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American Church History

This guide lists encyclopedia and bibliographic resources for the study of American church history, including both Catholicism and Protestant denominations.

Periodicals

The following sources contain information about American religious periodicals.

Albaugh, Gaylord P. History and Annotated Bibliography of American Religious Periodicals and Newspapers Established from 1730 through 1830 With Library Locations and Microform Sources. 2 vols. Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1994.
     Ref. PN4888.R4A43 1994

Fackler, P. Mark and Charles H. Lippy, eds. Popular Religious Magazines of the United States. Westport, CT and London: Greenwood Press, 1995.
     Ref. PN4888.R4P67 1995

Lippy, Charles H., ed. Religous Periodicals of the United States: Academic and Scholarly Journals. New York, Westport, CT, London: Greenwood Press, 1986.
      PN4888.R4R4 1986

The following titles provide bibliographic coverage of articles and books relevant for American church history.

America: History and Life.
    The main index for American history journals; indexes books and dissertations.

ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials PLUS

Christian Periodical Index. 1956- .
      An index of fundamentalist or conservative Protestant magazines and journals; valuable for coverage of this type material nowhere else indexed.
      BX801 .C574 

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