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Religion and Society

• Includes Ethics, Sociology, Psychology, Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies
• Engages theories: Critical Race Theory, Deconstruction, Feminist Epistemology, Postcolonialism, Queer...
• Employs methods: Qualitative*, Quantitative, Mixed
  • *Qualitative Methods include: Case Studies, Participant Observation, Interviewing, Grounded Theory...

Encyclopedias

• Ethics

  • _Encyclopedia of Ethics_, 2001 \[Ref. BJ63 .E45; also online through [Credo Reference|http://www.credoreference.com.ezproxy.drew.edu/book/routethics]\]

  • _Dictionary of Ethics, Theology and Society_, 1996 \[Ref. BJ63 .D45\]

  • _Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy_, 2009 \[Ref. GE42 E533\]

  • _Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature_, 2005 \[Ref BL31 .E465; also [online|http://www.oxfordreference.com.ezproxy.drew.edu/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t304&authstatuscode=200]\]

  • _Mainline Christians and U.S. Public Policy_, 2007 \[Ref. BR515 .U88\]

• Sociology

  • _New Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Religion_, 2010 \[Ref. BL60 .B53\]

  • _Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology,_ 2007 \[Ref. HM425 .B53\]

  • _Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods_, 2008 \[Ref. H61 S234\]

  • _Encyclopedia of Social Theory_, 2006 \[Ref. HM425 .E46\]

  • _Encyclopedia of Religion and Society_, 1998 \[Ref.BL60 .E53; and [online|http://hirr.hartsem.edu/ency/web.htm]\]

  • _Encyclopedia of Social Work,_ 2008 \[[online|http://www.oxford-naswsocialwork.com.ezproxy.drew.edu/?authstatuscode=202]\]

• Psychology

  • _Encyclopedia of Psychology_, 2000 \[Ref. BF31 .E52\]

  • _Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health_, 2008 \[Ref. RC437 G36\]

  • _Mental Measurements Yearbooks_ \[Ref. BF431 .M46\]* *

  • Elsevier's Dictionary of Psychological Theories, 2006.
• Ethnic Studies 

  • _Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies_, 2002 \[Ref. HT1521 .C65\]

  • _Class in America_, 2007 \[Ref. HN90 .S6 C564\]

  • _Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History_, 2006 \[Ref. E185 .E84\]

  • _Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States_,  2005 \[[online|http://www.oxford-latinos.com.ezproxy.drew.edu/?authstatuscode=202]\]

  • Multicultural America: An Encyclopedia of the Newest Americans, 2011
• Gender Studies 

  • _Encyclopedia of Feminist Theories_, 2000 \[Ref. HQ1190 .E63\]

  • _International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities_, 2007 \[Ref. HQ1090 I58\]

    *Education and Children*
    _Praeger Handbook of Religion and Education in the United States_, 2009 \[Ref. LC111 .P78\]
_    Harper's Encyclopedia of Religious Education_, 1990 \[Ref. BV1461 .H37\]
    _The Child: An Encyclopedia Companion_, 2009 \[Ref HQ767.84 .C55\]
    _Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents and the Media_, 2007 \[Ref HQ784 .M3 E53\]
    _Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood: In History and Society_, 2004 \[Ref HQ767.84 .E53; also [online|http://go.galegroup.com.ezproxy.drew.edu/ps/aboutEbook.do?actionString=DO_DISPLAY_ABOUT_PAGE&inPS=true&prodId=GVRL&userGroupName=madi95127&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=GALE%7C9780028659152&contentSegment=9780028659152]\]

Key Journals

    Ethics
    Journal of Religious Ethics
    Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
    Environmental Ethics
    Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture

    Sociology
    Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
    Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion
    Review of Religious Research
    Socioloogy of Religion
    Social Compass: International Review of Sociology of Religion 

    Psychology
    Pastoral Psychology

    Gender Studies 
    Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion   

  
Some key theorists: Bourdieu, Du Bois, Fanon, Foucault, Freud, Fowler, Kohut, Weber, Winnicott

Searching the Catalog

    Ethics: Christian Ethics, Social Ethics
    Sociology: Christian Sociology, Postcolonialism, Power (Social Sciences)
    Psychology: Object Relations (Psycholanalysis), Psychic Trauma, Systemic Therapy (Family Therapy)
    Ethnic Studies: African Americans, Asian Americans, Ethnicity, Hispanic Americans, Minorities
    Gender Studies: Feminist Theory, Gender Identity, Homosexuality, Queer Theory
    Education and Children: Children, Christian Education, Moral Development, Moral Education, Religious Education

 Periodical Databases   
    PsycInfo    
    SocIndex
    Womens Studies International
    Gender Watch
    Ethnic Newswatch
    ERIC
    Education Research Complete

Special Topics

    Human Rights
        [Country Reports on Human Rights Practices|http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/index.htm]
        [International Religious Freedom Report|http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2009/index.htm]        
        [Center for Gender and Refugee Studies|http://cgrs.uchastings.edu/law/search.php]        
        [Human Rights Watch|http://www.hrw.org/]        
     Statistics and etc.
        [Government Documents: GPO Access |http://www.gpoaccess.gov]   
        [Census Bureau|http://www.census.gov/]
    Religion Statistics
        [ARDA|http://www.thearda.com/]        
        [Adherents.com|http://www.adherents.com/]        
        [American Religious Identification Survey|http://livinginliminality.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/aris_report_2008.pdf]        
        _Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches_ \[BR13.Y4, Reference Counter\]
        _Religious Congregations and Membership in the U.S._ \[Ref. 200.9730904 R382r\] \[[sample page|http://i.imgur.com/zFm0U.png]\]\[

See also: Online Guide to Religion and Society