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Religious Studies Collections

Key General Reference Sources in Western Languages in Religious Studies

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Bibliography of bibliographies and guides

These selected from Stanford library guides provide an annotated introduction to a variety of resources. They complement each other.

Guide to reference books. Edited by Robert Balay; associate editor, Vee Friesner Carrington; with special editorial assistance by Murray S. Martin. 11th ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1996.
Information Center Z1035.1 .G89 1996
Key general multi-subject annotated guide.

Gorman, G. E.
Theological and religious reference materials / G.E. Gorman and Lyn Gorman.Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1984-
(Bibliographies and indexes in religious studies, 0742-6836 ; no. 1-2. 7). 3 vols.
Contents notes:   [1] General resources and biblical studies. -- [2] Systematic theology and church history. -- [3] Practical theology.
Z7770 .G66 1984

Kepple, Robert J.
Reference Works for Theological Research: An Annotated Selective Bibliographical Guide. 3rd ed. Maryland: University Press of America, 1992.
Information Center Z7751.K46 (Library has 1981 edition)

Barrow, John Graves.
A bibliography of bibliographies in religion. [Austin, Tex., 1955]
Z7751 .B33

Holm, Jean.
Keyguide to information sources on world religions. London, New York: Mansell, 1991.
Information Center Z7833 .H65 1991

Johnston, William M.
Recent reference books in religion : a guide for students, scholars, researchers, buyers & readers. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998.
Information Center Z7751 .J654 1998

Karpinski, Leszek M.
The religious life of man: guide to basic literature. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1978.
Z7751.K36

Current bibliographies and indexes

Critical review of books in religion. Atlanta, Ga.: Scholars Press, A cooperative venture of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion and the Journal of Biblical literature, 1988 -
Z7751.C77
Related titles:
American Academy of Religion. Journal
Journal of Biblical literature

Index to book reviews in religion. Chicago, Ill.: American Theological Library Association, 1986-
Z7751 .I38

Review of religious research. New York: Religious Research Association. (v. 1- summer 1959-)
Quarterly, Sept. 1980- Library has: 23, 1981-
BL1 .R485

Religious studies review. A quarterly review of publications in the field of religion and related disciplines. Hanover, Pa.: Council on the Study of Religion. v. 1, Sept. 1975-
BL1 .R45

Religious and theological abstracts. Myerstown, Pa., etc., Religious and Theologial Abstracts, Inc.,
v. 1, Mar. 1958-
BR1 .R286

Francis bulletin signaletique. 527, Histoire et sciences des religions. Nancy, France: Institut de l'information scientifique et technique, Sciences humaines et sociales, 1991-
Four issues a year
Z7751 .B85

Guide to social science and religion. Information index. Flint, Mich.: National Periodical Library, 1988-
Information Center Z7753 .G85

Retrospective bibliographies

Johnston, William M.
Recent reference books in religion : a guide for students, scholars, researchers, buyers & readers. Rev. ed., 2nd ed. Chicag : Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1998.
Information Center Z7751 .J654 1998

Wolf, Robert G.
Analytic philosophy of religion: a bibliography, 1940-1996. Bowling Green, OH: Philosophy Documentation Center, 1998.
Z7821 .W65 1998

Blasi, Anthony J.
The sociology of religion: an organizational bibliography. New York: Garland Pub., 1990.
Z7831 .B54 1990

Religious books, 1876-1982. New York: Bowker, 1983. 4 vols.
Z7751 .R385 1983

Walsh, Michael J.
Religious bibliographies in serial literature: a guide. London: Mansell, 1981.
Information Center Z7751.R45

Wainwright, William J.
Philosophy of religion : an annotated bibliography of twentieth-century writings in English. New York: Garland Pub., 1978. (Garland reference library of the humanities; v. 111)
Z7821 .W34

International bibliography of the history of religions. Bibliographie internationale de l'histoire des religions. Leiden, E.J. Brill. International Association for the Study of the History of Religions. 1,1952-20,1973.
Z7833 .I53

ENCYCLOPEDIAS, DICTIONARIES AND COMPENDIA/HANDBOOKS

For a series of short handbooks on religions but predominantly christian denominations please search in Socrates under
Fils d'Abraham. Published by Tunhout (Belgium), Brepols.

