Key Reference Sources: Religion
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The following are some of the important print
& electronic resources in
the area of religion. They are particularly valuable for gaining a basic knowledge of a broad
subject category, definition of terms and biographies of major figures. Christianity | Biblical Commentaries | Biblical Dictionaries | Biblical Concordances| General | Judaism | Eastern Religions | Islam |
| Author | Title | Call Number |
| General | The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | ONLINE: Oxford Reference |
| Kennedy, James | Library Research Guide to Religion and Theology | Ref. Coll.: BL41 .K45 1984 |
| Guide to the Gods | ONLINE: NetLibrary | |
| Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy | ONLINE: Oxford Reference | |
| Encyclopedia Of Angels | ONLINE: NetLibrary | |
| Lewis, James R. | Cults In America | ONLINE: NetLibrary |
| Beit-Hallahmi, Benjamin | The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Active New Religions, Sects, And Cults | ONLINE: NetLibrary |
| Jurinski, James | Religion In The Schools | ONLINE: NetLibrary |
| Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | ONLINE: On order | |
| Atlas of the World's Religions | Ref. Coll.: BL80.2 .A84 1999 | |
| Anglim, Christopher | Religion and the Law : a Dictionary | Ref. Coll.: KF4865.A68 A54 1999 |
| Contemporary Religious Ideas: Bibliographic Essays | ONLINE: NetLibrary | |
| The HarperCollins Dictionary of Religion | Ref. Coll.: BL31 .H37 1995 | |
| Adkins, Lesley | Dictionary of Roman Religion | Ref. Coll.: : BL798 .A35 1996 |
| The Continuum Dictionary of Religion | Ref. Coll.: BL31 .C67 1994 | |
| A Dictionary of Religious & Spiritual Quotations | Ref. Coll.: PN6084.R3 D53 1989 | |
| Melton, J. Gordon. | Biographical Dictionary of American Cult and Sect Leaders | Ref. Coll.: BL2525 .M448 1986 |
| Melton, J. Gordon. | Encyclopedia of American Religions | Ref. Coll.: BL2525 .M449 1999 |
| Gaynor, Frank | Dictionary of Mysticism | Ref. Coll.: BL 31 .G32 |
| A Dictionary of Comparative Religion | Ref. Coll.: BL 31 .D54 1970 | |
| Bumpus, John S. | A Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Terms | Ref. Coll.: BR95 .B8 1969 |
| Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion | Ref. Coll.: BL65.P7 E53 1998 | |
| Encyclopedia of Religion in American Politics | Ref. Coll.: BL2525 .E52 1999 | |
| Hastings, James | Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics | Ref. Coll.: BL 31 .E4 |
| Queen, Edward L. | Encyclopedia of American Religious History | Ref. Coll.: BL2525 .Q44 2001 |
| New Historical Atlas of Religion in America | Ref. Coll.: G1201.E4 N4 2001 | |
| Hirschfelder, Arlene B. | The Encyclopedia of Native American Religions an Introduction | Ref. Coll.: : E98.R3 H73 1991 |
| Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience : Studies of Traditions and Movements | Ref. Coll.: : BL2525 .E53 1988 | |
| Ferm, Vergilius | Encyclopedia of Religion | Ref. Coll.: BL31 .F4 1981 |
| Eliade | The Encyclopedia of Religion | Ref. Coll.: BL31 .E46 1987 |
| Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge | Ref. Coll.: BR 95 .S435s | |
| Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart; Handwörterbuch für Theologie und Religionswissenschaft | Ref. Coll.: BL 31 .R42 | |
| Encyclopedia of African and African-American Religions | Ref. Coll.: BL2462.5 .E53 2001 | |
| Encyclopedia of African American Religions | Ref. Coll.: BR563.N4 E53 1993 | |
| Benowitz, June Melby | Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion | Ref. Coll.: BL2525 .B45 1998 |
| Parrinder, Edward G. | Dictionary of non-Christian Religions | Ref. Coll.: BL 31 .P36 |
| Christianity | Dictionary of the Bible | ONLINE: Oxford Reference |
| Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | ONLINE: Oxford Reference | |
| Oxford Companion to the Bible | ONLINE: Oxford Reference | |
| The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | Ref. Coll.: BR95 .O8 1978 | |
| Oxford Guide to People & Places of the Bible | ONLINE: Oxford Reference | |
| A Dictionary of Biblical tradition in English literature | Ref. Coll.: PR149.B5 D53 1992 | |
| Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature | Ref. Coll.: PR149.B5 D53 1992 | |
| Metford, J. C. J. | Dictionary of Christian Lore and Legend | Ref. Coll.: BR95 .M396 1983 |
| The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Spirituality | Ref. Coll.: BV4488 .W47 1983 | |
| Westminster Dictionary of Christian Ethics | Ref. Coll.: BJ1199 .W47 1986 | |
| Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology | Ref. Coll.: BR95 .W494 1983 | |
| Westminster Dictionary of Church History | Ref. Coll.: BR95 .W496 | |
| Douglas, J. D. | The New International Dictionary of the Christian Church | Ref. Coll.:: BR95 .E8913 1999 |
| The Encyclopedia of Christianity | Ref. Coll.: BR162.2 .E53 1990 | |
| Encyclopedia of Early Christianity | Ref. Coll.: BR535 .E52 1984 | |
| Encyclopedia of Religion in the South | Ref. Coll.: BR535 .E52 1984 | |
| World Christian Encyclopedia : a Comparative Study of Churches and Religions in the Modern World, A.D. 1900-2000 | Ref. Coll.: BR95 .W67 1982 | |
| Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement | Ref. Coll.: BX8.2 .D53 1991 | |
| Encyclopedia of Theology : the Concise Sacramentum mundi | Ref. Coll.: BR 95 .E48 | |
| The Catholic Encyclopedia | Ref. Coll.:BX841 .C25 | |
| Catholic Biblical Encyclopedia | Ref. Coll.: : BS 2312 .C3 | |
| New Catholic Encyclopedia | Ref. Coll.:: BX841 .N44 1967 | |
| Lang, Jovian | Dictionary of the Liturgy | Ref. Coll.: BV173 .L26 1989 |
| Rahner, Karl | Dictionary of Theology | Ref. Coll.: BR95 .R313 1981 |
| The New Dictionary of Theology | Ref. Coll.: BR95 .N3 1988 | |
| The Book of Saints : a Dictionary of Servants of God Canonized by the Catholic church | Ref. Coll.:BX 4655 .B6 1944 | |
| Oxford Dictionary of Popes | ONLINE: Oxford Reference | |
| Oxford Dictionary of Saints | ONLINE: Oxford Reference | |
| Encyclopedia of the Reformed Faith | Ref. Coll.: BX9406 .E56 1992 | |
| Encyclopedia of Fundamentalism | Ref. Coll.: BL238 .E63 2001 | |
| The Blackwell Dictionary Of Eastern Christianity | ONLINE: NetLibrary | |
| Biblical Dictionarie, Handbooks, Atlases | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia | Ref. Coll.: BS440 .I6 1979 |
| Oxford Companion to the Bible | Ref. Coll.: BS440 .M434 1993 | |
| Cambridge History of the Bible | Stacks: BS 445 .C26 | |
| The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible | Ref. Coll.: : BS 440 .I63 | |
| Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible | Ref. Coll.: BS440 .E44 2000 | |
| The Anchor Bible Dictionary | Ref. Coll.:BS440 .A54 1992 | |
| Cheyne, T. K. | Encyclopædia Biblica | Ref. Coll.:BS 440 .C5 |
| The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary | Ref. Coll.:: BS440 .H235 1996 | |
| Metzger, Bruce Manning. | The Oxford Companion to the Bible | Ref. Coll.: BS440 .M434 1993 |
| Mercer Dictionary of the Bible | Ref. Coll.: BS440 .M429 1990 | |
| Harper's Bible Pronunciation Guide | Ref. Coll.: BS435 .H35 1989 | |
| Hastings, James | Dictionary of the Bible | Ref. Coll.: BS 440 .H5 1963 |
| Kittel, Gerhard | Theological Dictionary of the New Testament | Ref. Coll.: PA 881 .K513 |
| The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology | Ref. Coll.: BS2397 .N48 1975 | |
| Leon-Dufour | Dictionary of the New Testament | Ref. Coll.: BS2397 .N48 1975 |
