Historical Monographs Collection (11 Series)

Now available in 11 separate thematic series, ATLA Historical Monographs Collection provides researchers with over 10 million pages and 29,000 documents focused on religious thought and practice. The content dates from the 13th century through 1922, with the majority of documents originating from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Biblical Research Perspectives, 1516 - 1922 profiles how biblical studies grew with critical tools and the discovery of ancient manuscript materials. The Historical Critical Method radically transformed how people viewed scriptural texts, while manuscript discoveries like the Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus transformed how scholars and lay people viewed sacred texts.

Catholic Engagements with the Modern World, 1487 - 1918 profiles the teaching and practices of the Catholic Church in the modern era. The collection features a broad range of subjects, including Popes and Papacy, Mary, Modernism, Catholic Counter-Reformation, the Oxford Movement, and the Vatican I ecumenical council.

Christian Preaching, Worship, and Piety, 1559 - 1919 reflects how Christians lived out their faith in the form of sermons, worship, and piety. It features over 700 texts of either individual or collected sermons from over 400 authors, including Lyman Beecher, Charles Grandison Finney, Friedrich Schleiermacher, and Francis Xavier Weninger.

Global Religious Traditions, 1760 - 1922 profiles many living traditions outside of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It addresses theology, philosophy, practice, and history related to Babism, Baha’i, Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Jainism, Native American Traditions, Shinto, Sikhism, Spiritualism, Taoism, Theosophy, Yezidi religion, and Zoroastrianism.

Global Theological Perspectives, 1322 - 1922 represents various branches of Christian theology. A broad range of over 200 areas of theology are represented in the collection, including Christology , Christian ethics, Atonement, Baptism, ecclesiology, pneumatology, eschatology, Pastoral theology, natural theology, Trinity, and many others.

Islam in the Modern World, 1804 - 1918 covers the beliefs, practices, theology, spirituality, and history of Islam. Content includes biographies of the prophet Muhammad, works comparing Christianity and Islam, key theological and philosophical texts (including the Quran), relevant mystical and spiritual works, and texts surveying the history of Islam.

Digital ARCHIVES www.ebscohost.com/archives Jewish Studies Perspectives, 1800 - 1918 touches on nearly every aspect of Judaism and Jewish culture including the Hebrew language, Talmud, Jewish law, histories of Israel and Jerusalem, Hebrew poetry, theology, Synagogue worship, and priesthood. Prominent authors include Heinrich Ewald, Josephus Flavius, and Ernst Renan.

Missions and Missionaries Around the World, 1611 - 1922 tells the stories of various Christian missions and missionaries throughout the world. It features foreign missions to over 50 countries and domestic missions within North America and Europe. The 19th century ushered in a more global awareness of different cultures and peoples and the Christian missionary response was to reach out to those cultures and peoples.

Perspectives on Ancient Civilizations, 1200 - 1922 relates to ancient civilizations and cultures from to the Biblical and Classical periods, including Assyrian, Babylonian, Sumerian, Egyptian, Hittite, Greek, and others. It highlights cultures that existed alongside the Hebrew people and had a strong influence on the formation of the Hebrew Scriptures.

Religion and Social Change, 1723 - 1921 chronicles 19th and 20th century social change movements as they relate to religion. Enlightenment rationalism and the movements it spawned came into often tense dialogue with nearly all religious traditions. It covers movements and debates such as abolition, women’s rights, advent of the social sciences, questions of church and state, socialism, religion and science, evolution, and education reforms.

Religious Leaders and Thinkers, 1516 - 1922 chronicles the lives of leading figures dating back to the earliest times of the Christian church along with accounts of important movements. Starting with stories of the early church leaders, such as Paul of Tarsus, the collection moves through history to the story of the 19th century as told through the lives of leading thinkers such as Friedrich Schleiermacher, Adolf von Harnack, Dwight Moody, Arthur Schopenhauer, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.

The monographs are also available as a larger collection in two comprehensive series:

ATLA Historical Monographs Collection Series 1, Late 13th Century - 1893 contains titles from the late 13th century through the 1893 World Parliament of Religions, with the majority of titles from the 19th century. Because religion was such an integral part of the social, political and economic fabric of life during this time period, historians researching a wide range of areas, not just religion, will find invaluable material relevant to their work.

ATLA Historical Monographs Collection Series 2, 1894 - 1922 offers material on the significant shifts in the religious identification of Americans and the growing interest and experimentation with non-Western religions. It covers the evangelical movement and sermons about the debates between science and religion and includes biographies of 19th century theologians.

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