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Religious Studies

Your one-stop-shop for online Religious Studies resources at MSMU and beyond.

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If you don't find the book that you want in Quick Search try searching in WorldCat. Please fill out an ILL Materials Request form so that we can help you search the broader Interlibrary Loan (ILL) network and request any materials you may need.

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Religious Studies Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Use subject-specific encyclopedias and dictionaries for fact checking, quick and basic information, and topic overviews.  Also, use concordances and commentaries for locating specific words and topics within various biblical books.  Concordances and commentaries provide an index of biblical concepts helping researchers track the use of these words and concepts throughout the Jewish and Christian Bibles.

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Kanopy at MSMU


What is it?

Kanopy is an on-demand film streaming service that has a broad collection of over 30,000 full-length films on a multitude of subjects from leading producers/distributors, such as Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, New Day Films, Samuel Goldwyn, PBS, and more.

How to Access Kanopy

Films can be streamed from any computer, television, mobile device, or platform by visiting msmu.kanopy.com or downloading the Kanopy app.

How to Log in 

  • Use your MSMU credentials to create an account, or simply start streaming.
  • If you are on campus, you do not need to login to start streaming. 

Please help us keep costs down by exiting out of a film quickly if you don't plan to watch it. After 30 seconds of viewing, the license triggers.

If you create a Kanopy account with your MSMU credentials, you will be able to: 

Kanopy has many titles of unique educational, social, and cultural value. Enjoy! 

More Streaming Films

Trading Places poster art

Trading Places

Licensed through 12/31/2024

School Daze poster art

School Daze

Licensed through 12/31/2024

Mo' Better Blues poster art

Mo' Better Blues

Licensed through 12/31/2024

Malcolm X poster art

Malcolm X

Licensed through 12/31/2024

Jungle Fever Poster art

Jungle Fever

Licensed through 12/31/2024

If Beale Street Could Talk poster art

If Beale Street Could Talk

Licensed through 12/31/2024

Do the Right Thing Poster art

Do the Right Thing

Licensed through 12/31/2024

2010

2010: The Year We Make Contact

Licensed through 10/31/2025

Awakenings

Awakenings: Eyes on the Prize

Licensed through 5/25/2024

Barry Lyndon

Barry Lyndon

Licensed through 6/30/2025

Booksmart

Booksmart

Licensed though 5/31/2026

The Bounty

The Bounty

Licensed through 12/31/2024

Coco Chanel

Coco Chanel

Licensed through 1/10/2025

Color Purple film poster

The Color Purple

Licensed through 12/31/2024

Dances with Wolves poster

Dances with Wolves (1990)

Licensed through July 31, 2025

Frost/Nixon

Frost/Nixon

Licensed through 6/30/2025

Half the Sky

Half the Sky Part 1

Licensed perpetually

Harriet

Harriet

Licensed through 10/31/2024

Indecent Proposal

Indecent Proposal

Licensed through 6/30/2025

Jaws

Jaws

Licensed through 5/31/2026

King Leopold's Ghost

King Leopold's Ghost

Licensed through 11/11/2024

Like Water for Chocolate

Like Water for Chocolate

Licensed through 12/31/2024

Lord of the Flies poster

Lord of the Flies (1990)

Licensed through 7/31/2025

Lost in America

Lost in America

Licensed through 6/30/2024

Making the Impossible Possible

Making the Impossible Possible

Licensed through 6/16/2024

Peru

Peru: Fiesta of Corpus Christi

Licensed through 1/6/2025

Reflections Unheard

Reflections Unheard (2013)

Licensed perpetually

The September Issue

The September Issue

Licensed through 10/31/2024

The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

Licensed through 12/31/2024

Suffragette

Suffragette

Licensed through 10/31/2024

They are We

They are We

Licensed through 10/12/2071

Traffic

Traffic

Licensed through 6/30/2025

Zeus King of the Gods movie poster

Zeus: King of the Gods

Licensed through 4/29/2025

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Women in Religion

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Pope Francis & Catholicism

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Historical Jesus

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