Multivolume

Encyclopedia of religion.
Lindsay Jones, editor in chief. Electronic version: Available to Stanford-affiliated users. 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, Thompson Gale, 2005. 15 vols.
Information Center BL31 .E57 2005

The Encyclopedia of religion.
Mircea Eliade, editor in chief; [editors, Charles J. Adams ... et al.]. New York, N.Y.: Macmillan, 1987. 16 vols. Vol. 16 is an index.
Information Center BL31 .E46 1987
Key work. Replaces to a great extent:

Encyclopaedia of religion and ethics. Edited by James Hastings; with the assistance of John A. Selbie and other scholars. New York: C. Scribner's sons; Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1908-1926. 13 vols.
Information Center BL31 .E4 1924 (also in stacks)

[The following section is organized chronologically. For more encyclopedias see call number BL31]

Metzler Lexikon Religion. English.
The Brill dictionary of religion. Edited by Kocku von Stuckrad; revised edition of Metzler Lexikon Religion edited by Christoph Auffarth, Jutta Bernard and Hubert Mohr; translated from the German by Robert R. Barr. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2006. 4 vols.
Information Center BL31 .M4813 2006

Metzler Lexikon Religion: Gegenwart, Alltag, Medien. Herausgegeben von Christoph Auffahrt, Jutta Bernard, Hubert Mohr. Stuttgart: Verlag J.B. Metzler, 1999-2000. 4 vols.
Humanities & Area Studies Res Ctr BL65 .C8 M48 1999

New Catholic encyclopedia. 2nd ed. Detroit: Thomson/Gale ; Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America, 2003. 15 vols.
Information Center BX841 .N44 2003

New Catholic encyclopedia. Prepared by an editorial staff at the Catholic University of America. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1967-1974. 16 vols. Supplements: vol. 17 in 1979 and 18 in 1989.
This encyclopedia is a new and independent edition from:
Information Center BX841 .C25 1967

New Catholic encyclopedia: jubilee volume, the Wojtyla years. Detroit, MI: Gale Group in association with the Catholic University of America, 2001.
BX841 .N44 2001

The Catholic encyclopedia. New York, Robert Appleton Company [1907-12]. 15 vols.
Information Center BX841.C25
and
The Catholic encyclopedia index. New York, The Encyclopedia press, inc. [1914]).
Information Center BX841.C25 Index

Encyclopedia of Catholic literature. Edited by Mary R. Reichardt. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2004. 2 vols.
Information Center PN485 .E53 2004

Encyclopedia of science and religion. J. Wentzel Vrede van Huyssteen, editor in chief.
New York: Macmillan Reference; [Detroit, Mich.]: Thomson Gale, 2003. 2 vols.
Information Center BL240.3 .E53 2003

Religions of the world: a comprehensive encyclopedia of beliefs and practices. J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann, editors; David B. Barrett, world religious statistics;  Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 2002.  4 vols.
Information CenterBL80.3 .R45 2002

Encyclopedia of religion and nature. Bron R.Taylor, editor-in-chief ; Jeffrey Kaplan, consulting editor. London ; New York: Thoemmes Continuum, 2005. 2 vols.. .
Information Center BL65 .N35 E53 2005

Sharma, M. S.
Encyclopaedic dictionary of religion and ethics.  New Delhi:  Mohit Publications, 2001. 3 vols.
BL31 .E53 2001

Queen, Edward L.
Encyclopedia of American religious history. Edward L. Queen II, Stephen R. Prothero, and  Gardiner H. Shattuck, Jr. Rev. ed.  New York : Facts on File, 2001. 2 vols.  (Facts on File library of American history)
v. 1. A-L -- v. 2. M-Z.
Information Center  BL2525 .Q44 2001

Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea scrolls. Lawrence H. Schiffman, James C. VanderKam, editors in chief.  New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2000.  2 vols.
Humanities & Area Studies Res Ctr BM487 .E53 2000

Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Handworterbuch fur Theologie und Religionswissenschaft. Herausgegeben von Hans Dieter Betz ... [et al.]. 4th ed., vollig neu bearbeitete Aufl. Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1998-
Humanities & Area Studies Res Ctr BL31 .R42 1998 BL31 .R42 1998
Until finished consult also 3rd edition:

Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Handworterbuch fur Theologie und Religionswissenschaft. 3., vollig neu bearbeitet Aufl., in Gemeinschaft mit Hans Frhr. v. Campenhausen [et al.] hrsg. von Kurt Galling. Tubingen: Mohr, 1957-65. 7 vols. Vol. 7: Registerband.
Humanities & Area Studies Res Ctr BL31 .R42

