LibGuides: Minority Rights in Europe: Religion

Books of Interest

Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe by James Renton (Editor); Ben Gidley (Editor)
Call Number: Available at UIC
ISBN: 9781137412997
Publication Date: 2017-04-01
Journey into Europe: Islam, Immigration, and Identity by Akbar Ahmed
Call Number: Online Resource
ISBN: 9780815727590
Publication Date: 2018
Minority Religions in Europe and the Middle East by George D. Chryssides
Call Number: 200.94 M666
ISBN: 9781472463609
Publication Date: 2018-08-17
Religious Pluralism and Human Rights in Europe by M.L.P. Loenen (Editor); J. E. Goldschmidt (Editor)
Call Number: BL695 .R45 2007
ISBN: 9789050956420
Publication Date: 2007-03-26
Sikhs in Europe by Knut A. Jacobsen (Editor); Kristina Myrvold
Call Number: Online Resource
ISBN: 9781409424352
Publication Date: 2011-11-28

Databases: Religious Minorities in Europe

ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials This link opens in a new window
The ATLA Religion Database is a comprehensive database designed to support religious and theological scholarship in graduate education and faculty research. The file contains citations from international titles and 13,000 multi-author works in and related to the field of religion. It also includes a full range of index citations to journal articles, essays in multi-author works, book reviews, and Doctor of Ministry projects from ATLA's print indexes: Religion Index One (RIO), Religion Index Two (RIT), and Index to Book Reviews in Religion (IBRR). Though coverage is from 1949 to the present, not all publications began in 1949.
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World Religion Database This link opens in a new window
The World Religion Database (WRD) contains detailed statistics on religious affiliation for every country of the world. It provides source material, including censuses and surveys, as well as best estimates for every religion to offer a definitive picture of international religious demography. It offers best estimates at multiple dates for each of the world’s religions for the period 1900 to 2050.
Manchester Religious Studies This link opens in a new window
A collection of books covering theology, philosophy, history of religion, and sociology, focusing on Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.

Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
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Included are journals, magazines, and newspapers from ethnic and minority presses. The current collection, Ethnic NewsWatch™, covers 1990-present, and the historical collection, Ethnic NewsWatch: A History™, spans 1959-1989. Ethnicities include: African American/Caribbean/African; Arab/Middle Eastern; Asian/Pacific Islander; European/Eastern European; Hispanic; Jewish; Native People.
German Anti-Semitic Propaganda This link opens in a new window
This collection comprises 170 German-language titles of books and pamphlets. The collection presents anti-Semitism as an issue in politics, economics, religion, and education. Most of the writings date from the 1920s and 1930s and many are directly connected with Nazi groups. The works are principally anti-Semitic, but include writings on other groups as well, including Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Jesuits, and the Freemasons. Also included are history, pseudo-history, and fiction.
Index to Jewish Periodicals This link opens in a new window
This database provides a comprehensive guide to English-language articles, book reviews, and feature stories in more than 160 journals devoted to Jewish affairs. Titles include Contemporary Jewry, Holy Land Studies, Jewish Culture & History, Journal of Palestine Studies, Studies in American Jewish Literature, and many more. Most references are not found in standard periodical literature guides. Index to Jewish Periodicals is intended for students of Jewish thought and others interested in contemporary Jewish and Middle Eastern affairs. Journal coverage dates back as far as 1988.
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Christian-Muslim Relations Online This link opens in a new window
A general history of relations between practitioners of Christianity and Islam as told through works written by and about both sides. These works are split in two parts chronologically, 600-1500 and 1500-1900. Languages include English, Syriac, Arabic, Greek, Latin, and others.

EU Anti-Muslim Hatred Database
information on significant international, European and national case law and rulings, UN human rights body decisions, reports, findings by human rights and equality bodies and organisations relating to hate crime, hate speech and discrimination against Muslims, as well as relevant research, reports, studies, data and statistics on these issues. It also provides information on victims' support organisations in the EU Member States.

Index Islamicus This link opens in a new window
Index to literature on Islam, the Middle East and Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, and Muslim minorities elsewhere. Includes citations to over 2,000 journals, conference proceedings, monographs, and book reviews from 1906 to present.
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At a Glance

Table of projected percentages for religious groups in Europe

Projected Growth of Major Religions in Europe

Pew Research Center, 2015

Percentage of religiously unaffiliated people in Western European countries

Western Europe's Religiously Unaffiliated

Map showing percentages of those willing to accept Muslims as family members in European countries

Excerpt from: Eastern and Western Europeans Differ on Importance of Religion, Views of Minorities, and Key Social Issues

Pew Research Center, 2018

Related Research Guides

Religious Studies
Jewish Studies
Islam: Library Sources for Research
Hinduism Bibliography
See especially the page labelled "Diaspora."

Additional Resources

Religion and Human Rights
Briefing from the European Parliamentary Research Service, 2018
Religion and Belief
Resources, including research reports, from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.