Library catalog Library databases
Session 8: Church & Society, and Christian Practices
Church and Society
Reference sources
- Dictionary of Ethics, Theology and Society, 1996 [Ref. BJ63 .D45]
- Mainline Christians and U.S. Public Policy, 2007 [Ref. BR515 .U88]
- Encyclopedia of Religion and Society, 1998 [Ref.BL60 .E53; and online]
- Encyclopedia of Religion, Communication and Media, 2006 (Ref. P94 .E48)
- New Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Religion, 2010 (Ref. BL60 .B53)
Statistical sources
- ARDA
- Adherents.com
- American Religious Identification Survey
- Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches [BR13.Y4, Reference Counter]
- 2010 U.S. Religious Census [BL2525 .A15] [sample page]
- Other sources
Helpful websites
- Hartford Institute for Religion Research
- Faith, Ethics and Public Life
- Religion and Ethics Newsweekly
- Credo (a clergy health site)
A helpful publisher: Alban Books
Christian Practices
Preaching
- Reference source: New Interpreter's Handbook of Preaching, 2008 (Ref. BV4211.3 .N49)
- Bible commentary series helpful in preaching
- Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching (Westminster Press)
- Storyteller's Companion to the Bible (Abingdon Press)
- Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (Intervarsity Press) (for patristic insights)
- Anchor Bible Commentary (Yale University Press) (for help with Hebrew and Greek)
- Commentaries for lectionary preaching
- Feasting on the Word (Westminster) (BV4235 .L43 F43 2008)
- Imaging the Word: An Arts and Lectionary Resource (United Church Press) (263.9 I31i)
- Hunger for the Word: Lectionary Reflections on Food and Justice (Liturgical Press) (261.8326 H936h)
- Search the catalog with the heading: Lectionary Preaching
- Helpful journals
- Living Pulpit (access with secret user name and password)
- Homiletic (free online journal)
- Websites