OA Resources by Subject
Locate Open Access resources online by subject.
Open Access Journals for Religious Studies
The following is a list of suggested open access periodicals related to the discipline of Religious Studies.
- Christian Ethics TodayChristianEthics.com
- Christian Science MonitorChristian Science Monitor
- Christianity TodayChristianity Today International
- Faith TodayEvangelical Fellowship of Canada
- First ThingsThe Institute on Religion and Public Life
- Intermountain West Journal of Religious StudiesUniversity of Utah
- Journal of Christian Theological ResearchChristian Theological Research Fellowship
- Journal of Cultural and Religious TheoryThe Whitestone Foundation
- Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and JudaismMcMaster Divinity College
- Journal of Indo-Judaic StudiesUniversity of Saskatchewan
- Journal of Religion and SocietyCreighton University
- Methodist ReviewThe Methodist Review, Inc.
- Studies in Christian-Jewish RelationsBoston College Libraries and Center for Christian-Jewish Learning
Electronic Libraries, repositories and directories
The following is a list of suggested open access sites offering scholarly eBooks and eDocuments related to the discipline of Religious Studies.
- Atla Cooperative Digital Resources InitiativeThe Atla Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative provides a freely available, web-searchable, central repository of digital resources contributed by participating libraries.
- AWOL - The Ancient World Online"Alphabetical List of Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies"
- Baptist Studies OnlineBaptist Studies Online facilitates the scholarly study of Baptists by making available to researchers and students an online journal, a primary source library, a comprehensive collection of Baptist history-related links, and a regularly updated list of announcements related to the field.
- Bible GatewaySearch the Bible in English, German, Swedish, Latin, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Tagalog, and Norwegian.
- Christian Classics Ethereal LibraryThe Christian Classics Ethereal Library is a digital library of hundreds of classic Christian books selected for edification and education.
- Digital Quaker CollectionDigital Quaker Collection is a digital library containing full text and page images of over 500 individual Quaker works from the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Digital ScriptoriumThe Digital Scriptorium is a growing image database of medieval and renaissance manuscripts that unites scattered resources from many institutions into an international tool for teaching and scholarly research.
- International Standard Bible EncyclopediaThis reference encyclopedia contains articles on the language and literature of Bible as well as its historical and religious context.
- Internet Jewish History SourcebookThe Internet Jewish History Sourcebook is one of series of history primary sourcebooks.
- Internet Sacred Text ArchiveInternet Sacred Text Archive is largest freely available archive of online books about religion, mythology, folklore and the esoteric on the Internet.
- Post Reformation Digital LibraryThe Post-Reformation Digital Library (PRDL) is a select bibliography of digital books relating to the development of theology and philosophy during the Reformation and Post-Reformation/Early Modern Era (late 15th-18th c.).
- Religion OnlineMore than 6,000 articles and chapters. Topics include Old and New Testament, Theology, Ethics, History and Sociology of Religion, Communication and Cultural Studies, Pastoral Care, Counseling, Homiletics, Worship, Missions and Religious Education.
- Tyndale Seminary Christian History Reading RoomThis page is designed to help make History of Christianity resources available to those without easy access to a theological library.
- Websites on Religion and Theology Guide (open web site) This link opens in a new windowAn annotated guide to a wide variety of electronic resources to the study of the Bible.
