Introductory Reference Articles
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"Religion, Theories of" in Encyclopedia of Science and Religion [online]
"Religion" in Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present [online]
"Religion" in Encyclopedia of Philosophy [online]
"Religion" in Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion [Ref. BL53 .E43 2010]
"Religion" in Encyclopedia fo of World Poverty [online]
"Religion and Spirituality" in Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the U.S. [online]
"Religious Communication Theories" in Encyclopedia of Communication Theories [online]
"Religious Studies" in Encyclopedia of Religion in America [online]
"Religious Studies and Environmental Concern" in Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature [online]
"The Study of Religion" in The Encyclopedia of Religion [online]
"World Religions" in Encyclopedia of Global Religion [online]
"Religion and Art" in (Grove) Dictionary of Art [online]
"Religion" in New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible [online]
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A Sampling of Recent Articles in ATLA
Cadge, Wendy, et al. "De-Centering and Re-Centering: Rethinking Concepts and Methods in the Sociological Study of Religion," 2011 [online]
Crockett, Clayton. "Secular Theology and the Academic Study of Religion." CSSR Bulletin 37, no. 2 (Apr 2008): 37-40 [online]
Gill, Sam. "The Academic Study of Religion." JAAR 62, no. 4 (Wint 1994): 965-975 [online]
Jense, Jesse Sipping. "Revisiting the Insider Outsider Debate: Dismantling a Pseudo-Problem in the Study of Religion," 2011 [online]
Juergensmeyer, Marc. "2009 Presidential Address." JAAR 78, no. 4 (Dec. 2010): 882-895 [online]
Kripal, Jeffrey. The Serpent's Gift: Gnostic Reflections on the Study of Religion. Chicago: Univ of Chicago Pr, 2006 [online]
Lehmann, Hartmut. "The History of Twentieth Century Christianity as a Challenge for Historians." Church History 71, no. 3 (Sept. 2002) [online]
Orsi, Robert. "Belief." Material Religion 7, no. 1 (March 2011): 10-16 [online]
Roach, Catherine. "Why Religious Studies Can't be Religious Studies (but Why I Like it Anyway)." CSSR Bulletin 33, no. 2 (Apr 2004) [online]
Taves, Ann. "Religion in the Humanities and the Humanities in the University." JAAR 79, no. 2 (June 2011) [online]
Wiebe, Donald. "An Eternal Return All Over Again." JAAR 74, no. 3 (Sept 2006): 674-696 [online]
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