Religion Materials in the WKU Libraries
and the Bowling Green Public Library
Judaism
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Kentucky / by I.J. Schwartz; translated by Gertrude W. Dubrovsky. (Kentucky Library PJ5129 .S298 K413 1990)
English translation of a Yiddish epic poem about Jewish people settling in Kentucky in the 19th Century.
Adath Louisville : the story of a Jewish community / by Herman Landau. (WKU Kentucky Library F459 .L89 J54)
The synagogues of Kentucky : architecture and history / Lee Shai Weissbach. (WKU Helm-Cravens Library NA5230
.K4 W45 1995)
Haven and home : a history of the Jews in America / by Abraham J. Karp. (WKU Helm-Cravens Library E184 .J5
K168 1985)
Spanish and Portuguese Jewry before and after 1492 / by David Fintz Altabé. (WKU Helm-Cravens Library DS135
.S7 A574 1993)
Way of Torah : an introduction to Judaism / Jacob Neusner. (WKU Helm-Cravens Library BM580 .N53 1979bx)
Encyclopedia Judaica. (WKU Helm-Cravens Reference REF DS 102.8 .E496)
Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust. (WKU Helm-Cravens Library DS 135 .E8 E45 2001)
Jews on the Frontier / I. Harold Sharfman. (Bowling Green Public Library Main 973.04 Sh23j)
Jewish Book of Why / Alfred J. Kolatch (WKU Helm-Cravens Library BM700 .K59 1995x)
Jewish Cooking in America / Joan Nathan. (Bowling Green Public Library Main 641.5676 Nath)
Jewish Encyclopedia (WKU Helm-Cravens Reference DS 102.8 .J6)
Website: Judaism 101--Frequently Asked Questions http://www.jewfaq.org
Website: Am Shalom–The Jewish Congregation of Bowling Green http://www.amshalom.urj.net
Islam
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Muslims of America / edited by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad. (WKU Helm-Cravens Library BP67 .U6 M87 1991)
American Islam : growing up Muslim in America / Richard Wormser. (WKU Helm-Cravens Library BP67 .U6 W67
1994)
Oxford history of Islam. (WKU Helm-Cravens Library BP50 .O95 1999)
Introduction to Islam / David Waines. (WKU Helm-Cravens Library BP161.2 .W29 1995)
Being Muslim the Bosnian way : identity and community in a central Bosnian village / Tone Bringa. (WKU HelmCravens Library DR1674 .M87 B75 1995)
The Muslims of Bosnia-Herzegovina : their historic development from the Middle Ages to the dissolution of Yugoslavia
/ edited by Mark Pinson. (WKU Helm-Cravens Library DR1674 .M87 M87 1996x)
Encyclopedia of Islam. (WKU Helm-Cravens Reference DS 37 .E523)
Islam in America / Jane I. Smith. (Bowling Green Public Library Main 297.0973 Smit)
Website: Al-Islam http://www.al-islam.org
Website: Islamic Center of Bowling Green http://geocities.com/icbgky
Buddhism
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How the Swans Came to the Lake: A Narrative History of Buddhism in America / Rick Fields. (WKU Helm-Cravens
Library BQ732 .F52)
The Faces of Buddhism in America / Charles S. Prebish and Kenneth K. Tanaka. (WKU Helm-Cravens Library BQ736
.F33 1998)
Buddhism / Patricia D. Netzley (Bowling Green Public Library Main and Sugar Maple 294.3 Netz)
What Book!? Buddha Poems from Beat to Hip-Hop / Edited by Gary Gach. (Bowling Green Public Library Sugar
Maple 811.54 What)
Buddhism: The Illustrated Guide / Edited by Trevor Ling.
