formation of the Book of the Twelve Prophets - started by James Dominic Nogalski and updated by Aaron Schart
- Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Bibliographic Resources - works on Aramaic texts from 900 BCE to 300 CE.
- The Copper Scroll (3Q15)
- Dead Sea Scrolls Bibliography - secondary literature from 1995 to the present. Maintained by the Orion Center at the Hebrew University; udated weekly.
- Earth Bible Bibliography - ecotheology bibliography of works up to 2003
- Featured Books - Jewish Book Council - includes reviews
- Galatians - A Selective Bibliography of Studies of Paul's Letter to the Galatians
- Genesis Bibliography
- Greco-Roman studies and the social-scientific study of the Bible 1970-1994
- Hebrew Prophets - compiled by Dr. Victor Matthews
- Infancy Narratives - Annotated Bibliography
- Interpretation of Scripture (biblicalstudies.org)- can key word search or browse to subject ( History, Apocalytic, Holy Spirit, Idioms, Language, Old Testament, Narrative, The Law, Poetry, Wisdom, Old Testment in the New Testament, New Testament, Parables, NT Letters, Prophecy and Typology)
- Isaiah Bibliography - compiled by Dr. Victor Matthews
- Jeremiah Bibliography - Compiled by Dr. Victor Matthews
- Jewish Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
- Johannine Bibliography: The Fourth Gospel and the Letters of John - compiled by Prof. Felix Just <
- Kinderbibeln - database of books and articles on children's bibles
- New Testament Basic Bibliography (Pontifical Biblical Institute)
- New Testament Exegesis Bibliography - from Denver Journal, annually updated
- Paul and Scripture Bibliography - created by the Paul and Scripture Seminar of the Society of Biblical Literature
- Paul and the Politics of Identity - bibliography from the work A Radical Jew by Daniel Boyarin
- Old Testament Basic Bibliography (Pontifical Biblical Institue)
- Pseudepigrapha - Old Testament Pseudepigrapha
- Pseudepigrapha - Old Testament Pseudepigrapha from syri.ac - An annotated bibliography of Syriac resources online - listing of resources with links to fulltext
- Pseudepigrapha Slavonic Pseudepigrapha - compiled by Andrei Orlov - under "bibliography" links to listings of texts, translations and critical material. Under "texts" and "translations" link to versions available online
- Rhetorical Theory - " diverse resources that can be consulted for rhetorical critical analysis and criticism of New Testament (NT) and other early Christian writings."
- Septuagint Online - links to bibliographies, studies and manuscripts compiled by Joel Kalvesmaki
- Septuagint - Bibliography on the Septuagent by Joel Kalvesmaki
- Settlement and Judges Bibliography - compiled by Dr. Victor Matthews
- Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation - from Emory
- Targum Bibliography - Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon - Bibliographic Archives for more up to date material.
- Translation Theory and Method Bibliography - focus on Biblical Studies
Buddhism - See also Asian Studies
- About Buddhism in China compiled by Marilyn Shea
- American Buddhism: A bibliography on Buddhist Traditions and Schools in the U.S.A. and Canada - compiled by Martin Baumann
- Annotated Bibliography of Buddhism - very extensive bibliography arranged by subject and region
- Annotated Bibliography of Women in Nepal
- The Beginnings of an Annotated Bibliography on Women and the Female in Buddhism" compiled by Vivian Gruenenfelder
- Bibliographical Sources for Buddhist Studies from the Viewpoint of Buddhist Philology - compiled by Yasuhiro Sueki - Major listing of books and articles
- Bibliography for Korean Buddhism - compiled by A. Charles Muller
- Bibliography of Buddhist Studies Bibliographies in Western Languages - compiled by Marcus Bingenheimer
- Bibliography of Japanese History up to 1912
- Bibliography of Jodo-Shinshu Scriptures in Western Languages - Le Grand Sutra, Le Sutra des Contemplations, Le Petit Sutra, La vulgate du Sutra Triparti, Tannishô, Anjin-ketsujô-shô, Kyôgyôshinshô Taii, Shinshû kechimyaku denraishô and works by Shinran, Nagarjuna, Vasubandhu, Tanluan, Daochuo, Shandao, Genshin , Honen,Kakunyo, Zonkaku, Jukaku, Rennyo, Shinne, Ryonyo, Jakunyo, Honnyo, Konyo and Shonyo
- Bibliography of Translations from the Chinese Buddhist Canon into Western Languages - compiled by Marcus Bingenheimer
- Bibliography on Sinhala Buddhism
- Bon Bibliography (from the Tibetan and Himalayan Library Bibliographies)
- Bon Bibliography - by Dan Martin (2013). Extensive bibliography listing over 1400 works
- Buddhism: a select bibliography - compiled by Patrick S. O'Donnell - English language books only
- Buddhism and Ecology Bibliography - compiled by Duncan Ryuken Williams
- Buddhism and Medical Ethics: a bibliographic introduction by James Hughes and Damien Keown - published in the Journal of Buddhist Ethics v.2 1995
