Women and Religion 

Created by Kathleen Christy, 
Reference Librarian

Reference Books Other Relevant Information WWW Resources

Subject Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Reference

Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion  Reference 200.82 E569 1999

Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion  Reference 200.820973 B473e 1998  

Other Sources of Relevant Information

FirstSearch: The following databases in FirstSearch will provide citations or articles applicable to Women and Religion: Contemporary Women's Issues and WilsonSelect.

MLA Bibliography

InfoTrac Web: Under "Search for Journal Literature" on McQuest.

ATLA - American Theological Library Association:   Under "Search for Journal Literature" on McQuest.  

JSTOR

Selected Library of Congress Subject Headings 

Women and Religion 
Women in Christianity
Women in Judaism  
Women in Islam  

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WWW Resources

Academic Info:  Religion – Women and Religion http://academicinfo.net/religwom.html

Voice of the Shuttle  http://vos.ucsb.edu/

Virtual Religion Index  http://religion.rutgers.edu/vri/index.html  Scroll down to “Roles and Gender”.  

Links to Internet resources on women and religion, feminist theology, or the feminine divine. Developed as part of a  project of the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries http://www.earlham.edu/~libr/acrlwss/wsstheo.html  

Wheaton College  http://www.wheaton.edu/  Search under “women and religion”.  

The Life and works of Hildegard von Bingen http://tweedledee.ucsb.edu/~kris/music/Hildegard.html

Web links http://www.uni-mainz.de/~horst/hildegard/ewelcome.html

Center for Women and Religion  The Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley http://aquinas.gtu.edu/Centers/cwr/   Under "Religious Studies", find the word (CONTROL F)   Women.

Voices of Orthodox Women  http://vow.org 

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Created by: Kathleen Christy
Last Update: June 15, 2000