| Aharoni, Yohanan | The Macmillan Bible Atlas | Ref. Coll.:G2230 .A2 1980 |
| Harper Atlas of the Bible | Ref. Coll.:: G2230 .H47 1987 | |
| Grollenberg, Lucas | Atlas of the Bible | Ref. Coll.:: BS 620 .G752 1956 |
| Concordances | Modern Concordance to the New Testament | Ref. Coll.: BS2305 .M6 1976b |
| Strong, James | The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible | Ref. Coll.: : BS425 .S8 1990 |
| Young, Robert | Analytical Concordance to the Bible | Ref. Coll.: BS425 .Y7 1955a |
| Goodrick, Edward W. | The NIV Complete Concordance : the Complete English Concordance to the New international Version | Ref. Coll.: BS425 .G6 |
| The NRSV Concordance Unabridged : Including the Apocryphal / Deuterocanonical Books | Ref. Coll.: BS425 .K645 1991 | |
| Whitaker, Richard E. | The Eerdmans Analytical Concordance to the Revised Standard Version of the Bible | Ref. Coll.: BS425 .W48 1988 |
| Commentaries | Peake's Commentary on the Bible | Ref. Coll.: BS 491 .B57 |
| Books of the Bible | Ref. Coll.: BS540 .B62 1989 | |
| New Bible Commentary: 21st Century Edition | Stacks: BS491.2 .N45 1994 | |
| The HarperCollins Bible commentary | Ref. Coll.: BS491.2 .H37 2000 | |
| Interpreter's Bible | Ref. Coll.: BS491 .I65 | |
| Women's Bible Commentary | Stacks: BS491.2 .W66 1992 | |
| Islam | ||
| Glassé, Cyril | The Concise Encyclopedia of Islam | Ref. Coll.: BP40 .G42 1991 |
| The Encyclopaedia of Islam | Ref. Coll.: DS37 .E523 | |
| Cambridge History of Islam | Stacks: DS35.6 .C3 | |
| Dictionary of Buddhism | ONLINE: Oxford Reference | |
| Judaism | Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion | ONLINE: Oxford Reference |
| The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion | Ref. Coll.: BM50
.O94 1997 ONLINE: NetLibrary |
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| Solomon, Norman | Historical Dictionary of Judaism | Ref. Coll.: BM50 .S65 1998 |
| Runes, Dagobert D | Concise Dictionary of Judaism | Stacks: BM50 .R8 |
| Neusner, Jacob | The Encyclopedia of Judaism | Ref. Coll.: BM50 .E63 1999 |
| Birnbaum, Philip | Encyclopedia of Jewish Concepts | Ref. Coll.: BM50 .B55 1979 |
| The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia | Ref. Coll.: DS 102.8 .U5 | |
| The Jewish Encyclopedia | Ref. Coll.: DS 102.8 .J6 | |
| Werblowsky, R. J. Zwi | The Encyclopedia of the Jewish Religion | Ref. Coll.: BM50 .W45 1966 |
| Encyclopaedia Judaica | Ref. Coll.: DS 102.8 .E496 | |
| Dictionary of the Jewish-Christian Dialogue | Stacks: BM50 .D53 1995 | |
| Jewish Primer: Questions and Answers on Jewish Faith and Culture | Ref. Coll.: BM51 .H49 1990 | |
| Cambridge History of Judaism | Stacks: BM155.2 .C35 1984 | |
| Eastern Religions | ||
| Leeming, David Adams | A Dictionary of Asian Mythology | Ref. Coll.: BL1005 .L46 2001 |
| Reese, William L | Dictionary of Philosophy and Religion : Eastern and Western Thought | Ref. Coll.: B41 .R43 1999 |
| The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion : Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Zen | Ref. Coll.: BL1005 .L4813 1994 | |
| Rice, Edward E. | Eastern Definitions : a Short Encyclopedia of Religions of the Orient | Ref. Coll.: : BL31 .R52 |
| Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy | Ref. Coll.: B121 .E53 2001 | |
| Prebish, Charles S. | Historical Dictionary of Buddhism | Ref. Coll.: ON ORDER |
| Walker, George | Hindu World: an Encyclopedic Survey of HInduism | Ref. Coll.: BL 1105 .W34 1968 |
| Stutley, Margaret | Harper's Dictionary of Hinduism : its Mythology, Folklore, Philosophy, Literature, and History | Ref. Coll.: BL1105 .S88 1977 |
| Popular Dictionary of Sikhism | Ref. Coll.: BL2018 .C6 1990 |
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