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Women and Religion

Here are a few suggestions to help you locate information on the subject of
Women and Religion.

The works listed below, unless otherwise noted, are all housed in the
MacKimmie Library reference collection on 2LB.

HANDBOOKS, ENCYCLOPEDIAS and DICTIONARIES which contain information on women and religion include the following titles located on 2LB:

• B 51 R68 1998
  Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  10 vols.
  Also available electronically to University of Calagry students
  faculty and staff via the Web.
• BL 31 E56 1987
  The Encyclopedia of Religion
  16 vols.
  Also available electronically on standalone workstation 219
• BL 458 W34 1983
  The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets
• BL 1105 W34 1968B
  The Hindu World: an encyclopedia survey of Hinduism
  2 vols.
• BM 50 E52 1971
  Encyclopaedia Judaica
  16 vols.
  Also available electronically on standalone workstation 219
• BX 841 N48 1967
  New Catholic Encyclopedia
  15 vols.+ 5 supplements
• BX 4220 U6 W64 1983
  Women Religious History Sources
• BX 4654 B8 1956
  Lives of the Saints
  4 vols.
• DS 37 E52 1974
  Shorter Encyclopaedia of Islam
  Located on 5 LT
• N 7793 W65 A66 1996
  Encyclopedia of Women in Religious Art
  Located on 9LT-REF

PERIODICAL ARTICLES about women and religion can be found by using INDEXES such as these located on 2LB:

• ATLAS Full Text Plus, 1949-
  This major index to Religious studies articles published from 1949 to the present is available electronically to University of Calgary students, faculty and staff via the web. Full text is available for a number of the journals.
• BM 1 155
  Index to Jewish Periodicals, 1980-
  Also available electronically on standalone workstation 219
• DS 35.3 152
  Index Islamicus, 1655-
  Also available electronically on standalone workstation 219
• HQ 1101 W65
  Women Studies Abstracts, 1972/73-
  See section "Religion , Philosophy and Ethics" in each issue and/or use subject index
  at the back of each volume
  Also available electronically to University of Calgary students, faculty and staff via the web from 1984 as Women's Resources International.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES listing works on various aspects of women and religion include the following titles:

• BL 458 C396 1992
  Goddesses & wise women: the literature of feminist spirituality, 1980-1992 : an annotated bibliography
  
• BL 1202 G83 1981
  Guide to Hindu Religion
• BL 2015 W6 F35 1994
  Women and Religion in India : an annotated bibliography of sources in English 1975-92
• BM 729 W6 R88 1988
  On Women and Judaism: a selective annotated bibliography
• BP 161.2 G84 1983
  Guide to Islam
• BR 162.2 R63 1993
  The Early Church: An annotated bibliography of literature in English
  See section "Women" pp. 407-430
• BR 515 B37 1986
  Women in American religious history: an annotated bibliography and guide to sources
• BR 563 N4 R52 1980
  Black women and religion: a bibliography
• BS 680 W7 G78 1995
  Women in the Biblial World: a study guide
• BT 83.55 F56 1991
  Women and Religion: a bibliographic guide to Christian feminist liberation theology
• BT 83.55 W34 1999
  Feminism and Christian Tradition: an annotated bibliography and critical introduction to the literature
  
• HQ 1172 H35 1980
  Jewish Women and Jewish Law Bibliography
  Located on 3LT-TEMP
• HQ 1394 J64 1995
  Women and Religion in Britain and Ireland: an annotated bibliography from the Reformation to 1993.
• HQ 1587 F72 1982
  Women in Western European History
  2 vols + supplement
• HQ 1742 P36 1985
  Women of India: an annotated bibliography
• HQ 1787 B84 1989
  African Women: a general bibliography
  "Religion and Witchcraft" p. 254-260

Internet Resources

• Women and Religion (www.ucalgary.ca/~lipton/women.html)
• Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index (www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/mfi.html)