The Wiggin Library is here to support the study of liberal religion in general and Unitarian Universalism in particular. In addition to our extensive print and ebook collection and database access to thousands of journals and periodicals, our librarians can connect you with many other digital and print resources. This page provides an overview of our most used digital reference resources.
Oxford Handbooks Online - Religion contains essays on critical topics and emerging issues in the study of religion, complementing hundreds of essays on Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, and cross-cultural thematic studies. All of these essays can be accessed individually through keyword searches related to religious traditions, thematic fields, and analytic approaches. Student or Faculty Login Required
Routledge Religion Handbooks provide authoritative and dynamic overviews of core subjects and topics in religion, covering substantial thematic surveys of key historical periods or cultures and explore interdisciplinary themes such as sexuality, art, literature, science and technology, politics, and global interactions. Routledge Religion Handbooks provide comprehensive overviews of major world religions, key religious texts, inter-religious relations, important religious concepts, and religion in context. Student or Faculty Login Required
Presenting history as a continuous and evolutionary process, the Cambridge Histories offer a big picture perspective in each subject area, making them essential reading for anyone researching or studying a subject that has an historical element. Student or Faculty Login Required
The Cambridge History of Judaism Volume 1, Introduction: The Persian Period
The Cambridge History of Judaism Volume 2, The Hellenistic Age
The Cambridge History of Judaism Volume 3, The Early Roman Period
The Cambridge History of Judaism Volume 4, The Late Roman-Rabbinic Period
The Cambridge History of Judaism Volume 5, Jews in the Medieval Islamic World
The Cambridge History of Judaism Volume 6, The Middle Ages: The Christian World, The Christian World
The Cambridge History of Judaism Volume 7, The Early Modern World, 1500–1815
The Cambridge History of Judaism Volume 8, The Modern World, 1815–2000
The Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy Volume 1, From Antiquity through the Seventeenth Century
The Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy Volume 2, The Modern Era
Presenting history as a continuous and evolutionary process, the Cambridge Histories offer a big picture perspective in each subject area, making them essential reading for anyone researching or studying a subject that has an historical element. Student or Faculty Login Required
The Cambridge History of Christianity Volume 1, Origins to Constantine
The Cambridge History of Christianity Volume 2, Constantine to c.600
The Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 3, Early Medieval Christianities, c.600–c.1100
The Cambridge History of Christianity Volume 4, Christianity in Western Europe, c.1100–c.1500
The Cambridge History of Christianity Volume 5, Eastern Christianity
The Cambridge History of Christianity Volume 6, Reform and Expansion 1500–1660
The Cambridge History of Christianity Volume 7, Enlightenment, Reawakening and Revolution 1660–1815
The Cambridge History of Christianity Volume 8, World Christianities c.1815–c.1914
The Cambridge History of Christianity Volume 9, World Christianities c.1914–c.2000
Presenting history as a continuous and evolutionary process, the Cambridge Histories offer a big picture perspective in each subject area, making them essential reading for anyone researching or studying a subject that has an historical element. Student or Faculty Login Required
Presenting history as a continuous and evolutionary process, the Cambridge Histories offer a big picture perspective in each subject area, making them essential reading for anyone researching or studying a subject that has an historical element. Student or Faculty Login Required
A State-by-State History of Race and Racism in the United States by Patricia Reid-Merritt provides chronologies of important events, historical narratives from the first settlement to the present, and biographies of major figures from each state. It offers readers an unseen look at the history of racism from the perspective of individual states throughout the history of the nation. Including the District of Columbia, the 51 entries cover the state-specific histories of all of the major minority and immigrant groups in the United States, including African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Native Americans. Every state has had a unique experience in its attempts to build a community comprised of multiple racial groups. The chronologies, narratives, and biographies that compose the entries in this collection explore the consequences of racism from states' perspectives, revealing distinct new insights into their respective racial histories. Student or Faculty Login Required
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP) organizes the work of scholars from around the world in philosophy and related disciplines to create and maintain an up-to-date reference work. Each individual entry is created and maintained by scholars in the field. While not explicitly about theology, many theologians and theological concepts are addressed in the SEP.
The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) provides quantitative data about religious practice. It also includes specific features for educators, journalists, religious congregations, and researchers to understand this data. Data included in the ARDA are submitted by the foremost religion scholars and research centers in the world.
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