The Coptic Church Review is available as an open-access journal from 1994-2004. The journal is a Coptic Orthodox publication, published in the USA by the Society of Coptic Church Studies.
Link via the AWOL blog (Ancient World Online) or directly from the Coptic Church Review site
Thursday 16 December 2010
Tuesday 14 December 2010
Excavations at pre-Islamic Christian site in the UAE
Archaeological excavations on Sir Bani Yas Island in the UAE have revealed the remains of a Christian monastery dating from circa 600 AD. Read a report on the historical significance of the site, and view a slide-show of photographs of the excavations from the online version of the UAE newspaper, The National
Monday 13 December 2010
New bibliographic database: theses on Mission studies and Non-Western Christianity
Click on link below to explore this database:
Bibliographic database of research-level theses (PhD, ThD, D.Min, D.Miss etc.) on Mission studies and Christianity outside the West, compiled by the International Bulletin of Missionary Research, with Yale Divinity School Library. Content has been expanded from lists published in the International Bulletin of Missionary Research between 1983 and 2003, and now covers over 6,000 titles dating back to 1900 and can be searched by subject, keyword, author, title etc. Results give a brief abstract and publication details only.
Friday 10 December 2010
Faith-based search engines
A feature from ReadWriteWeb, a technology blog founded in 2003 to analyse the internet industry.
Curt Hopkins asks "What would Jesus search?" and looks at how three faith-orientated search engines - NPR Report, I'm Halal (Islamic), SeekFind (Christian) and Jewogle (Jewish) - treat a set of pre-defined search terms.
Curt Hopkins asks "What would Jesus search?" and looks at how three faith-orientated search engines - NPR Report, I'm Halal (Islamic), SeekFind (Christian) and Jewogle (Jewish) - treat a set of pre-defined search terms.
Wednesday 1 December 2010
Updated research guide launched on the BLE
Just posted on the BLE - an updated in-depth guide to researching topics in the study of Religions, using bibliographic and full-text databases, and other electronic resources in SOAS and beyond. This also contains tips on internet research, managing your references and maintaining current awareness.
Go to the Library Information Skills pages of the BLE, look under Religions and the Research Guides tab
Go to the Library Information Skills pages of the BLE, look under Religions and the Research Guides tab
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