Waggoner Library: Religion : Mission Resources

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Christian Missions and World Evangelism Timeline
A year-by-year look at Church history from the perspective of its global expansion.

ATLA Religion with ATLA Serials

An online collection of major religion and theology journals selected by leading religion scholars and theologians.
Religion and Philosophy (Gale OneFile)

A comprehensive resource for researching topics across various religions and philosophies. It provides access to a wide range of periodicals, including magazines and academic journals, supporting research on theological approaches to social issues and the cultural impact of religion throughout history. It offers access to multimedia materials like videos, books, and images, especially when the peer-reviewed filter is removed.
JSTOR

JSTOR provides growing access to archival journals . The available collections include a range of content in the disciplines of language and literature, history, education, sociology, art & art history, philosophy and religion.
Religion eBook Collection - Gale Virtual Reference Library

A variety of full text religion ebooks, including encyclopedias and other reference materials.
Wesleyan-Holiness Digital Library

Multidisciplinary, open access, digital resource of books, literature, multimedia material, and archives collected in response to the global need for access to resources for education, lifelong learning, and specifically ministerial preparation.

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 1-5
The American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection contains more than 6,500 historical periodical titles dating from 1693 to 1877.
TO SEARCH: Enter the term missions or missionaries and browse the results. Use the limiters on the left to narrow the result list further.

This Collection was released in five series by date range. All five series are simultaneously searched on this site.

Series 1 presents titles dating from 1693 through 1820.

Series 2 presents over 1000 titles dating from 1821 through 1837. The collection represents over two centuries of print culture, ranging from early works imported by the colonists to later titles published on American soil on the eve of the Revolution and during the early Republic.

Series 3 presents over 1,700 titles dating from 1838 through 1852. The themes presented in Series 3 reveal a rapidly growing young nation, where industrialization, the railroads, regional political differences, and life on the western frontier were daily realities. Subjects covered in the collection reach into every facet of American life, including science, literature, medicine, agriculture, women's fashion, family life, and religion.

Series 4 presents over 1,100 titles dating from 1853 through 1865. While the Civil War is a focal point of the collection, we also find a diverse record of the continuance of daily life for many Americans, both leading up to and during the war. News from the battlefront can be found, in addition to the usual breadth of subject matter found in previous collections that include science, literature, medicine, agriculture, women's fashion, family life, and religion.

Series 5 presents over 2,500 titles dating from 1866 through 1877. The themes presented in Series 5 reflect a nation that persevered through a most difficult set of circumstances: a bloody civil war that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives; the incorporation of the recently-freed African Americans into American life; a population that rapidly expanded into the Western territories. Broad subject areas covered in the collection reach into every facet of American life, including science, literature, medicine, agriculture, women's fashion, family life, and religion.
ATLA Digital Library
The ATLA Digital Library brings together digital collections of scholarly, historical, and cultural significance that are relevant to the study, teaching, and learning of religion and theology. Historical manuscripts, including letters and sermons, written by or about important religious or theological figures.
TO SEARCH - Enter 'missions' into the search box. That is very broad, you'll want to add another term to have a more relevant result list, e.g., 'missions and Africa.'

International Mission Photography Archive
Nine repositories of mission archives contributed photographs for this website sponsored by USC.
Missionary E-Texts Archives
An electronic repository of historical texts by, about, and for missionaries. Includes selected biographies and history of missions ebook access.
Princeton Theological Seminary Theological Commons
Digital library on theology and religion, including a Latin America collection, missionary research library pamphlets, and the Moffett Korea Collection.

Wesleyan-Holiness Digital Library
Multidisciplinary, open access, digital resource of books, literature, multimedia material, and archives collected in response to the global need for access to resources for education, lifelong learning, and specifically ministerial preparation representing Wesleyan-Holiness traditions.
TO SEARCH - Enter 'missions' into the search box. You'll want to add another term to have a more relevant result list, e.g., 'missions and Africa.' Use the filters to continue to narrow results.

International Bulletin of Mission Research - IBMR - Legacy Research Articles
TO ACCESS an ARTICLE:
On the result list, click the link for 'Open URL,' which takes you to the library holdings with links to access the text or a link to request a copy through Interlibrary Loan.

The following links provide access to the full text of the journals through the library databases

Global Missiology - Open source, not peer-reviewed, but scholarly
- 2003 to current from http ://ojs.globalmissiology.org/index.php/english/issue/archive

International Bulletin of Missionary Research
- 1981 to 2015 in ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials

TO SEARCH: Click the link about the journal information entitled Search within this publication and enter the terms or names you are looking for. Or you can browse issues by drilling down using the date list on the right side of the page.

International Bulletin of Mission Research, IBMR
- 2016 to Current in ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Publisher site International Bulletin of Mission Research, IBMR - publisher site

TO SEARCH: Some articles on the publisher's site provide a PDF of the text. If there is no PDF, click the 'Open URL' button for access through the library collection. If there is no access, you can submit a request for an article reprint through ILL. The average turnaround time for an article reprint to be received via email is two days.

International review of mission
- 1949 to Current in ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Publisher site International Review of Mission(s), IRM
  TO SEARCH: Enter a name or topic in the search box, or you can mouse over 'Browse,' then select 'All issues.' Some older issues may state payment is needed. Request an Interlibrary Loan from our library. There will be no cost. An email PDF of the article averages two days. 1912 - Current.
Missiology
- 1973 to Current in ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials

Mission studies
- 1984 to Current in ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials

Full Text 1984 up to 60 months from the current date.

Social Sciences & Missions
- 2007 to Current in ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials

Transformation - a peer-reviewed journal published quarterly on behalf of the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies. It provides scholars and practitioners an international forum for discussion on Mission Studies.
- 1984 to 2018 in JSTOR
- TO SEARCH: Enter the journal title, Transformation, into the search box, top left. From the popup menu, choose 'Publication name: "Transformation." Add a name, country, or topic to the search and enter.

Missionalia: South African Journal of Missiology
Missionalia is the peer-reviewed journal of the Southern African Missiological Society (SAMS). It is open-source.
TO SEARCH: Enter a name or search term in the search box on the right There are links to the abstract or PDF.

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