- Buddhism and Human Rights Bibliography - compiled by Damien Keown
- Buddhism in Australia
- Buddhism in Europe - compiled by Martin Baumann
- Buddhist Bibliography from The Buddhist Religion by Richard Robinson and Willard Johnson
- Buddhist Bibliography compiled by Garin-Michaud Roger - alphabetical list of publications on Buddhism, provides link to ordering information for a number of the titles
- Buddhist-Muslim Interaction: Bibliography
- Chan/Zen/Son/Thien Buddhism: Partial Bibliography
- Dakinis Bibliography (from The Tibetan and Himalayan Library Bibliographies)
- Digital Catalog of Chinese Buddhism - Chinese-language publications 1860-1949 compiled by Gregory Scott
- Digital Library and Museum of Buddhist Studies - database of over 39,000 fulltext items in over 40 languages. Produced by the Library of the National Taiwan University. Index to over 130,000 books, articles, research reports and theses.
- Gender & Women Issues in Buddhism (From The Tibetan and Himalayan Library Bibliographies)
- Kommentierte Bibliographie zum Buddhismus - Annotated bibliography on Buddhism
- Korean Buddhist Canon: A Descriptive Catalogue by Lewis Lancaster " While this catalogue has been designed to provide information regarding the Haein Monastery xylograph collection, it can also be of use to scholars wishing information regarding the Sanskrit and Tibetan texts. It is the intent of the compilers to give enough data for each title so that the catalogue will serve as an independent reference work not requiring further access to library resources for identifications of texts."
- Kundalini Bibliography - extensive guide to texts in English translation
- Pure Land Buddhism Publications on Pure Land Buddhism in Western Languages - compiled by Jerome Ducor - covers publications from 1995 to 2012 - includes listings oftheses
- The Schoyen Collection: manuscripts from around the world spanning 5000 years of human culture and civilisation - Buddhist manuscripts / Chinese manuscripts -private collection of 740 manuscripts. The site provides a detailed index and description of the collection and a wealth of images of the manuscripts.
- Short Bibliography of Works on Women and Indo-Tibetan Buddhism - compiled by Erwan Temple
- Tibet and Himalayan Digital Library - keyword and browse access to an extensive listing of references and full-text. Can also browse through bibliographies on topics including Tibetan Medicine, Art, Architecture, Buddhism and Science, Tibetan Environment and Geography
- Tibetan Deity Cults Bibliography (part of the Tibet and and Himalayan Library Bibliographies)
- Tibetan Studies - Columbia online research guide for modern Tibetan Studies
- Women and Buddhism
- Yogacara - H-Buddhism Bibliography Project on Zotero
- Zen-Christian Mystics - Bibliography from the 1984 thesis: "Mystic Cognition in Zen Buddhism and in Christianity: a study of D. T. Suzuki and St. John of the Cross", by Charles Callan Slipper
Christianity
- Anglican Church in the North West An Historical Bibliography - compiled by Bruce Russell
- Articles on Pentecostalism - links to a number of full-text articles from the Hartford Institue for Religion Research
- Augustine of Hippo - texts, critical material and images
- Augustine Bibliography - Finding Augustine - comprehensive searchable database
- Augustine's Confessions: a bibliography - bibliography from Latin text and commentary by James J. O'Donnell (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992)
- Barth - major database of works by and about Barth
- Bede Bibliography - primary and secondary works
- Benedictines and Art: a select bibliography
- Bibliografia Misional y Ecumenica 2003 - extensive listing of Spanish works on mission
- Bibliographies for the study of Christian Art - 250-500 , 500-1000, 1000-1500 , and Byzantine Art and Architecture
- Bibliographies for Theology - compiled by William Harmless includes sections for: New Testament (Gospels, Paul, Historical Jesus and Christology), Early Christianity (Patristics - Ignatius, Origen, Athanasius, Cyril of Alexandria, Augustine, Antony, Cyril of Jerusalem and early Christian worship, Melania and women in the early Church), Medieval Christianity (Benedict and Medieval Monasticism. Gregory VII , Anselm, Francis of Assisi, Aquinas, Eckhart), the Reformation (Luther, Bucer, Zwingli, Calvin and Ignatius of Loyola), spirituality and mysticism (including Jewish Buddhist, Islamic, Hindu, Taoist, Confucian spirituality), sacraments and liturgy and 20th century theology)
- Bibliography in Ecological Ethics and Eco-Theology
- Bibliography of Anabaptist Materials - primary sources in English and Spanish
- Bibliography of Interconfessional Dialogues
- Bibliography of Khazar Studies compiled by Kevin Alan Brook - see especially section 6: Religious Practices and Influences
