Religious Studies

The fifth publication in the award-winning, critically acclaimed Milestone Documents series, Milestone Documents of World Religions examines 100 key sacred texts and foundational documents of the world's primary religions, from ancient times to the present, providing researchers with a fresh perspective on how critical religious texts have influenced both the past and the present. Plus, complimentary online access is provided through Salem History.

Online access
In the Reference Room: BL31 .M56 2011

Baptisteria Sacra is an international iconographic index of baptismal fonts from the early Christian period to the 17th century made available via the World Wide Web for scholarly research in a searchable electronic format which contains both images and text. The individual record for each work aims to include a complete description of the font and its imagery.

The Electronic Capito Project aims to provide the text of letters from and to 16th-century German reformist theologian Wolfgang Capito which are either unpublished or have been published before 1850 and are therefore difficult to access. The transcriptions should be regarded as a work in progress.

A bit clumsy to use because the site is dated, but an excellent source of older primary and secondary texts from various worldwide religions.

Links to digitized manuscripts and manuscript collections (scroll down to find texts relevant to Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Asian religions)

Digitized texts and manuscripts including texts pertinent to Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Includes a virtual copy of the Diamond Sutra, a Chinese text that is thought to be one of the oldest surviving printed books.