Religion and Culture
A research guide: books, articles, & web sites
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Reference Books—A Selection
Reference
books provide a good starting point for your research. Reference items are located
in the Library’s Reference collection, behind the Reference Desk on the top
floor of Spangler.
Atlases,
Chronologies, and Surveys
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ARBA
in-depth: Philosophy and Religion. R 016.1 A161i
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Archaeology
and the New Testament. R 225.93 M245a, 1991
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Atlas
of American Religion: The Denominational Era, 1776-1990. R 277.3
N469a, 2000
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Atlas of Jewish
History. R 909.04924 C661a, 1994
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Atlas
of the World’s Religions. R 291.0223 A658w
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Bible
Archaeology: An Exploration of the History and Culture of Early Civilizations.
R 220.93 H694b, 2005
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Historic Atlas of
Islam. R 911.176 R935h
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New Bible Atlas.
R 220.95N4201b, 1985
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New
Historical Atlas of Religions in America.
R 200.973 N4203h, 2001
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Penguin
Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations. R 911.0901 H3362p, 2005
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Penguin
Historical Atlas of the Medieval World. R 911.0902 J81p, 2005
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Religious History
of the American People. R 277.3 A285
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Routledge
Historical Atlas of Religion in America. R 200.973 C2362r, 2000
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The Timetables of
Jewish History. R 909.04924 G846t, 1993
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The Wilson Chronology of the World's Religions. R 200.202
L5789w
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World Christian Encyclopedia: A Comparative Survey of Churches and
Religions in the Modern World. R 230 W8932c, 2001 2 vols.
Dictionaries
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The A
to Z of Buddhism. R 294.303 P911a
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The A
to Z of Catholicism. R 282.03 C6916a,
2001
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A Concise Oxford
Dictionary of World Religions. R
200.3 C748o, 2000
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Dictionary of
Gnosis & Western Esotericism. R 135.4 D5615g, 2005 vols. 1-2
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Historic
Dictionary of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation. R 270.6 H652d
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Historical Dictionary of Islam. R 297.03 A14h, 2001
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Historical Dictionary of Lutheranism.
R 284.103 G253h,
2001
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Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements. R 291
C469h
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Dictionary of
Saints. R 282.0922 D3736s, 2005
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Historical Dictionary of Zionism. R 320.54
M4697h, 2000
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The Liturgical
Dictionary of Eastern Christianity. R
264.015 D274I, 1993
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New Dictionary of
Catholic Social Thought. R 261.8 D993n, 1994
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New Dictionary of
Catholic Spirituality. R 248.08 D748n, 1993
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New Dictionary of
Christian Apologetics. R 239.03 N4201d, 2006
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New Dictionary of
Sacramental Worship. R 264.02 F499n, 1990
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New Dictionary of
Saints: East and West. R 270.0922 W1686n, 2007
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Oxford Dictionary
of Islam. R 297.03 025d
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Oxford Dictionary
of the Jewish Religion. R 296.03 O98, 1997
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Religion Indexes:
Thesaurus 1994 R 025.492 R2797i, 1994
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The SCM
Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation. R 220.603 S94d, 1990
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Westminster
Dictionary of Christian Ethics. R 241.03 W532w, 1986
Encyclopedias
and Handbooks: Culture and Religion
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Archaeological
Encyclopedia of the Holy Land. R 220.93 A221e, 2001
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Encyclopedia of
American Culture and Intellectual History.
R 973.03 E193am 3 vols.
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The Encyclopedia
of Religion. R 291.03 E42e, 1987 10
vols.
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Encyclopedia of
Religion and War. R 291.178 E197r
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Encyclopedia of
Religion in American Politics. R 322.1
En197r
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Encyclopedia of
Religious Freedom. R 323.442 E197r
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Encyclopedia of
Religious Rites, Rituals, and Festivals. R 203.803 E197r
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Encyclopedia of
Women and Religion in North America.
R 200.820973 E198w, 2006 vols 1-3
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Encyclopedia of
Women and World Religion. R 200.82 E5653w
2 vols.
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Ethnologue:
Languages of the World. R 410 E388l, 2005
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Handbook of
Religion and Mental Health. R
291.1783 H236, 1998
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Historical Handbook
of Major Biblical Interpreters. R 220.60922 H6294h, 1998
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History of
Science and Religion in the Western Tradition: An Encyclopedia. R 291.175
H6297s
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Multicultural
Resources on the Internet: The United States and Canada.
R 973.04 G823m, 1999
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Multipurpose
Tools for Bible Study. R220.07 D187m, 2003 + CD-ROM
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The New
Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land.
R 933.003 N874e, 1993 vols. 1-4
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Reference Library
of European America. R 973.04 R2596e, 1998, vols. 1-4
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Religion and American
Law: An Encyclopedia. R 342.73
R2795a
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Religions in
Ohio. R 200.9771 R2796o
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State and
Religion in a Nutshell. R 344.730 B4528s
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Worldmark
Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life. R 305.8003 W927, 1998 4 vols.