Website: BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information Network http://www.buddhanet.net/budnetp.htm
Website: Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-Buddhism.html
Hinduism
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A Brief Introduction to Hinduism: Religion, Philosophy, and Ways of Liberation / A.L. Herman. (WKU Helm-Cravens
Library BL1212.72 .H47 1991)
Ganapati: Song of the Self / John A. Grimes. (WKU Helm-Cravens Library BL1225 .G34 G75 1995)
Banaras: City of Light / Diana L. Eck. (WKU Helm-Cravens Library BL1150 .E25 1983x)
The Camphor Flame: Popular Hinduism and Society in India / C.J. Fuller. (WKU Helm-Cravens Library BL1150 .F85
1992)
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Hinduism / V.P. (Hermant) Kanitkar and W. Owen Cole. (Bowling Green Public Library Main 294.5 Kani)
Hinduism and Buddhism / Ananda K. Coomaraswarny. (Bowling Green Public Library Main 294 C78h
Website: Hindnet http://www.hindunet.org
Website: The Hymalayan Academy: How to become a Hindu
http://www.himalayanacademy.com/basics/conversion/index.html
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Christianity
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The Anchor Bible Dictionary (WKU Helm-Cravens Reference BS 440 .A54 1992)
The Orthodox Church / Thomas E. FitzGerald. (WKU Helm-Cravens Library BX735 .F57 1995bx)
Encyclopedia of Mormonism. (WKU Helm-Cravens Reference BX 8605.5 .E62 1992)
Mennonite Encyclopedia. (WKU Helm-Cravens Reference BX 8106 .M37)
Shaker Experience in America: A History of the United Society of Believers. (WKU Kentucky Library BX 9766 .S74
1992)
Christianity: A Global History / David Chidester.
The Next Christendom: the Coming of Global Christianity / Philip Jenkins
New Catholic Encyclopedia. (WKU Helm-Cravens Reference BX 891 .N44 1967)
Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience. (WKU Helm-Cravens Reference BL2525 .E53 1987)
Among the Amish / Keith Bowen. (Bowling Green Public Library Main 974.815 Bowe)
Website: The Catholic Encyclopedia (Original Edition, 1917) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/
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Holy Books and General Resources
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King James Bible (WKU Helm-Cravens Library BS185 1945 .P5x; Bowling Green Public Library--All Branches 220.52
Bibl)
Interpreter's Bible (WKU Helm-Cravens Reference BS 491.2 .I55)
Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary (WKU Helm-Cravens Library BP100 1946bx)
The Koran / Translated with notes by N.J. Dawood. (Bowling Green Public Library Main and Sugar Maple 297.122521
Kora)
Book of Mormon (WKU Helm-Cravens Library BX8623 1976x; Bowling Green Public Library--All Branches 289.3
Book)
Pearl of Great Price (WKU Helm-Cravens Library BX8629 .P52 1951x; Bowling Green Public Library--All Branches
289.3 Book)
Hindu scriptures; selected, translated and introduced by R. C. Zaehner (WKU Helm-Cravens Library BL1107 .Z313)
Dictionary of the History of Ideas (WKU Helm-Cravens Reference CB 5 .D52)
Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics (WKU Helm-Cravens Reference BJ 63 .E45 1992)
Encyclopedia of Religion (WKU Helm-Cravens Reference BL 31 .E46 1997)
Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics (WKU Helm-Cravens Reference BL 31 .E5 1955x)
New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (WKU Helm-Cravens Reference BR 95 .S43)
Website: Internet Sacred Text Archive / http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm
Website: Religious Tolerance Website / http://www.religioustolerance.org
Website: Adherents Website http://www.adherents.com
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Indexing, Abstracting, and Full-Text Services
for finding journal and magazine articles
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Academic Search Premier and MasterFILE Premier (Online Database—EBSCOhost)
Religion & Philosophy Collection (Online Database—EBSCOhost).
Philosopher's Index (Online Database—SilverPlatter and WKU Helm-Cravens Reference PER/IND B1 .A1 p47x)
Humanities Index; Social Sciences and Humanities Index; International Index (WKU Helm-Cravens Reference
PER/IND ai 3 .h85)
Religion Index One (REF PER/IND BL 1 .R4x)
Religious and Theological Abstracts (REF PER/IND BR 1 .R286)
Index Islamicus (REF Z 7835 .M6 L65x)
America: History and Life (Online Database and REF PER/IND E 11 .A35x)
Historical Abstracts (Online Database and REF PER/IND D 299 .H5)
Index to Legal Periodicals (WKU Law Library Periodicals Room, Helm Basement)
Sociological Abstracts (Online Database—CSA and REF PER/IND HM 1 .S67)
Sociological Collection (Online Database—EBSCOhost)
International Political Science Abstracts (REF PER/IND JA 36 .I5)