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200 Religion
- 200 Religion
- 201.7 Attitudes of religions toward social issues
- 261.5 Christianity and secular disciplines
- 261.7 Christianity and politics
- 261.8 Social theology, interfaith relations and attitudes
- 262.9 Canon law
- 270 History of Christianity
- 297 Islamism
- 297.272 Islamism and political science
300 Social Sciences
- 305.6 Religious groups
- 306.6 Religious institutions
320 Political sciences
- 320.557 Islamic ideologies
- 322.1 Religious organizations and groups
340 Law
- 340.59 Islamic law
- 342.0852 Religious groups and religious activities
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- RT (Related Term): preferred label for a concept that has an associative relationship with the one in question.
28 Social questions
MT 2831 culture and religion
- religion
RT freedom of religious beliefs
RT religious conflict
RT religious discrimination
RT secularity
NT1 hinduism
NT1 atheism
NT1 buddhism
NT1 christianity
NT2 catholicism
RT canon law
NT1 protestantism
NT2 church
NT1 ecclesiastical council
NT1 clergy
NT1 islam
RT islamic law
RT muslim
RT political islam
NT1 judaism
NT1 mythology
NT1 religious fundamentalism
RT extremism
RT religious group
NT1 religious institution
NT1 religious sect
NT1 sacred text
NT1 theology
eBook collections
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Brill Online
Cambridge Core Books
Oxford Scholarship Online
Perlego
SpringerLink eBooks
Taylor & Francis eBooks
Scopus
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Search journals by Decimal Dewey Classification
200 Religion
- 200 Religion
- 261.7 Christianity and Politics
- 261.8 Social theology, interfaith relations and attitudes
- 262.9 Canon Law
- 270 History of Christianity
- 297 Islamism
300 Social Sciences
- 305.6 Religious Groups
- 306.6 Religious Institutions
340 Law
- 340.59 Islamic Law
- 342.0852 Religious groups and religious activities
Search journals by subject (below are a few examples)
- Church-State relations
- Freedom of religious beliefs
- Islamic political
- Religion
- Religion in politics
- Religious fundamentalism
- Women and religion
eJournal collections
Some subscription portals let you browse content through curated topic lists or search by subject.
Among the largest collections:
Cambridge Core Journals
JSTOR: Arts and Sciences
- Church History
- Church History and Religious Culture
- Islamic Studies
- Journal of Church and State
- Journal of Law and Religion
- The Journal of Religion
- Religious Studies
- Sociology of Religion