Resources for Pacific Seminar II

Reference Books

The library has a number of reference books of potential use for research in this area. For example:

• Encyclopedia of Modern American Social Issues: 
  Ref HN57.K73 1997
• The Encyclopaedia of Islam, new edition. Glossary and index of technical terms ... /compiled by J. van Lent and H.-U. Qureshi ; edited by P.J. Bearman. 
  Ref DS37.E55
• Gale Virtual Reference Library:  An online collection of reference books.  You can search a single eBook, or across an eBook collection.
• Oxford Reference Online:  Another online collection of online reference books.  This includes dictionaries of Islam, the Bible, the Christian church, saints, and more.

Books

In PacifiCat, search under keywords such as “religion and family”, “women and islam”, or “gender and Christianity”. For example, look at:

• Islam in America / Jane I. Smith. 
  BP67.U6 S6 1999
• Inside Islam / by Anne-Marie Delcambre. [Electronic book ; click title to view]
• Evangelical Identity and Gendered Family Life / Sally K. Gallagher.  [Electronic book ; click title to view]
• Fatherhood Politics in the United States:  Masculinity, Sexuality, Race and Marriage / Anna Gavanas.  
  HQ756.G355 2004

Articles

In addition to Academic Search Complete, try the following:

• JSTOR: full-text of the backfiles of hundreds of scholarly journals, including history, culture, and religion
• Arts and  Humanities:  Covers a wide range of humanities and religious studies topics.
• Project Muse:  culture, humanities, and religion
• SpringerLink:  The section “humanities, social sciences and law” includes the full-text of many articles on religious studies and culture.

Reliable Websites

Web sources you can trust!

• Islam in America:  from African Slaves to Malcolm X:
  Information from the National Humanities Center.
• Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations
• WSS Links:   Women & Theology:
  A list of resources related to women in religion, feminist theology, and the feminine divine.