- Bibliography of Lactantius compiled by Jackson Bryce
- Bibliography of Scholarly Writings about Denominations
- Bibliography on Christanity in Palestine/Eretz-Israel
- Homosexuality and Christianity: A Bibliography compiled by Charles Bellinger
- Bibliography on Women and Mary - see also Black Madonna Bibliography and History of Mariology Bibliography (extensive lising of works on Mary in New Testament and art and literature and Medjugorje Bibliography
- British Methodist History - bibliographies compiled by Clive D. Field
- Byzantine Sources in Translation (Halsall)
- Calvin Resources Database - includes essays and lectures on John Calvin and Calvinism
- Carthusian Bibliography
- Checklist of Editions of Greek, Latin, Demotic and Coptic Papyri, Ostraca and Tablets
- Charles Hartshorne: Primary Bibliography of Philosophical Works
- Chinese Christian Texts Database - "a research database of primary and secondary sources concerning the cultural contacts between China and Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
- Christian Encounter with African Traditional Religion compiled by Gailyn Van Rheenen- from missiology.org
- Christian Fundamentalism : a list of resources - compiled by Jerry Seay
- Christian Reformed Church Periodical Index - over 100,000 records including official publications of the Christian Reformed Church and a number of journals including: Banner, Calvin Theological Journal, Dialogue, Reformed Worship and Voice of the Reformed. Maintained by Hekman Library, Calvin College
- Christian Sexual Ethics Bibliographies from The Feminist Sexual Ethis Project - Includes bibliographies for: Asian and Asian-American Women's Theology and Thought, European-American Christian Women's Theology and Thought, Mujerista and Feminista Theology and Thought, The Bible and Homosexuality and Womanist and African-American Women's Theology and Thought
- Christianity in China - compiled by Joseph Adler - includes sections for Nestorian Christianity in China and Catholic and Protestant missionaries in China
- Christians and Jews in the Middle Ages: A Bibliography - compiled by Patrick Nugent, from The ORB: Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
- Cluny Bibliographie - Benedictines, monastic life in the middle ages
- Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity
- Contemporary Disciples Theology Bibliography - compiled by Clark Williamson
- Contemporary Religious Life Annotated Bibliography - compkled by the LCWR Contemporary Religious Life Committee
- Coptic Bibliographies - links to a number of bibliographies of works on the Coptic Church
- Cotton Mather at the Congregational Library: An Annotated Bibliography - works by and about Mather
- Cross in Ango-Saxon Britain
- Database of the Letters of Pope Gregory VII - provides information on the use and copying of the letters of Pople Gregory VII 1073-1085.
- Duns Scotus - list of his works and works about him compiled by Franciscan Institute
- Duns Scotus Bibliography from 1950 to the Present - primary and seconday literature on Duns Scotus and Scotism compiled by Tobias Hoffman
- e-Clavis: Christian Apocrypha - "comprehensive bibliography of Christian Apocrypha research assembled and maintained by members of the North American Society for the Study of Christian Apocryphal Literature"
- Early Church - extensive collection of books, articles and web resources compiled by Robert Bradshaw - includes fulltext
- Eastern Orthodox Mysticism and Spirituality - compiled by Alexander Golitzin
- Ecology and Christianity bibliography - copiled by Peter W. Bakken - posted at The Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale
- Ecotheology Book List - compiled by J. B. Cobb
- An English-Language Bibliography of Materials Related to Christianity in Thailand - English-language material (compiled by Herb Swanson)
- Mennonite Ecumenical Thought and Practice: A Working Bibliography
- Franciscan Women: Bibliography- 13th - 18th century - over 5,000 entries can browse by citation, keyword or author or keyword search using the Franciscan Women database
- Gregorian Chant bibliography
- Gregory of Nyssa - compiled by David A. Salomon
- Helinand of Froidmont Bibliography
- Homosexuality and Catholicism : a partially annotated bibliography - very comprehensive bibliography compiled by Paul Halsall
- The Hutterite Brethren: An Annotated Bibliography with Special Reference to South Dakota Hutterite Colonies - compiled byn M.P. Riley in 1965
- A Bibliographical Clavis to the Works of Jacob of Edessa - " books and articles on Ignatian spirituality and mysticism originally published in Manresa"
- Joan of Arc - International Joan of Arc Society
- John Hick: Philosopher and Theologian
- Karl Barth Bibliography (Center for Barth Studies, Princeton Theological Seminary)- literature by and about Karl Barth.
