SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INTERNET SITES On the subject of Religion in America
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Albanese, Catherine L. AMERICA: RELIGIONS AND RELIGION. 2d ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1992.
Ali, M.M. MUSLIMS IN AMERICA: THE NATION'S FASTEST GROWING RELIGION (Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, vol. 15, no. 1, May-June 1996, pp. 13, 107.
Berger, David et al. WHAT DO AMERICAN JEWS BELIEVE? A SYMPOSIUM (Commentary, vol. 102, no. 2, August 1996, pp. 18-96) Continues a discussion begun thirty years ago in a symposium entitled The State of Jewish Belief.
Bowman, Karlyn H. and Ladd, Everett C., eds. PUBLIC OPINION AND DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT: FAITH IN AMERICA (American Enterprise, vol. 5, no. 5, September-October 1994, pp. 90-99)
Carter, Stephen L. THE CULTURE OF DISBELIEF: HOW AMERICAN LAW AND POLITICS TRIVIALIZES RELIGIOUS DEVOTION. New York: Doubleday, 1994.
Chambers, Veronica and Higgins, Chester, Jr. SAY AMEN, INDEED. (American Way, vol. 30, no. 4, February 15, 1997, pp. 38-42, 102- 105)
Cooper, Mary C. MUSLIMS IN AMERICA (CQ Researcher, vol. 3, no. 16, April 30, 1993, pp. 361-384)
Eastland, Terry, ed. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN THE SUPREME COURT: THE CASES THAT DEFINE THE DEBATE OVER CHURCH AND STATE. Washington: Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1993.
Eck, Diana L. NEIGHBORING FAITHS: HOW WILL AMERICANS COPE WITH INCREASING RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY? (Harvard Magazine, vol. 99, no. 1, September-October 1996, pp. 38-44) http://www.harvard-magazine.com/so96/faith.html
Eck, Diana L. ON COMMON GROUND: WORLD RELIGIONS IN AMERICA. CD- ROM. New York: Columbia University Press, April 1997. Contains three general sections: Exploring the Religious Landscape, Discovering American Religions, and Encountering Religious Diversity.
Flowers, Ronald B. THAT GODLESS COURT? SUPREME COURT DECISIONS ON CHURCH-STATE RELATIONSHIPS. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1994.
Gaustad, Edwin Scott. A RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF AMERICA. 2d ed. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1990.
Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck and Smith, Jane Idleman, eds. MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN NORTH AMERICA. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1994.
Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck and Zaidan, Wadi, eds. CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM ENCOUNTERS. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1995.
Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck, ed. THE MUSLIMS OF AMERICA. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
Hewitt, Hugh. SEARCHING FOR GOD IN AMERICA. Dallas: Word Publishing, 1996. The companion volume to a public television series of the same name.
Hudson, Winthrop S. and Corrigan, John. RELIGION IN AMERICA. 5th ed. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1992.
Jelen, Ted G. and Wilcox, Clyde. PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD CHURCH AND STATE. Armonk, NY: Sharpe, 1995. Jost, Kenneth. RELIGION AND POLITICS. (CQ Researcher, vol. 4, no. 38, October 14, 1994, pp. 889-912)
Johnson, Paul. GOD AND THE AMERICANS (Commentary, vol. 99, no. 1, January 1995, pp. 25-45)
Kosmin, Barry A. and Lachman, Seymour, P. ONE NATION UNDER GOD: RELIGION IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN SOCIETY. New York: Harmony Books, 1993.
Koszegi, Michael A. and Melton, J. Gordon. ISLAM IN NORTH AMERICA: A SOURCEBOOK. New York: Garland, 1992.
Lippy, Charles H. and Williams, Peter W., eds. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE AMERICAN RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE: STUDIES OF TRADITIONS AND MOVEMENTS. New York: Scribner s, 1988. 3 vols.
Marsden, George M. RELIGION AND AMERICAN CULTURE. San Diego: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1990.
Martin, William. WITH GOD ON OUR SIDE: THE RISE OF THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT IN AMERICA. New York: Broadway Books, 1996. The companion volume to a public television series with the same title.
Marty, Martin. MODERN AMERICAN RELIGION. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970-1996. 3 vols. This planned four-volume survey presently includes THE IRONY OF IT ALL, 1893-1919; THE NOISE OF CONFLICT, 1919-1941; and UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE, 1941-1960.
Marty, Martin. PILGRIMS IN THEIR OWN LAND: FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF RELIGION IN AMERICA. New York: Viking Penguin, 1985.
Masci, David. CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE U.S.: CAN IT OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES AHEAD? (CQ Researcher, vol. 5, no. 33, pp. 779-799)
Melton, J. Gordon, ed. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN RELIGIONS. 5th ed. Detroit: Gale Research, 1996.
Moen, Matthew C. THE EVOLVING POLITICS OF THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT (PS, Political Science and Politics, vol. 29, no. 3, September 1996, pp. 461-464)
Moen, Matthew J. THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1992.
Mooney, Carolyn J. AMERICA'S MANY RELIGIONS: A HARVARD SCHOLAR MAPS THE COUNTRY'S CHANGING RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE (Chronicle of Higher Education, June 9, 1995, p. A10+)
Neuhaus, Richard John THE NAKED PUBLIC SQUARE: RELIGION AND DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1986.
