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Andrews Bibliography of Ethnic Minority Scholarship in Theology: Searching Tips

Using the Advanced Search to Find Ethnic/Minority Authors

To find showcased authors, use the advanced search Subject Field.

By ethnicity/minority

Example: Asian author, Black author, Hispanic author, Indigenous author

By name

Last name, first name

Example of subject entries   

  • "Hanna, Martin F." -- Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary of Andrews University -- Black author
  • "Choi, P. Richard" -- Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary of Andrews University -- Asian author
  • "Cortez, Felix H." -- Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary of Andrews University -- Hispanic author

All Authors and Editors can be searched for in the Author field, including White Non-Hispanic and those not affiliated with an ATS School. 

Using the Advanced Search to Find Content to Support the Curriculum

 

Each work is tagged to a typical Seminary Department:

  • CHIS: Church History
  • DSLE: Discipleship and Lifespan Education (includes personal spirituality, family life, ministry to age based groups, and religious education)
  • GSEM General Seminary (Includes Biblical Studies that include both Old and New Testaments; and Theological Education)
  • MSSN: World Missions (includes World Christianity); World Religions refers to adherents writing for adherents of religions other than Christianity.
  • NTST: New Testament
  • OTST: Old Testament
  • PATH: Practical and Applied Theology (Includes sociology of religion and social issues such as immigration, racism, environmentalism, etc.)
  • THST: Theology and Christian Philosophy (includes Ethics and Religion and Science)

Additional Descriptors are used to further narrow the results. For example:

  • NTST: New Testament | Gospels | Exegesis | Matthew
  • PATH: Practical and Applied Theology | Preaching
  • MSSN: World Missions | Missionaries | History | India
  • MSSN: World Religions | Buddhism | China

These Tags are listed in the Topics Section in the left column under "Refine your search."

 

Refining the Search by Item Types

Four Item Types are available:

  • Book
  • Edited Book
  • Journal Article
  • Book Chapters

Scholarship genres not included are:

  • Book Reviews
  • Sermons
  • Poetry
  • Helps
  • News articles
  • Interviews
  • Popular press pieces
  • Reports
  • Editorials
  • Columns