ATLA is the primary resource for finding articles, essays and book reviews in religion and theology.
Updated quarterly: February, May, August & November
Articles in journals (and essays in books) are smaller, usually more in-depth studies of a particular aspect of a topic.
Strategies for finding articles:
Start with your keywords, or an article you found in a bibliography:
e.g., congregation* communit* faith
Do another search using relevant SUBJECT HEADINGS that you noted in the search above
e.g., FAITH DEVELOPMENT ; CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES
Search by a combination of subject headings or subject keywords and regular keywords
e.g., SPIRITUAL | formation | congregation*