Neuhaus, Richard John. THE PUBLIC SQUARE: A CONTINUING SURVEY OF RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE (First Things, no. 23, May 1992, pp. 78- 81)
Noll, Mark A., ed. RELIGION AND AMERICAN POLITICS: FROM THE COLONIAL PERIOD TO THE 1980s. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.
Queen, Edward L. et al. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN RELIGIOUS HISTORY. New York: Facts on File, 1996. 2 vols.
Thiemann, Ronald F. RELIGION IN PUBLIC LIFE: A DILEMMA FOR DEMOCRACY. Washington: Georgetown University Press, 1996.
Utter, Glenn H. and Storey, John W. THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT: A REFERENCE HANDBOOK. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1995.
Wald, Kenneth D. RELIGION AND POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES. 3d ed. Washington: CQ Press, 1997.
Weber, Paul J. and Jones, W. Landis. U.S. RELIGIOUS INTEREST GROUPS: INSTITUTIONAL PROFILES. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994.
Wilcox, Clyde. GOD'S WARRIORS: THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT IN THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991.
Wind, James P. and Lewis, James W., eds. AMERICAN CONGREGATIONS. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994. 2 vols. Portraits of twelve religious communities comprise volume 1; volume 2 contains new perspectives in the study of congregations.
APS
RESEARCH GUIDE TO RESOURCES FOR THEOLOGICAL AND RELIGIOUS
STUDIES
A highly-rated list of academic sites, manuscripts, and textual
resources.
CENTER
FOR THE STUDY OF AMERICAN RELIGION
Located at Princeton University, the Center has the basic goal
of furthering scholarship on religion in North America. . . .
[and] supports the cross-disciplinary approaches that are
required to deal with [its] social, historical, and cultural
complexity. . . .
COMPARATIVE
RELIGION: A DIRECTORY OF INTERNET RESOURCES FOR THE ACADEMIC
STUDY OF RELIGION
This comprehensive list of web sites on religion includes sources
of information on religious tolerance as well as links to various
religions.
FACETS OF RELIGION WWW VIRTUAL LIBRARY
Contains links to hundreds of religious resources and the major
texts of each faith. Compiled by Armin Muller, a German
scientist with an interest in religion.
FIRST AMENDMENT
CYBER-TRIBUNE -- FACT
Edited by Charles Levendosky of the Casper (WY) Star-Tribune,
this online newspaper focuses on the liberties guaranteed by the
First Amendment. The Religious Liberty page includes links to
relevant documents and court decisions. Also provides links to
other sites on these issues.
FREEDOM
FORUM -- FIRST AMENDMENT CENTER AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
A good site for basic information on First Amendment issues. The
Religion page contains bibliographies and court rulings on the
separation of church and state, constitutional protections and
other FAQs.
ICLNET: INSTITUTE
FOR CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP
Prepared by Gary Bogart and John Brubaker, this site contains
guides to Early Church Documents, Christian Resources,
Literature, Software, and Organizations. Links to news groups,
FTP sites, e-newsletters, journals, and bulletin board systems
are also provided.
INTERFAITH
ALLIANCE
This national network of citizens concerned about religious
political extremists promotes "the positive role of religion as a
healing and constructive force in public life." Links to
similarly-minded organizations are given.
ISLAMIC
TEXTS AND RESOURCES METAPAGE
Compiled by the Muslim Students Association at SUNY Buffalo, this
gopher site includes the Qur an in Arabic, English and other
translations, Hadith collections, and information on Islamic
philosophy and religion.
ISLAMIC RESOURCES
SERVER
Provides information about Islamic beliefs, resources, community
events, businesses, and organization. Also includes
announcements of conferences, other guides to Islam on the
Internet and computing resources.
JUDAISM
AND JEWISH RESOURCES
From archaeology to Yiddish, this comprehensive site includes
information about museums, exhibitions, Jewish studies, archives,
and organizations.
PLURALISM
PROJECT
Developed by Diana L. Eck at Harvard University to study and
document the growing religious diversity of the United States,
with a special view to its new immigrant communities, this
project is studying the radical changes that have taken place in
the American religious landscape over the last thirty years.
RELI
GION AND POLITICS
This is the home page for the subsection of the American
Political
Science Association dealing with issues of church and state,
religion and politics, morality and social justice, political
behavior and public policy.
RELIGION
AND PHILOSOPHY RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET
Maintained by David Suiter, Librarian, and created by Sara A.
Memmott, former Bibliographer, at Boston University, this very
rich site is divided into General Religion Resources, Asian
Religions, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism sections. Guides to
print resources on these topics are included in addition to
major links.
RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM
Sponsored by the Christian Science Committee on Publication, this
site is dedicated to looking at religious freedom in the United
States and in other countries. Provides text of the Religious
Freedom Reformation Act. The map of religious freedom worldwide
provides interesting information, but reflects the judgment of
this organization.
YAHOO!
Society and Culture: Religion
This comprehensive list of religious sites is updated daily. It
provides numerous links to more than fifty religions and related
topics, providing a sense of the very broad landscape of the
major and minor religions in the United States.
U.S. Society &
Values
USIA Electronic Journal , Vol. 2, No. 1, March
1997