The encyclopedia of apocalypticism.  John J. Collins et al., eds. New York: Continuum, 1998.  3 vols.
BL501 .E53 1998

See also
World Christian encyclopedia: a comparative survey of churches and  religions in the modern world. Eds David B. Barrett, George T. Kurian,  Todd M. Johnson. 2nd ed.  Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. 2 vols.
Humanities & Area Studies Res Ctr BR157 .W67 2001 F
companion survey
World Christian trends, AD 30-AD 2200 : interpreting the annual Christian megacensus. David B. Barrett, Todd M. Johnson; associate editors, Christopher R. Guidry, Peter F. Crossing.
Imprint:  Pasadena, Calif.: William Carey Library, 2001.
Supplement: 1 CD-ROM
(contains both Christian and non Christian religions. Numerous statictical data.)

Rengarajan, T.
Dictionary on Indian religions. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers, 2003.  2 vols.

Loetscher, Lefferts Augustine.
Twentieth century encyclopedia of religious knowledge: an extension of the New Schaff-Herzog encyclopedia of religious knowledge. Editor-in-chief, Lefferts A. Loetscher. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1955. 2 vols.
BR95 .T8

Single volume

Harenberg Lexikon der Religionen: die Religionen und Glaubensgemeinschaften der Welt: ihre Bedeutung in Alltag, Geschichte und Gesellschaft / mit Beiträgen von Thomas Schirrmacher ... [et al.; Redaktion, Berthold Budde und Christine Laue-Bothen]. Dortmund: Harenberg, 2002.
Humanities & Area Studies Res BL31 .H35 2002

The Oxford handbook of religion and science. Edited by Philip Clayton and Zachary Simpson, associate editor. Electronic version: Table of contents only [Link]. Oxford [England]; New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
Contents: Religion and science across the world's traditions -- Conceiving religion in light of the contemporary sciences -- The major fields of religion/science -- Methodological approaches to the study of religion and science -- Central theoretical debates in religion and science -- Values issues in religion and science.
BL240.3 .O94 2006

Encyclopedia of new religions: new religious movements, sects and alternative spiritualities. Edited by Christopher Partridge. Oxford: Lion, 2004.
Information Center BL31 .E52 2004

Melton, J. Gordon.
Encyclopedia of American religions. Detroit: Gale Research, 2003.
Information Center LB1028.27 .U6 F74 2002

Encyclopedia of African and African-American religions. Stephen D. Glazier, editor.  7th ed. New York: Routledge, 2001.
Humanities & Area Studies Res BL2462.5 .E53 2001

Hirschfelder, Arlene B.
Encyclopedia of Native American religions  Updated ed.  New York: Facts on File, 2000.
Information Center E98 .R3 H73 2000

Coulter, Charles Russell.
Encyclopedia of ancient deities.  Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2000.
Information Center  BL782 .C67 2000

Handbuch religiöse Gemeinschaften und Weltanschauungen: Freikirchen, Sondergemeinschaften, Sekten, synkretistische Neureligionen und Bewegungen, esoterische und neugnostische Weltanschauungen und Bewegungen, missionierende Religionen des Ostens, Neureligionen, kommerzielle Anbieter von Lebensbewältigungshilfen und Psycho-Organisationen. Im Auftrag der Kirchenleitung der VELKD herausgegeben von Horst Reller, Hans Krech, Matthias Kleiminger. 5., neu bearb. und erw. Aufl. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2000.
Supplement: 1 CD-ROM
Humanities & Area Studies Res BR856.3 .H33 2000

Merriam-Webster's encyclopedia of world religions. Wendy Doniger, consulting editor.
Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1999.
Information Center BL31 .M47 1999

Dictionary of deities and demons in the Bible, DDD.  Karel van der Toorn, Bob Becking, Pieter W. van der Horst, editors. 2nd extensively rev. ed.  Leiden; Boston: Brill; Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans,  1999.
Information Center BS680 .G57 D53 1999

Religii narodov sovremennoi Rossii: slovar'. A-IA.  Moskva: Respublika, 1999.
Humanities & Area Studies Res Ctr BL980.R8 R45 1999

Encyclopedia of the Vatican and papacy. Edited by Frank J. Coppa.  Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999.
Humanities & Area Studies Res Ctr BX955.2 .E53 1999