Encyclopedias and Handbooks: Individual
Religions
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The Catholic
Priesthood. R 237.6 C2862p
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The Concise
Encyclopedia of Islam. R 297.03 G549c,
1991
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Contemporary
American Religion. R 200.973 C7672a,
2000 2 vols.
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Encyclopaedia
Judaica. R 296.03 J92, 1973. 16 vols.
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Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History. R
973.0496 E193a, 2006, vols 1-6
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Encyclopedia of African and African-American Religions. R 299.6
E193a
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The Encyclopedia
of American Catholic History. R 282.7303
E56, 1997
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Encyclopedia of
American Religious History. R 200.973 Q359,
2001 2 vols.
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Encyclopedia of
Asian Philosophy. R 181.003
E193a
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Encyclopedia of
Christianity. R 230 E56 1999
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Encyclopedia of
Irish Spirituality. R 200.9415
J4993e
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Encyclopedia of
Native American Religions. R 299.7
H669e, 2001
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Encyclopedia of
Protestantism. R 280.403 E196p vols. 1-4
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The Handbook of
Christian Feasts and Customs. R 264
W427h, 1958
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How to Be the
Perfect Stranger: The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook.
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291.38 H847 2003
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National
Directory for the Formation, Ministry, and Life of Permanent Deacons in the
United States. R 262.1427 C2866n, 2005
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New Catholic
Encyclopedia. R 282.03 N532c, 2003
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New Commentary on
the Code of Canon Law. R 262.94 N42018c
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New Encyclopedia
of Judaism. R 296.03 N4202e
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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures: The Civilizations of
Mexico and Central America. R 972.01 O25m, 2001 3 vols.
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Pictorial History
of Catholicism. R 282.084 M155
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Readings in
Christian Thought. R 230.08 K41r, 1990
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The Zohar. R
396.162 Z74 2 vols.
Reference Resources Online
Anchor Bible Dictionary
on CD-ROM
Full-Text. Available at the Top
Floor Service Center only (Reserve 220.4 A21b). Includes all entries in the
six-volume Anchor Bible Dictionary as well as photos, drawings and
bibliographies, and the King James and the New Revised Standard Versions of the
Bible. May be checked out and loaded on any PC in Spangler.
Full-text. Provides text from reference books from diverse areas, including religions, mythologies, and cultures.
To access: From the library
homepage, click on Books, and select Electronic Reference Books.
Full-text. Includes under
“Religion and Philosophy” the following: dictionaries of the Bible,
the Christian church, popes, and saints; dictionaries of Buddhism, Islam, and
world religions;
a companion to the Jewish religion; and a guide to people and places in the
Bible.
To access: From the library
homepage, click on Books, and select Oxford Reference Online.
eBooks
Full-text ebook
database. Search among 15,000 ebooks from multiple disciplines, including reference
books, other nonfiction, and fiction. Search by keyword, title, or author. To access: From the library homepage,
click on Books, and then select NetLibrary.
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Use an online research database to find
articles in scholarly journals, general magazines, and newspapers. ·
To access the databases below, from
the Library’s Articles in
Databases page, select the Theology
category, or choose from the A-Z index near the top of the page. ·
To Help You Search in the Databases: |
Recommended Databases
Citations
only. Features bibliographic information
to articles, book reviews, and essays in religion and theology, spanning 50
years. Updated semiannually.
CIAO (Columbia International Affairs
Online)
A comprehensive source for theory and research in international
affairs. Publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes
working papers from university research institutes, foundation-funded research
projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
Subjects include social order, cross-cultural studies and cross-cultural
communications.
Catholic
Periodicals and Literature Index
Features articles published in Roman Catholic periodicals, papal
documents, church promulgations and books about the Catholic faith that are
authored by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers.
Provides
articles from newspapers, magazines & periodicals of the ethnic, minority
and native press in America and from international publications.
Humanities
International Complete
Covers articles, essays and reviews, as
well as original creative works including poems, fiction, photographs,
paintings, and illustrations—all in the disciplines of the humanities.
MLA
International Bibliography
Citations only. Catalogs books and
articles on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Updated
10 times per year.
Philosopher's Index
Covers the
areas such as ethics, aesthetics, philosophy, law, religion, science, history,
education, and language.
Proquest
Religion
Contains
millions of articles originally published in magazines, newspapers, and
journals. To search the Religious Periodicals collection follow these three steps,
1) select the 'Collections' icon, 2) check the box next to 'Religious
Periodicals', and 3) click 'Continue.'
Religion and Philosophy Collection
Covers such topics as world religions,
major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology,
political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history
of philosophy from over 290 journals.