Research Guides: HUMN 218 World Religions: Current Events, Politics, & Society

Religion in the News

This news feed comes from the Religion topics page on NPR.

The Future of World Religions

The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050

The Pew Research Center complied demographic projections that profile the eight major world religious groups. The entire report materials, including data visualizations, data sources and an interactive database, is available through the title link above. The report documents the ages, population projections, religious switching, and fertility rates among other demographic information for the major religious groups. The video above brings together a panel of experts to present the findings and discuss their implications.

Featured Books

Rethinking Religion and World Affairs by Timothy Samuel Shah; Alfred Stepan; Monica Duffy Toft
ISBN: 9780199827985
Publication Date: 2011-01-23
A Comparative Sociology of World Religions by Stephen Sharot
ISBN: 0814798047
Publication Date: 2001-08-01
Religion and Normativity, Volume III by Peter Lodberg (Editor)
ISBN: 8779344259
Publication Date: 2009-06-30

Top Social Sciences Databases

To locate articles on social sciences and related topcs, use these subject-specific databases.

Academic Search Complete
A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.
APA PsycINFO
Abstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences
Black Life in America
The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media. This collection offers “suggested searches” to guide students to pertinent topics from social justice, politics, arts, literature, key people, etc.
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
Index, abstracts, and full text for publications in criminal justice, criminology, corrections, policing, and investigations.
Culture Grams
Index and interactive map listing all countries. Includes articles on the customs, economics, and overall society of each country.
Ebook Central
A collection of almost 150,000 EBooks on business, computer science/IT, humanities, nursing/allied health, and more. Additional functionality such as bookmarking, note taking and printing/copying features are available by creating an Ebook Central account. Contains single use, multi-use and unlimited use titles.
Electronic Journal Center (OhioLINK)
Full text of over 7,000 research journals
Gender Studies Database
Index and abstracts for publications covering gender-engaged scholarship.
Newsbank
This comprehensive news collection is ideal for exploring issues and events at the local, regional, national, and international levels. Its diverse source types include print and online-only newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts, and videos. Use it to explore a specific event or to compare a wide variety of viewpoints on topics such as politics, business, health, sports, cultural activities, and people. Content is easily searched and sorted through an intuitive, map-based interface.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Index, abstracts, and full text covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
Includes or has links to full text.
SocINDEX with Full Text
Index, abstracts, and full text for publications in sociology.
Sociological Collection
Index, abstracts, and full text covering such topics as social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture, and social structure.