- Karl Rahner - Bibliography of Secondary Literature
- Latino/a Bibliography of Theology and Religions Studies - works on and by US Latino/a Catholics and Episcopalians
- Lollard Studies - bibliographies of primary and secondary sources for John Wyclif and Jan Hus
- Lonergan Bibliography - complete bibliography of all works cited in current and past editions of the Lonergan Studies Newsletter
- Longergan Studies Bibliography - primary and secondary works to 2005 compiled by Terry Tekippe
- Abbot Columba Marmion : select bibliography
- Megachurch Selected Bibliography - from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research
- Medieval Church - extensive collection of books, articles and web resources compiled by Robert Bradshaw - includes fulltext
- Meister-Eckhart Gesellschaft - extensive bibliography on Meister Eckhart
- Mennonite Historical Bibliography - works acquired by the Canadian Mennonite Bible College up to 2015- arranged by subject
- Mennonite Life Bibliographies - annual bibliographies from the journal Mennonite Life -focus on Canadian, Russian and Prussian Mennonites and 16th Century Anabaptism
- Mission Bibliographies posted by Gailyn Van Rheenen - covers church planting, theology of mission, persecuted church, African traditional religion
- Missions - Guide to resources for Missions research compiled by Don Meredith
- Modern Language Translations of Byzantine Sources
- Monastic Matrix Bibliographia - "comprehensive database of citations to primary secondary, published and unpublished sources related to medieval religious women and their communities" - cover 400 to 1500 CE
- Monastic Research Bulletin: Bibliography 2003-2008
- Neue Literatur zur zwinglischen Reformation - 1995 to 2013
- Online Medieval Sources Bibliography - "This database provides a searchable bibliography of texts.from private letters, wills, and household accounts to literary works, philosophical treatises, chronicles, court proceedings, church records, and a host of other documents.that were written in the Middle Ages. Can search by subject Islam, Jews/Judaism, Theology etc.
- The Pilgrim Egeria: a select bibliography
- Pope John Paul II Bibliography Index
- Religion in Latin America - Roman Catholicism, Protestantism
- Ritual and Ceremony in the Graeco-Roman World - compiled by K.C. Hanson - includes section on the Jesus Movement and the earliest churches
- Rule of St. Benedict: Bibliography - also includes "comprehensive index to the Rule of St. Benedict"
- Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts - comprehensive listing of manuscripts produced prior to 1600. Can limit by a wide variety of fields including "liturgical use"
- Select Bibliography on the Episcopal Church
- Simone Weil Bibliography
- Starr Baptist Bibliography - pdf page images of A Baptist Bibliography, edited by Edward C. Starr
- Studia Liturgica - liturgical texts and studies
- Theology - extensive listing of books, articles and websites on Christian Theology compiled by Robert Bradshaw - includes links to fulltext
- Thomas Aquinas in English : A bibliography / A Select Thomistic Bibliography Topically Arranged
- Thomas Aquinas Bibliographia Thomistica - extensive bibliography of secondary literature, over 28.000 records - can search author/title/year or all fields
- United Methodist Studies: Basic Bibliographies - compiled and edited by Christopher J. Anderson (2014)
- Vincent of Beauvais Bibliography - Dominican Friar died 1264
- Waldesians Bibliography - can search by keyword or author and browse index of people, subjects titles, places
- War and Peace in the Methodist Tradition: A Bibliography by Kenneth E. Rowe (2004)
- Wesley Bibliography - compiled by K.J.Collins
- Women and Christianity - see also Women and Religion
- Women and Christianity in the Ancient World - from Diotima : Materials for the study of women and gender in the ancient world
- Women Travelers, Explorers and Missionaries to Africa : 1763-2003: a comprehensive English language bibliography
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon Church)
- Mormon Bibliography 1830-1930 - produced by BYU Library
- Study of Mormon Studies Bibliography
Confucianism - See also Asian Studies
- Confucian Traditions: Bibliography (books) by Joseph Adler
- Confucianism section from Essential Readings on Chinese Philosophy - compiled by Brian W. Van Norden - includes general studies as well as books and articles on Confucius, Mencius, Xunzi, Dao De Jing, Zhuangzi, Mohism, Chinese Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism Classical Chinese Historiography Bibliography
- Ecology and Confucianism - by John Berthrong - posted at The Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale
- Essential Readings on Chinese Philosophy - compiled by Bryan W. Van Norden (August 12, 2015)
- Select Yijing Bibliography by Joseph Adler
Hinduism - See also Asian Studies
- Annotated Bibliography of Indian Medicine
- Askese Bibliographie - asceticism bibliography
- Bhakti Bibliography (2001)
- Banaras Bibliography
- Bibliography of Indian Philosophy - updated version of v.1 of the Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies - includes primary texts and secondary literature, can search by author, philosophical school or topic.
