"Magdalen with the Smoking Flame," by Georges de La Tour. Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons
This research guide was created to quickly connect Gumberg Library users to information sources on women in the major world religions. It also will link users to resources on social and religious issues of concern to women.
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If at any time in your research you need help, Ask Gumberg. Or you can contact me, Ted Bergfelt, creator of this page. Click to send an email, or you can call me at 412.396.5351.
Learn About Controversial Topics
Many students choose to research and write about topics currently under debate. Below is a link to a database that provides objective overviews of controversial topics.
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A great electronic resource for biblical studies is Oxford Biblical Studies Online. This database contains six study Bibles (published by Oxford University Press), and about a dozen authoritative reference works, including encyclopedias and concordances, one of these being the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Gender Studies.
It contains the text of the Catholic Study Bible, 2nd edition, which can be read by multiple users at the same time. This study Bible uses the New American Bible translation as the basis of the work.
You can use Oxford Biblical Studies Online off-campus as well as on. However, when you are off-campus and click the link below, you will need to give your Multipass username and password.
E-Reference: World Religions
Print Reference Works
Dictionary of Feminist Theologies by 
Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion by 
Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures by Related Research Guides
