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Religious Studies Courses: Reference Resources: American Religious History, Culture, & Society

For students in Religious Studies courses.

American Religious History & Culture Online Sources

Encyclopedia of Religion in America by Charles H. Lippy and Peter W. Williams
Publication Date: 2010
Online.
Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions by J. Gordon Melton, et al.
Publication Date: 8th edition, 2009
Online.
Religion and American Cultures: An Encyclopedia of Traditions, Diversity, and Popular Expressions by Gary Laderman & Luis León
Publication Date: 2003
Online.

American Religious History & Culture in the Gault Library Reference area

Contemporary American Religion by Wade Clark Roof
Call Number: WOO Reference BL2525 .C65 2000 vols. 1-2
Publication Date: 2000
Encyclopedia of American Religious History by Edward L. Queen II, et al.
Call Number: WOO Reference BL2525 .Q44 2009 vols. 1-3
Publication Date: 3rd edition, 2009

Church and State

Church and State in Historical Perspective: A Critical Assessment and Annotated Bibliography by James E. Wood, Jr
Call Number: WOO Reference BL65.S8 W66 2005
Publication Date: 2005
Church and State in the Modern World: A Critical Assessment and Annotated Bibliography by James E. Wood, Jr
Call Number: WOO Reference BL65.S8 W67 2005
Publication Date: 2005
Encyclopedia of Religion and the Law in America by Christopher Thomas Anglim
Publication Date: 2nd ed., 2009
Online.
Religion and American Law: An Encyclopedia by Paul Finkelman
Call Number: WOO Reference KF4783.A68 R45 2000
Publication Date: 2000
Religious Liberty Archive by Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP
This archive, maintained by a law firm, is a reliable and valuable collection of information on US religious liberty.

Religion and Society

Encyclopedia of Religion and Society by William H. Swatos, Jr., et al.
Call Number: WOO Reference BL60 .E53 1998
Publication Date: 1998
Battleground Religion by Daniel L. Smith-Christopher, ed.
Call Number: WOO Reference BL60 .B315 2008 vols. 1-2
Publication Date: 2009

Religion and Education

The Praeger Handbook of Religion and Education in the United States by James C. Carper and Thomas C. Hunt
Call Number: WOO Reference LC111 .P78 2009 vols. 1-2
Publication Date: 2009
Religion in the Schools: A Reference Handbook by James John Jurinski
Publication Date: 1998
Online.