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REL200: Approaches to the Study of Religion: Reference Sources

Fall 2018, J. Kaminsky

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Cambridge Collections Online (Philosophy & Religion)
More than 100 "Companions" to major topics & figures - e.g. Christian Doctrine, Classic Islamic Theology, Feminist Theology.
Wiley Online Library-Religion & Theology
Several handbooks with good bibliographies about many major living religions.

Religion & Other Disciplines

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology

Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
ref BF 31 .E52 2001
Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology
ref GN 307 .E52 1996

Individual Religions

New Catholic Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of Protestantism
Call Number: ref BX 4811.3 .E53 2004
Encyclopedia of Islam 2nd Ed.
Encyclopedia of Islam 3rd Ed. (In Progress)
Encyclopaedia Judaica
Encyclopedia of Buddhism
Encyclopedia of Native American Religions
Call Number: ref E 98 .R3 H73 2000
Encyclopedia of Hinduism
Call Number: ref BL 1105 .E532 2008
Anchor Bible Dictionary
Call Number: ref BS 440 .A54 1992
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Encyclopedia of the Qur’an
Call Number: ref BP 133 .E539 2001
Oxford Islamic Studies Online

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