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Religion Research Guide: BOOKS & EBOOKS

This guide is designed to aid undergraduate students in their studies in all areas of religion.

RLT #93: HOW TO FIND & NAVIGATE eBOOKS FOR RESEARCH, LEARNING & TEACHING

RLT #93: How to Find & Navigate eBooks for Research, Learning & Teaching

Learn how to find and navigate eBooks!

RLT #95: RECOMMEND-A-PURCHASE

RLT #95: Recommend-a-Purchase: Book / eBook / Journal / Database / Media

Learn how to request the purchase of an item for USC Libraries' collections!

RLT #88: ILL/IDD

RLT #88: Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery (ILL/IDD)

Learn how to request PDF scans of articles and book chapters from USC Libraries' collections, and physical materials from other institutions.

THE NEW INTERPRETER'S BIBLE

Twelve volumes plus index containing general articles & introduction, commentary, & reflections for each book of the Bible, including the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical books.

Available for Reference in Doheny Memorial Library.

The New Interpreter's Bible by Leander E. Keck (Editor)
Call Number: BS491.2 .N484 1994
Publication Date: 1994

SELECTED READINGS FROM COURSES

Islam in Black America by Edward E. Curtis
Call Number: Available Online
Publication Date: 2002
Islam and the Blackamerican by Sherman A. Jackson
Call Number: BP221 .J34 2005 and Available Online
Publication Date: 2011
Terror in the Mind of God, Fourth Edition by Mark Juergensmeyer
Call Number: Available Online
Publication Date: 2017
Beyond Violence by James Heft (Editor)
Call Number: Available Online
Publication Date: 2004
Religions of Japan in Practice by George J. Tanabe (Editor)
Call Number: BL2202 .R48 1999 and Available Online
Publication Date: 1999
Saving Sex by Amy DeRogatis
Call Number: BR1642.U6 D47 2015 and Available Online
Publication Date: 2014
Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths by Karen Armstrong
Call Number: Available Online
Publication Date: 1996

RELIGION DEPARTMENT RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Does Scripture Speak for Itself? by Jill Hicks-Keeton; Cavan W. Concannon
Call Number: Available Online
Publication Date: 2022
The Shamama Case by Jessica Marglin
Call Number: Available Online.
Publication Date: 2022
An Unholy Brew: Alcohol in Indian History and Religions by James McHugh
Call Number: Available Online
Publication Date: 2021
Temples in the Cliffside by Sonya S. Lee
Call Number: Available Online
Publication Date: 2021
Profaning Paul by Cavan W. Concannon
Call Number: Available Online.
Publication Date: 2021
American Sutra by Williams, Duncan Ryūken
Call Number: Avail
Publication Date: 2019
Across Legal Lines by Jessica M. Marglin
Call Number: DS135.M8 M36 2016 and Available Online
Publication Date: 2016
The Divine Eye and the Diaspora by Janet Alison Hoskins
Call Number: BL2057.C36 H67 2015 and Available Online
Publication Date: 2015
Our Lady of the Rock by Lisa M. Bitel; Matt Gainer (Photographer)
Call Number: BT652.U6 B58 2015 and Available Online
Publication Date: 2015
Initiative to Stop the Violence by al-Gama'ah al-Islamiyah; Sherman Jackson (Translator)
Call Number: BP190.5.P34 H3413 2014 and Available Online
Publication Date: 2014
Mathematical Theologies by David Albertson
Call Number: BL265.M3 A53 2014 and Available Online
Publication Date: 2014

LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY ONLINE

Loeb Classical Library Online

The Loeb Classical Library is fully searchable, perpetually growing, virtual library of all that is important in Greek and Latin literature with up-to-date texts and accurate English translations.

EXTERNAL LIBRARIES AND INSTITUTIONS

The Getty Library

UCLA Library

University of California Libraries

Los Angeles Public Library

Library of Congress

The European Library: the National Libraries of Europe

WorldCat: Contains over 179,000,000 records for materials held by libraries around the world

CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF THE BIBLE

The New Cambridge History of the Bible: A 4-Volume Series, Available Online!