- Catalogus Catalogorum - Catalogue of Sanskrit and Allied Works and Authors
- Cooperative Annotated Bibliography of Hindu Law
- Dalit Bibliography
- Ecology and Hinduism (2 parts)- by Christopher Key Chapple - posted on The Forum on Relgion and Ecology at Yale
- Global Hindu Diaspora - compiled by Martin Baumann
- A Goddess Bibliography
- Hindu Bibliography compiled by Garin-Michaud Roger - alphabetical title list of publications on Hinduism, provides link to ordering information for a number of the titles
- Kommentierte Bibliographie zum Hinduismus- Annotated Bibliography on Hinduism
- The Mahabharata: an Annotated Bibliography by P. Lal
- Select Tantrik Bibliography
- South Asian Diaspora : Bibliographic Guide - provides listing by country and by topic (literature, sociology, women etc)
- Women and Hinduism see Women and Religion
Islam
- Annotated Bibliography of Islam and Science
- Arab American National Museum Bibliographies - includes Arab American and Middle Eastern Christians and Muslims in the United States
- Bibliography - from Euro-Islam.info - extensive listing of sources arranged alphabetically
- Hadith Bibliography
- Islam and Science
- Islam in Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa
- Islam in Latin America
- Islamic Law: A Bibliography of Recent Works Published in English compiled by Constance A Johnson, Analyst (Library of Congress) 2009
- Islamic Studies: A Bibliography - books in English compiled by Patrick O'Donnell, 2004. Also available at this link
- Muslim American Experience Bibliography - compiled by Sahar F. Aziz, Professof Law, Texas A&M and Cynthia Burress, Instructional Assistant Professor of Law, Texas A&M
- Muslim Sexual Ethics Bibliographies from The Feminist Sexual Ethics Project. Includes: Key texts, primary legal sources, Classical Law, Historical Studies: Courts Law and Jurisprudence, Contraception, Family Planning and Abortion: Legal Issues, Rape Law in Pakistan, Religious and Civil Law in India, Veiling, Menstruation, Fundamentalism, Religious Texts and Interpretation and Muslim Women's Civil, Political and Human Rights
- Muslim Women in the West - compiled by Yvonne Haddad
- Pontificio Instituto di Studi Arabi e d'Islamistica- books and essays - Click on LibriVision OPAC (UK England) - Click on Libri Vision and search for Islamici and then select the database: Pontificio Instituto di studi arabi e islamici
- Research on Middle East, Islam and Digital Media - bibliography focussed on Islam and the internet, blogs and other social media and video games.
