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Religion and Culture: Dictionaries & encyclopedias

General

The concise Oxford dictionary of world religions

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.

Dictionary of contemporary religion in the Western world

Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press. 2002. BL31 .D544

Encyclopedic dictionary of cults, sects, and world religions

Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2006. Location: BL31 .M295 2006

Encyclopedia of politics and religion (2 volumes)

Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1998. Location: BL65.P7 E53

Encyclopedia of Religious and Spiritual Development

Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications, 2006

The Watkins dictionary of religions and secular faiths

London: Watkins, 2008. Location: BL31 .B37

General (Christianity)

The concise Oxford dictionary of the Christian church

Oxford: Oxford University Press 2006

Dictionary of Christianity in America

Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1990. Location: BR515 .D53

Encyclopedia of early Christianity

New York: Garland Pub., 1990. Location: BR162.2 .E53

Encyclopedia of the early Christianity

New York: Garland Pub. 1997. Location: BR162.2 .E53 1997

The New international dictionary of New Testament theology (3 volumes)

Exeter: Paternoster Press, 1980. Location: BS2397 .N48 1980

The Oxford encyclopedia of the Reformation

New York: Oxford University Press, 1996

General (Islam)

The Columbia world dictionary of Islamism

New York: Columbia University Press, 2007. Location: BP40 .D5313

New encyclopedia of Islam

Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2001. Location: BP40 .G42 2002

The Oxford dictionary of Islam

New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.

A popular dictionary of Islam

New York: Routledge Curzon 1997

General (Judaism)

Dictionary of Judaism in the biblical period: 450 B.C.E. to 600 C.E. (2 volumes)

New York: Macmillan Library Reference USA, 1996. Location: BM50 .D525

Encyclopaedia Judaica (16 volumes)

New York: Macmillan, 1971. Location: DS102.8 .E496

The New Encyclopedia of Judaism

New York: New York University Press, 2002. Location: BM50 .E63

The Jewish religion: a companion

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. Location: BM50 .J28

A popular dictionary of Judaism

New York: Taylor & Francis Group 2004

The Routledge dictionary of Judaism

Richmond, Surrey : Curzon Press 1997

General (Other Religions)

A dictionary of Buddhism

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.

A popular dictionary of Buddhism

Lincolnwood, Ill.: NTC Pub. Group, 1997.

Encyclopedia of Buddhism

New York: Macmillan Reference USA/Thomson/Gale, c2004.

The Encyclopedia of Eastern philosophy and religion: Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Zen

Boston: Shambhala, 1989. Location: BL1005 .L4813

Key Concepts in Eastern Philosophy

New York: Routledge 1999

Dictionary of Celtic mythology

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012

A dictionary of ancient Near Eastern mythology

New York: Routledge, 2002

Dictionary of Asian mythology

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012

Dictionary of Native American mythology

Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1992. Location: E98 .R3G46

A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

London: Routledge, 2005

Encyclopedia of African Religion

Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications, 2009

Encyclopedia of Mormonism (4 volumes)

New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, 1992. Location: BX8605.5 .E62

Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements

London: Routledge, 2006.

The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

London ; New York : Routledge 2005

The Routledge Dictionary of Religious and Spiritual Quotations

London: Routledge, 2000.

Biographical

A calendar of saints: the lives of the principal saints of the Christian year

London: Orbis, 1986 Location: BX4651.2 .B46

The Oxford dictionary of saints

New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.

Who's who in Christianity

London: Routledge, 2002