RELIGIOUS STUDIES: GENERAL AND REFERENCE

NATURE OF RELIGION –PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION- NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS - WOMEN & RELIGION…

• Dictionary of Asian Philosophies.
• Encyclopedia of Afterlife Beliefs and Phenomena.
• Man, myth and magic: an illustrated encyclopedia of the supernatural.
• A Guide to the Gods.
• An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Mysticism and the Mystery Religions.
• Biographical dictionary of American cult and sect leaders.
• The Encyclopedia of American Religions.
• Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience
• Encyclopedic handbook of cults in America.
• Historical dictionary of new religious movements.
• Handbook of denominations in the United States.
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  The Fontana Biographical Companion to Modern Thought.
• Encyclopedia of Native American Shamanism : sacred ceremonies of North America.
• Encyclopedia of Native American Religions.
• Encyclopedia of Women in Religious Art.
•  Women Philosophers: a bio-critical source book.
• Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 10 vols.
• Dictionary of Comparative Religion.
• Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics. 12 vols. Focuses on the theologies and philosophies of religion and ethics. Produced in 1915
• The Encyclopedia of Religion. 16 vols.
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  Encyclopedic Dictionary of Religion. 3 vols.
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  Encyclopedia of world scriptures.
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  Dictionary of the Middle Ages. 13 vols.

JUDAISM

• A Dictionary of the Jewish-Christian Dialogue.
• Encyclopaedia Judaica. 16 vols.
• Encyclopedia Talmudica: a digest of Halachic Literature and Jewish law from the Tannaitic period to the present time, alphabetically arranged. Vols. 1-3  -- up to "Beyn".
• A Guide to Jewish religious practice
• Conservative Judaism in America: a biographical dictionary and sourcebook.
• Encyclopedia of the Holocaust. 4 vols.
• Jewish Women in America : an historical encyclopedia. 2 vols.
• Jewish-American History and Culture: an encyclopedia.
• A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic literature. 2 vols.

BIBLICAL STUDIES 

• The Anchor Bible Dictionary. 6 vols.
• Theological dictionary of the Old Testament – 12 Vols.
• A Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation.
• Dictionary of the Bible.
• The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible. 4 vols. + Supplement vol.
• Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament. 3 vols.
• A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature
• Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. 10 vols.
• International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 
• Hastings Dictionary of the Bible 

CONCORDANCES: 

• Computer Concordance to the Novum Testamentum Graece
• Eerdmans Analytical Concordance to the RSV
• Nelson's Complete Concordance 
• NIV Compact Concordance
• NRSV Concordance 
• Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible 
• Young's Analytical Concordance of the Bible

 

CHRISTIANITY

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  Encyclopedia of the Early Church. 2 vols.
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  Dictionnaire d'Archeologie Chretienne et de Liturgie. 15 volumes in 30
• Articles on art, institutions, liturgy and rites of the early Church up till the time of Charlemagne
• The Encyclopedia of Christianity. In process SNL- VOLS 1-3
• Reallexikon fur Antike und Christentum. 19 vols.
• Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church.
• The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge. 13 vols.
• Encyclopedia of Early Christianity. 2 vols.
• Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation.
• Dictionary of Christianity in America.
• Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements.
• Profiles in Liberation: 36 portraits of Third World Theologians.
• Dictionary of Women in Church History.
• Dictionary of the Later New Testament and its Development.
• A Handbook of Christian Theologians.
• Information on 26 theologians
• Dictionary of Paul and His Letters.
• Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions.
• Articles on 2,400 people involved in Christian missions
• Coptic Encyclopedia. 8 vols.
• Encyclopedia of Monasticism - includes Buddhism
• New Catholic Encyclopedia. 15 vols. + 5 supplements
• Lives of the Saints. 4 vols.
• Bibliotheca Sanctorum. 12 vols,
• Mennonite Encyclopedia. (5 vols.)
• Dictionary of the Middle Ages. 13 vols. AROUND 500 - 1500 CE
• Oxford Classical Dictionary.
•  Sacramentum Mundi: an Encyclopedia of Theology
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ISLAM  

• Dictionary of Islam.
• Reflects Sunni point of view. Articles are listed under the English word for subject i.e. "Divorce". Note date of publication.
• Dictionary of Qur'anic Terms and Concepts.
• Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. 4 vols.
• E. J. Brill’s first Encyclopaedia of Islam 1913-1936. 9 vols.
• Shorter Encyclopedia of Islam.
• Encyclopedia of Islam. 11 vols.

EASTERN RELIGIONS (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Taoism, etc.)

GENERAL

• Eastern definitions: a short encyclopedia of religions of the orient.
• Dictionary of Non-Christian Religions.
• Dictionary of Oriental Literatures. 3 vols.
• An Encyclopedia of Indian Literature.

BUDDHISM

• The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion.
• Encyclopedia of Buddhism (in progress). Vols. 1 - 6, fasc 2 (A - Lobha)
• A Concise Encyclopedia of Buddhism
• A Dictionary of Buddhism.
• Historical dictionary of Buddhism.
• Indian Buddhism.
• Dictionary of English and Sanskrit.
• Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary.

HINDUISM

• Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies. 6 vols.
• A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion.
• Encyclopaedia of Puranic beliefs and practices. 5 vols.
• A dictionary of the Vedic rituals.
• Harper's Dictionary of Hinduism: its mythology, folklore, philosophy, literature and history.
• The Hindu world, an encyclopedic survey of Hinduism.
• Historical Dictionary of India.
• Encyclopaedia of Indian Culture. 5 vols.
• Encyclopedia of Post Colonial Literatures in English. 2 vols.
• Brief biographical and critical information as well as a list of further readings