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Books & Media
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Major Reference Sources
All of the sources listed below can be found in the Charles E. Shain Library at ConnecticutCollege.  For further information please consult a Reference Librarian. 

General Religious Studies

Encyclopedias

Contemporary American Religion 
Wade Clark Roof, editor 
REF BL 2525 C65 2000  (2 vol.) 

Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience 
Charles H. Lippy and Peter W. Williams, editors 
REF BL 2525 E53 1987 

The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Religious Creeds 
J. Gordon Melton, editor 
REF BL 2525 E524 1988 

The Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion 
Robert Wuthnow, editor 
REF BL 65 P7 E53 1998  (2 vol.) 

The Encyclopedia of Religion 
Mircea Eliade, editor 
REF BL 31 E46 1987  (16 vol.) 

Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics 
James Hastings, editor 
REF BL 31 E4   1917- 1922  (13 vol.) 

Encyclopedia of Religion and Society 
William H. Swatos, editor 
REF BL 60 E53 1998 

Religions of the World 
J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann, editors 
REF BL 80.3 R45 2002  (4 vol.) 

Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion 
Serinity Young, editor 
REF BL 458 E53 1999 

Dictionaries – General – Religious Studies
Encyclopedia of Religion 
Vergilius Fern, editor 
REF BL 31 E55 

HarperCollins Dictionary of Religion 
Jonathan Z. Smith, editor 
REF BL 31 H37 1995 

New Dictionary of Religions 
John R. Hinnells, editor 
REF BL 31 P48 1995 

Oxford Dictionary of World Religions 
John Bowker, editor 
REF BL 31 O9 1997 

Atlases

Atlas of Holy Places and Sacred Sites 
Colin Wilson 
ATLAS CASE BL 580 W55 1996 

Atlas of the Bible 
John Rogerson, editor 
ATLAS CASE BS 630 R6 1985 

Atlas of the Bible and Christianity 
Tim Dowley, editor 
ATLAS CASE G 2230 D68 1997 

Atlas of the Early Christian World 
Translated and edited by Mary Hedlund and H.H. Rowley 
ATLAS CASE  G 1046 E4 M42 

Atlas of the World’s Religions 
Ninian Smart, editor 
ATLAS CASE BL 80.2 A84 1999 

Historical Atlas of the Religions of the World 
Isma’il Rag, al Faruqui,, editor and David Sopher, map editor 
REF BL 80.2 F28 

The Macmillan Bible Atlas 
Revised edition 
Yohanan Aharoni and Michael Avi-Yonah 
ATLAS CASE G 2230 A2 1977 

New Historical Atlas of Religions in America
Edwin Scott Gaustad and Philip L. Barlow 
ATLAS CASE G 1201 E4 G3 2001 

Islam

Islam – Encyclopedias
Concise Encyclopedia of Islam 
Cyril Glasse 
REF BP 40 G42 1999 

Encyclopaedia of Islam 
H.A. R. Gibb 
REF BP 40 E5 1954  (10 vol) 

Encyclopedia of Islamic Doctrine 
Muhammad Hisham Kabbani 
REF BP 166 K33 1998 (7 vol.)

Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World 
John L. Esposito 
REF DS 35.53 O95 1995 

Shorter Encyclopedia of Islam 
H.A.R. Gibb 
REF BP 40 S5 1965 

Islam – Qu’ran

Concordance of the Qur’an 
Hanna E. Kassis 
REF BP 133 K37 1983 

Dictionary of Qur’anic Terms and Concepts 
Mustansir Mir 
REF BP 133 M57 1987 

Encyclopaedia of the Qu’ran 
Jane Dammen McAuliffe 
REF BP 133 E53 2001 

Exhaustive concordance of the meaning of Qur’an: based upon the translation of Abdullah Yusuf Ali 
John Cason 
REF BP 133 C37 2000 

The Holy Qur’an: with English translation of the Arabic text and commentary… 
Ali S.V. Ahmed 
REF BP 109 1995 

Islam – Other

American Muslim 1994 Resource Directory of Islam in America
America Muslims Support Group 
REF BP 67 U6 A48 1994 

