Atla Historical Monographs Collection

Alternate Title(s): American Theological Library Association Historical Monographs Collection

Platform: EBSCOhost

Summary:

Monographs from 13th century to early 1900s on religious language, development, and relationships with other issues.

Description:

This collection includes thousands of monographic titles (typically books) from the 13th century through 1923 from the American Theological Library Association (Atla), including many volumes in Aramaic, Arabic, Greek, Hebrew and other languages besides English. Subject coverage primarily religious language development, religion in America, conflict with science, Eastern religions, and religious identification.

Access to the content of this material is through the regular EBSCOhost interface, allowing basic keyword searching and advanced searching of multiple fields (such as author, title, subject, source, etc.) combined with Boolean operators, with limits such as publication type, published date, document type, whether it has illustrations, and publication title.

Laurier Library has provided access to series 1 and 2 since April 2016:

Series 1: 13th Century through the 1893 World Parliament of Religions
Series 2: 1894 through 1923

Subjects Covered:

Interdisciplinary, Anthropology, Cultural Analysis and Social Theory, Cultural Studies, Global Studies, History, Human Rights and Human Diversity, Languages and Literatures, Law and Society, Medieval Studies, Mediterranean Studies, North American Studies, Philosophy, Religion and Culture, Social and Environmental Justice, Sociology, Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy, Theological Education, Women and Gender Studies, Youth and Children's Studies

Associated Subject Guides:

History, Medieval Studies, Religion and Culture, Theological Education

Authorized Users:

Laurier Library visitors, Laurier staff students and faculty

Types:

Full text ebook collection, Primary source

Access:

Online

Coverage:

13th century to 1923

Resource Accessibility Statements:

Ebsco Support: Accessibility