- Rizwi's Bibliography for Medieval Islam - archived site, last updated 2006
- Rumi Bibliography
- Women and Islam
Jainism
- Ecology and Jainism - by Christopher Key Chapple - posted on The Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale
- Publications in Jaina Studies - recent publications 2003- 2010 on Jain studies
Judaism
- Aesop Fables in Jewish Tradition
- Ancient Mysticism: Hekhalot Literature
- Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Archival Resources on the History of Jewish Women in America
- Anti-Semitism - Selected Bibliography compiled by Dr. Karin Doerr
- Astrology and Judaism in Late Antiquity (Thesis Bibliography) - by Lester Ness
- Ben Sira - Annotated Bibliography 2016 - compiled by Jeremy Corley
- Bibliographical Guide to the Aftermath of the Holocaust
- Bibliography: By, For, and/or about Jewish Lesbian/Bisexual Women
- Bibliography covering the Agunah problem, Jewish marriage, Jewish divorce and related issues
- Bibliography of Sexual and Domestic Violence in the Jewish Community (1999) - compiled by Marcia Cohn Spiegel. Revised 2004
- Bibliography of Khazar Studies - see especially section 6: Religious Practices and Influences
- Books on Judaism, health and healing - (from the Archive of Judaism and Health Research)
- Cairo Genizah Bibliography - bibliography of works on the Genizah in the collection at the Cambridge University Library
- Catalogue of Hebrew imprints from the 15th to 19th century (Herzog August Bibliothek)
- The Copper Scroll (3Q15)
- Chinese Judaism Bibliography- compiled by Joseph Adler
- Christians and Jews in the Middle Ages: A Bibliography - compiled by Patrick Nugent, from The ORB: Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
- Dead Sea Scrolls Online Bibliography (Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls - comprehensive bibliography to the secondary literature on the Qumran community , early Christianity and second temple Judaism. Maintained by the Orion Center at the Hebrew University; updated weekly. Includes links to fulltext where available
- Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters - bibliography from the book "Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters"
- Ecology and Judaism bibliography - by Mark Jacobs - posted on The Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale
- Exorcism by Jews
- Holocaust - Yad Vashem Library "is the world's most comprehensive collection of published material about the Holocaust"
- Holocaust Books - from remember.org A People's History of the Holocaust & Genocide
- Holocaust-Era Assets (US National Archives) See also guides to microfilm collections on art provenance and claims and Finding Aid
- Index to Commentaries on Rambam's Mishneh Torah (Halacha Brura and Birur Halacha Institute) - over 425,000 references
- Index of Articles on Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) Language - Foundation for the Advancement of Sephardic Studies and Culture
- Jewish Ethics - bibliography compiled from the Kampelman Collection on Jewish Ethics at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University
- Jewish Sexual Ethics Bibliographies from The Feminist Sexual Ethics Project - Bibliographies include: Jewish Feminist Thought, African/Asian/Middle Eastern Jewish Women, Anti-Semitism and Gender Stereotyping, Jewish Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender Women, Ritual and Liturgy
- Jewish Law Articles: Examining Halacha, Jewish Issues and Secular Law - primary and secondary materials in English
- Jewish magic in Antiquity
- Jewish Magic Bibliography - compiled by Alex Jassen and Scott Noegel
- Jewish Medicine/ Medicine in Antiquity
- Jewish Prayer - bibliography from Tzvee Zahavy, Studies in Jewish Prayer, Lanham, MD, 1990
- Jewish Sexual Ethics Project- links to fulltext essays, articles and literature reviews as well as bibliographies: Jewish Feminist Thought, Modern/Contemporary History and Sociology, African/Asian/Middle Eastern Jewish Women, History, Anti-Semitism and Gender Stereotyping, Sexual and Domestic Violence, Family, Jewish Feminism and Women's Activism, Reproduction, Jewish Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender Women, Ritual and Liturgy
- Jewish women in the Bible and Antiquity
- Jewish Women's Voices, Past and Present
- Jews from Izmir, Turkey - compiled by Mrs. Laurence Abensur-Hazan - culture, history and genealogy
- Jews of Cuba - from Bibliography of Books and Articles in Latin American Jewish Studies 1991-1996 compiled by Judith Laikin Elkin
- Jews of Islamic Countries Archiving Project - Tel Aviv University - digital scanning and cataloguing of relevant documentary material - in Hebrew, need to search in Hebrew
- Jewish languages Selected Bibliography of Printed Resources on Jewish Languages - compiled by Sarah Bunin Benor and Tsvi Sadan
- Josephus Bibliography - part of Project on Ancient Cultural Engagement (PACE)
- Josephus Books and Articles on Josephus - from The Flavius Josephus Home Page edited by G. J. Goldberg
- Judaism and Healing - books arranged by subtopics (ethics, meditation, addiction, death and dying, spirituality, mental illness etc.)