Complete book of Muslim and Parsi names 
Maneka Gandhi 
REF CS 2970 G3 1998 

Cultural Atlas of Islam 
Isma’il R. Al-Faruqi 
REF DS 36.85 A39 1986 

Dictionary of Islam, being a cyclopaedia of the doctrines, rites, ceremonies,,, 
Thomas Patrick Hughes 
REF BP 40 H8 1935 

Dictionary of Muslim names 
Salahuddin Ahmed 
REF CS 2970 A34 1999 

Guide to Islam 
David Ede 
REF Z7835 M6 G84 1983 

Historical Dictionary of Islam 
Luudwig W. Adamec 
REF BP 50 A33 2001 

Islam beyond Terrorists and Terrorism 
Iftekar Mahmood 
REF BP 70 M34 2002 

Muslim Almanac: a reference work on the history, faith, culture and peoples of Islam 
Azim Nanji 
REF BP 40 M83 1996 

Muslim Diaspora: a comprehensive reference to the spread of Islam in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas
Everett Jenkins 
REF BP 50 J46 1998 

Muslim Peoples: a World Ethnographic Survey 
Richard Weekes 
REF DS 35.625 A1 M87 1984  (2 vol.) 

Muslim Women Throughout the World: a bibliography 
Michelle Kimball 
REF Z 7963 I74 K56 1997 

Christianity

Christianity - Encyclopedias and Texts

The Bible with the Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version 
REF BS 191 A1 1989 N49 

Books of the Bible 
Bernhard A. W. Anderson 
REF BS 540 B62 1989 (2 vol.) 

Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition 
Jaroslav Pelikan and Valerie Hotchkiss 
REF BT 990 C64 2003 (4 vol.) 

Encyclopedia of the Early Church 
Angelo Di Berardino 
REF BR 66.5 D5813 1992 (2 vol.) 

New Catholic Encyclopedia 
Berard L. Marthaler 
REF BX 841 N44 2003 (15 vol.) 

The New Interpreter's Bible 
Leander E. Keck, et. al. 
REF BS 491.2 N484 1994 (12 vol.) 

The Papacy: an Encyclopedia 
Philippe Levillain 
REF BX 955.3 D5313 2002 (3 vol.) 

Oxford Campanion to Christian Thought 
Adrian Hastings 
REF BR 95 O84 2000 

Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation 
Hans J. Hillerbrand 
REF BR 302.8 O93 1996 (4 vol.) 

Christianity - Dictionaries

The Anchor Bible Dictionary 
David Noel Freedman 
REF BS 440 A54 1992 (6 vol.) 

Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible 
Keith R. Crimm 
REF BS 440 I63 (4 vol. and suppl.) 

Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 
F.L. Cross and E.A. Livingstone 
REF BR 95 O8 1997 
 

Judaism

Judaism - Encyclopedias, Handbooks amd Texts 

Encyclopaedia Judaica
REF DS 102.8 E496 (18 vol.)

Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust
Shmuel Spector
REF DS 135 E8 E45 2001 (3 vol.)

Encyclopedia of Judaism
Jacob Neusner
REF BM 50 E53 2000 (3 vol.)

Jewish Encyclopedia; a descriptive record of the history, religion, literature and customs of the Jewish people from the earliest times to the present day (1925)
Isidore Singer and Cyrus Adler
REF BM 50 J4 (12 vol.)

Jewish Religion: a Companion
Louis Jacobs
REF BM 50 J28 1995

Midrash rabbah
H. Freedman and Maurice Simon
296 M584  (10 vol., not in Reference)

Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion
R.J. Zwi Werblowsky and Geoffrey Wigoder
REF BM 50 O94 1997

Talmud
REF BM 499.5 E5 1961

Talmud: the Steinsaltz edition
Adin Steinsaltz
Oversize BM 499.5 E4 1989 (21 vol., not in Reference)

Tanakh - JPS Hebrew English Tanakh: the traditional Hebrew text and the new JPS translation
BS 895 J4 1999 (not in Reference)

Tikkun: the Torah Readers Compendium
Aliza Kestenbaum et. al.
REF BS 1225.3 A3 2001

Buddhism, Hinduism and Other

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Source Books

A to Z of Buddhism
Charles S. Prebish
REF BQ 130 P73 2001

A to Z of Hinduism
Bruce M. Sullivan
REF BL 1105 S847 2001

Dictionary of Buddhist Terms and Concepts
REF BQ 8409 D53 1983

Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience: Studies of Traditions and Movements
Charles H. Lippy and Peter W. Williams
REF BL 2525 E53 1987 (3 vol.)

Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions
James R. Lewis
REF BL 2525 L49 1998

Encyclopedia of Unbelief
Gordon Stein
REF BL 2705 E53 1985 (2 vol.)

Harpers Dictionary of Hinduism: it's Mythology, Folklore, Philosophy, Literature and History
Margaret and James Stutley
REF BL 1105 S88

Hindu World
Benjamin Walker
REF BL 1105 W34 (2 vol.)

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism
James G. Lochtefeld
REF BL 1105 L63 2002  (2 vol.)

Pilgrimage: From the Ganges to Graceland: an Encyclopedia
Linda Kay Davidson and David M. Gitlitz
REF BL 619 P5 D38 2002 (2 vol.)

Rastafari and Reggae: a Dictionary and Source Book
Rebekah Michele Mulvaney
REF BL 2532 R37 M84 1990

Routledge Curzon Encyclopedia of Confucianism
Xinzhong Yao
REF BL 1840 R68 2003  (2 vol.)

Other resources for locating information on books and media include:
Books in Print
Book Review Digest

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Style Manuals
A collection of style manuals and writing guides are kept on the shelf behind the reference desk. Information is also available from the Citation Guides for Print and Electronic Resources page.

Databases & Indexes
A full listing of all scholarly databases is available grouped by subject or listed alphabetically.

ATLA Religion Index

Compiled by the American Theological Library Association, ATLA Religion Database covers Biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religious perspectives on social issues. This database is an essential resource for theology students and researchers seeking information pertaining to social sciences, history and humanities. With coverage dating as far back as 1949, this database contains over one million bibliographic records. 

Biblical Archaeology Society Online Archive
A comprehensive resource for research in Biblical Archaeology. Content includes Biblical Archaeology Review, as well as five books published by the BAS: Ancient Israel: From Abraham to the Roman Destruction of the Temple, Aspects of Monotheism: How God Is One, Feminist Approaches to the Bible, The Rise of Ancient Israel and The Search for Jesus: Modern Scholarship Looks at the Gospels.

Religion and Philosophy Collection

This database provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. Religion & Philosophy Collection offers more than 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles, making it an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost

Index Islamicus

The Index Islamicus database indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. It is produced by the Islamic Bibliography Unit at Cambridge University Library. The Unit was established in 1983 to continue the compilations and publications of the Index Islamicus bibliography and to transmit knowledge about Islamic and Middle East studies, which have been part of the curriculum at CambridgeUniversity since the early 17th century. Records included in the database cover almost a century of publications, with some going back to 1906. 

Material cited in the Index Islamicus includes not only work written about the Middle East, but also about the other main Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, plus Muslim minorities elsewhere. Over 2,000 journals are monitored for inclusion in the database, together with conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews. Journals and books are indexed down to the article and chapter level. 

Internet Resources
General 
http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/CompReligion
University of Washington Libraries Comparative Religion Resources 

http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2730
Voice of the Shuttle – Religious Studies 

http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~religion/vri/index.html
Rutgers – Virtual Religion Index 

http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Religion_and_Spirituality/Faiths_and_Practices/
Yahoo’s directory of Religious Faiths and Practices 

Subject Headings
Library of Congress Classification for Religion
(Philosophy, Psychology, Religion)

B - Philosophy (general
BC - Logic 
BD - Speculative philosophy 
BF - Psychology.Parapsychology. Occultism 
BH - Aesthetics 
BJ - Ethics. Social usages. Etiquette 
BL - Religion, Mythology, Rationalism 
BM - Judaism 
BP - Islam. Bahaism.Theosophy, etc.
BQ - Buddhism 
BR - Christianity 
BS - Bible 
BT - Doctrinal theology 
BV - Practical theology 
BX - Christian denominations 

Assistance
For assistance in locating or using these or other sources, please contact the Reference Desk or schedule an appointment for a Personalized Research Session.

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