Monday, September 1, 2014

Church Library Online: Journals & Monographs


 Online Sources for 
Christian Study

Evelyn E. Smith

M.S. in Library Science, University of North Texas (2012)


Christian readers and those who are interested in investigating the Christian faith will appreciate these links that will take them to Online resources grouped by denomination as well as some additional sources of interest to all Christians:
The Bible 


Bible Gateway provides 18 different English translations of the Bible as well as translations in almost every living language on earth under the heading of “Preferences”.


Readers can access the Bible, explore various theological topics, ask a question, and receive an answer supplied by other users.

Secondary Sources:
Online Journals & Monographs


Use these sources to augment bible study.





*Most of these journals and monographs have print versions, but interested users can also find them online.


Anglican/Episcopalian

Anglican Library provides links to Anglican and Episcopalian publications in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada:


United States
  • Anglican Media Service
  • Anglican Theological Review
  • Anglican Digest
  • Episcopal Life
  • Episcopal News Service
  • The Living Church
Great Britain
  • Anglican Communion News Service
  • The Church Times
  • The Church of England Newsletter
Canada
  • Anglican Journal
  • Anglican News Service
  • Classical Anglican Net News
  • Ministry Matters

The Anglican Theological Review provides hyperlinks to the following journals:
  • Anglican-Episcopal World Online
  • Anglican Journal (Church of Canada)
  • Journal of the American Academy of Religion
  • Journal of Anglican Studies
  • Journal of Religion
  • Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
  • Journal of Theological Studies (Oxford Journals)
  • Sewanee Theological Review
  • Theology Today
  • The Witness 

Assemblies of God




Baptist  (Includes American Baptist & Southern Baptist)

ABSH Web site provides links to the following journals:

Word Press Web site includes links to the following international Baptist journals:

  • Baptist Quarterly (British—Baptist Historical Society
  • American Baptist Quarterly (American Baptist Historical Society
  • Journal of European Baptist Studies (International Baptist Theological Seminary)
  • The Pacific Journal of Baptist Research (New Zealand)
  • Baptist Minister's Journal (Baptist Minister's Fellowship)
  • Baptist History and Heritage (US—Baptist History and Heritage Society)
  • Review and Expositor A Quarterly Baptist Theological Journal (US)
  • Eusebeia: The Bulletin of the Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies (US—Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)
  • Southern Baptist Journal of Theology
  • Baptist History & Heritage Journal: http://www.baptisthistory.org/bhhs/journal.html
Baptist Magazines links to the following publications:

  • Baptist Bible Tribune
  • Baptist Standard (Texas)
  • Biblical Recorder (North Carolina)
  • Cutting Edge
  • Falwell.com

Roman Catholic
Catholic Magazines provides links to Roman Catholic journals and magazines online:
  • America
  • American Catholic
  • Augustinian Journey
  • Beacon International
  • Biblica
  • Canticle
  • CathNews New Zealand
  • Catholic Answers
  • Catholic Digest
  • Catholic Insight
  • Catholic Near East Magazine
  • Catholic News Service
  • Catholic Planet
  • Catholic Religious Education
  • Catholic Truth
  • CBCP News Catholic Near East Magazine
  • Christian Order
  • Church News
  • Commonweal
  • Culture Wars
  • Envoy
  • Ethics & Medics
  • Gilbert!
  • Homefaith.com
  • Homiletic & Pastoral Review
  • Inside the Vatican
  • Justice Magazine
  • L'Osservatore Romano
  • Latin Mass Magazine
  • Lay Witness
  • Living Pulpit
  • Marian Helper's Magazine
  • Ministry & Liturgy
  • National Catholic Register
  • New Oxford Review
  • Origins Online
  • Our Sunday Visitor
  • Pastoral Review
  • Preaching Magazine
  • Salt of the Earth
  • Scripture Studies
  • Spirituality for Today
  • The Tablet
  • Today's Catholic Teacher
  • U.S. Catholic
  • The Wanderer
  • Word Among Us
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Christian Scientist


The Christian Science JSH Online Website provides links to the following publications:
  • Christian Science Journal
  • Christian Scientist Sentinel
  • The Herald of Christian Scientist

Church of Christ


Church of Christ. Internet Ministries: http://church-of-christ.org/newspaper.html


The Church of Christ Internet Ministries provides links to the following online periodicals:
  • The Christian Chronicle
  • Christian Women's Digest
  • E-Bible Class Teacher
  • Gospel Advocate
  • Gospel Minutes
  • Herald of Truth
Jehovah's Witnesses

In addition to taking the reader to The Watchtower, this URL address also links to additional Jehovah's Witnesses' online publications.




Latter Day Saints (Mormons) 
  • Liahona
  • Ensign
  • New Era
  • Friend
See also: Book of Mormon. (2014). Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Retrieved from https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm?lang=eng

Even though Latter-Day-Saints theology differs from the beliefs of both Catholicism and Protestantism, a link to this LDS sacred text is part of this collection. 
Lutheran
Lutheran.com provides links to the following online sources:

  • Forward in Christ
  • Higher Things
  • The Lutheran
  • The Lutheran Witness
Lutheran Magazines provides links to the following sources:

  • Asia Lutheran News
  • Gottesdienst
  • Journal of Lutheran Ethics
  • Life of the World
  • Logia: A Journal of Lutheran Theology
  • The Lutheran
  • Lutheran Digest

United Methodist Church

UMC Archives Web site provides links to the following United Methodist Publications:

Presbyterian



Presbyterian Church USA



Seventh-Day Adventists

This link takes the reader to 80 Seventh-Day Adventist publications available online:

Society of Friends (Quakers)

    Additional Online Sources

*Please help add to this library by providing links to other Christian periodicals and magazines that are available online.  Besides, it strengthens every believer's faith if readers can freely access and compare what different churches have to say about issues, beliefs, and current events.

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