- Judaism and Hellenism - compiled by James Aitken
- Judaism resources from Diotema: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World - bibliography of works focussing on women
- Kabbalah/Jewish Mysticism - from Journal des Etudes de la Cabale
- Kabbalah - select bibliography of books on Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism compiled by Eliezer Segal
- Kabbalah - Don Karr's Bibliographic Surveys of English language works Merkabah Mysticism, Hekhalot Literature, Sefer Yetzirah, Early and Later Kabbalah , Zohar, Christian Cabala, Solomonic Magic
- Kabbalah in English: A Guide to English Language Resources for the Student of Traditional Rabbinic Kabbalah - compiled by Jeffrey Smith
- Kabbalah - Lurianic Kabbalah
- Lilith Bibliography
- Martin Buber Bibliography
- Medieval Jewish Women in History, Literature, Law and Art: A Bibliography - compiled by Cheryl Tallan 2006
- Metatron
- Midrash Bibliography (Hebrew Union College)
- Monsters and fabulous creatures in Jewish legend and lore
- Music - Jewish Music - list of books, articles and recordings created by Zamir Chorale of Boston
- Music - Jewish Music WebCenter - see Academic Section for a variety of guides to research sources including For Your BookShelf: A Bibliography of Books on Jewish Music
- Music and the Holocaust (ORT)- extensive list of books and articles
- Music and the Holocaust (Zamir Chorale)- books, recordings and scores
- Rabbinic Genealogical Bibliography. See also Tutorial: how to locate Rabbinic Genealogy sources in Libraries and Archives
- Ritual and Ceremony in the Graeco-Roman World - includes section on Dead Sea Scrolls
- Sects and Sectarianism in the Second Commonwealth - Sadducees, Karaites, Pharisees, Essenes and other Jewish sects
- Second Temple Synagogues Bibliography - compiled by Donald D. Binder
- Social History of Jews in Antiquity
- Steinschneider Bibliographical Databases - Limited text currently available - this is "based on the standard reference-work, Die Hebraeischen Ubersetzungen des Mittelalters und dir Juden als Dolmetscher (The Hebrew Translations of the Middle Ages and the Jews as Interpreters, henceforth HU). Written by Moritz Steinschneider in 1893, HU is a thousand-page bibliographical study of over eleven hundred medieval Hebrew manuscripts composed during the golden age of Jewish philosophy and science. It is the most authoritative source for the influence on non-Jewish culture upon Jewish culture during the Middle Ages. The Steinschneider Bibliographical Database (SBD) will include a translation and ongoing update of HU, a comprehensive list of extant manuscripts in the relevant areas with pictures of the first folios of each manuscript, selected English translations (where available and permission is attainable), and links to further information."
- Targum - English Translations of the Aramaic Targums - compiled by Michael Marlowe
- Targum Bibliography - last updated 2004 - see Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon for current articles and books
- Tractate Rosh ha-Shana
- Women and Judaism - see also Women and Religion section
- Women and the Holocaust - from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Native Religion
- Indigenous Traditions and Ecology Bibliography (2 parts) - by John Grim - posted on The Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale
- Shamanism: a selected annotated bibliography - compiled by Anna L. DeMiller and posted by the Anthropology and Sociology Section of the Association of College and Research libraries
- High North Research Documents - over 100,000 documents including many on religious life of the Inuit and Sami (Eskimos).
New Religious Movements
- Cults and New Religious Movements: A Bibliography (2002) - compiled by Rob Nanninga
- L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology: An annotated bibliographical survey of primary and selected secondary literature by Marco Frenschkowsk - from the Marburg Journal of Religion v. 4, no. 2 July 1999
- New Religious Movements Supplementary Bibliography Partially Annotated by Sam Porter
- Select Bibliography of Transcendentalism
- Transcendental Meditation: List of Publications of TM research produced by Transcendental Meditation
Shinto See also Asian Studies
- Shinto and Ecology Bibliography by Rosemarie Bernard for The Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale
- A Shinto Bibliography in English by John Breen and Mark Teeuwen
Sikhism See also Asian Studies
- A select Bibliography of Sikhs and Sikhism by Ganda Singh (1965) - 448 pages
- Bibliography of Sikh Studies edited by S.P. Gulati and Rajhinder Singh (1989) - 228 pages
Taoism See also Asian Studies
- Books on Daoism (and some articles) by Louis Komjathy and Kan Siqi
- Daoist Texts in Translation bibliography compiled by Louis Komjathy
- Books on Daoism (and some articles) compiled by Joseph Adler - includes sections for Lao-Zhuang, Huang-Lao, Xuan-xue, religion, nature and environment and art.
- Daoism: A short bibliography- compiled by Fabrizio Pregadio
- Daoist Studies - bibliography of over 2,000 works - Maintained by James Miller and the Daoist Studies Group of the American Academy of Religion (AAR). Contains 991 titles for the Zangwai Daoshu with links to PDF images of the texts.
- Daoist Studies - Bibliography from the Daoist Studies Website
- Ecology and Daoism bibliography - by James Miller - posted on The Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale
- Essential Readings on Chinese Philosophy - compiled by Bryan W. Van Norden - see section for Daoism
- Yao Religious Culture: bibliography by Barend ter Haar
Women and Religion
- American Women's History : A Research Guide - Religion
- Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Archival Resources on the History of Jewish Women in America - see also 1997 -2008 supplement to this bibliography
- Annotated Bibliography of Women in Nepal
- Bibliography of books on Women and Buddhism compiled by Network of Buddhist Women in Europe
- The Beginnings of an Annotated Bibliography on Women and the Female in Buddhism" compiled by Vivian Gruenenfelder
- Bibliography: By, For, and/or about Jewish Lesbian/Bisexual Women
- Bibliography covering the Agunah problem, Jewish marriage, Jewish divorce and related issues
- Bibliography of Sexual and Domestic Violence in the Jewish Community (1999) - compiled by Marcia Cohn Spiegel. Revised 2004
- Bibliography of Works by and about Women of the Middle Ages
- Bibliography on Clergywomen and Laywomen Studies - list of works on women in the clergy/ministry
- Bibliography on Gender in Byzantium
- Bibliography on Women and Mary - see also Black Madonna Bibliography and History of Mariology Bibliography (extensive lising of works on Mary in New Testament and art and literature and Medjugorje Bibliography
- Bibliography on Women and Religion by Susan Lau
- Bibliography on Women in Chinese History- compiled by Patricia Ebrey and updated by Joseph Adler
- Black Feminist/Womanist Works: A Beginning List - by Joya Misra
- Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World
- Feminism and Religion
- Feminist Theology - list of recommended books prepared by Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual
- Feminist Theory Website - list of works on Feminist Theory arranged by subject area, nationality and by individual feminist
- Franciscan Women Internet Guide - information on Poor Clares and other female Franciscan groups from the 13th to 18th century. Can search the database or browse or search the bibliography by keyword or Scholar.
- Gender & Women Issues in Buddhism (From The Tibetan and Himalayan Library Bibliographies)
- Gender Studies Bibliographies compiled by Victor Matthews - sections for: ancient Near East, Old Testament, Apocrypha/Pseudepigrapha, New Testament, Classical Studies, Rabbinic/Mishnaic Studies, Church History and Modern Studies
- A Goddess Bibliography
- Helinand of Froidmont Bibliography
- Jewish women in Antiquity
- Jewish women in the Bible and Antiquity
- Jewish women's voices: past and present A Bibliography (1997) compiled by Frieda Forman with Cynthia Maier
- Joan of Arc - International Joan of Arc Society
- Lilith Bibliography
- Monastic Matrix Bibliographia - "comprehensive database of citations to primary secondary, published and unpublished sources related to medieval religious women and their communities" - cover 400 to 1500 CE
- Medieval Jewish Women in History, Literature, Law and Art: A Bibliography - compiled by Cheryl Tallan (2006)
- Muslim Women in the West - compiled by Yvonne Haddad
- Religion and Philosophy from Black American Feminisms: A Multidisciplinary Bibliography compiled by Sherri L. Barnes
- Sexual Ethics (Feminist Sexual Ethics Project) - each section (Slavery, Sexuality and Religion, Jewish Sexual Ethics, Christian Sexual Ethics, Muslim Sexual Ethics) has a bibliography.
- Short Bibliography of Works on Women and Indo-Tibetan Buddhism - compiled by Erwan Temple
- Theravada Buddhist Writings by Women
- Women and Christianity in the Ancient World - from Diotima : Materials for the study of women and gender in the ancient world
- Women in Islam and the Middle East Bibliography - compiled by Ahmed E. Souaiaia
- Women and the Holocaust - from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Women in the Ancient Near East
- Women in the Wesleyan and United Methodist Traditions: A Bibliography
- Women Travelers, Explorers and Missionaries to Africa : 1763-2003: a comprehensive English language bibliography by Susan E. Warrick (2003)
Zoroastrianism
- An Annotated Bibliography on Zoroastrian Studies
- Bibliography of Zoroastrian Hell
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