ASRC Encyclopedia of religion and society. William H. Swatos, Jr., editor; Peter Kvisto, associate editor; Barbara J. Denison, James McClenon, assistant editors.  Walnut Creek, Calif: AltaMira Press, 1998.
BL60 .E53 1998

Lewis, James R.
The encyclopedia of cults, sects, and new religions.  Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1998.
Information Center BL2525 .L49 1998

The Oxford dictionary of world religions. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
BL31 .O94 1997

Levinson, David.
Religion: a cross-cultural encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1996.
BL80.2 .L463 1996

Reese, William L.
Dictionary of philosophy and religion. New and enlarged ed. Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Humanities Press International, 1996.
Information Center B41 .R43 1996

The HarperCollins dictionary of religion. General editior, Jonathan Z. Smith; with the American Academy of Religion. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1995.
BL31 .H37 1995

Contemporary religions: a world guide. Edited by Ian Harris... [et al.]. Harlow, Essex, United Kingdom: Longman Group, UK Ltd., 1992.
Information Center BL31 .C66 1992

A Companion to the philosophy of religion. Edited by Philip L. Quinn & Charles Taliaferro. Oxford, UK; Cambridge, M: Blackwell, 1997. (Blackwell companions to philosophy ; [9])
Information Center B72 .B565 1991

MacGregor, Geddes.
Dictionary of religion and philosophy. New York: Paragon House, 1989.
BL31.M23 1989

Handbuch religionswissenschaftlicher Grundbegriffe. Unter Mitarbeit von Gunter Kehrer und Hans G. Kippenberg. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1988-
BL48 .H353 1988

The encyclopedia of Eastern philosophy and religion : Buddhism,  Hinduism, Taoism, Zen / Buddhism & Taoism, Ingrid Fischer-Schreiber  [et al.]; editors.  Boston: Shambhala, 1989.
Information Center BL1005.L4813 1988

The modern encyclopedia of religions in Russia and the Soviet Union. Edited by Paul D. Steeves. Gulf Breeze, FL: Academic International Press, 1988-
From vol. 8 (Easter Vigil-, published in 1999) title changed to The modern encyclopedia of religions in Russia and Eurasia.
Information Center BL980 .S65 M6 1988

The Penguin dictionary of religions. Edited by John R. Hinnells. London: Allen Lane, 1984 and 1995 editions.
BL31.P46 1984

Abingdon dictionary of living religions. Keith Crim, general editor; Roger A. Bullard, Larry D. Shinn, Nashville, Tenn.: Abingdon, 1981, also 1989 edition.
Information Center BL31 .A24

Compendia/Handbooks

See catalog under unnumbered series:
Religions of the World. Edited by Ninian Smart. Most volumes published in 1999. Classes as separates.

A handbook of ancient religions. Edited by John R. Hinnells.
Cambridge, U.K.; New Yor : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
BL41 .H36 2007

Atwood, Craig D.
Handbook of denominations in the United States. Craig D. Atwood, Frank S. Mead, Samuel S. Hill. Electronic version: Table of contents [Link] 12th ed. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2005. See also earlier editions.
Information Center BL2525 .M425 2005

The Oxford handbook of religion and ecology. Edited by Roger S. Gottlieb.
Electronic version: Table of contents only [Link] Oxford; New Yor : Oxford University Press, 2006.
BL65 .E36 O94 2006

The Oxford handbook of philosophy of religion. Edited by William J. Wainwright. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. (Oxford handbooks in philosophy)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
BL51 .O94 2005

Patterns of religion. R. Schmidt et al. eds. Belmont: Wadsworth, 1999.
BL80.2.P38 1999
Includes bibliographic references and Internet resources.

Smart, Ninian, The world's religions. 2nd ed. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
BL80.2 .S615 1998
Geographic and historical approaches. Includes bibliographical references.

A new handbook of living religions. Edited by John R. Hinnells.  New ed.  London; New York: Penguin Books, 1998.
Information Center BL80.2 .H275 1998
(Previous edition in 1984)

Eerdmans' handbook to the world's religions. Grand Rapids. Mich.: W.E. Eerdmans, 1994.
Contains Rapid Fact-Finder but no bibliographies.

Our religions. Edited by Arvind Sharma. San Francisco, Calif.: HarperSanFrancisco, 1993.
BL80.2.O87 1993

Religions of the world. Edited by Niels C. Nielsen ... [et al.]. 2nd ed. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988.
BL80.2.R44 1988

The world's religions. Edited by Stewart Sutherland ... [et al.] London: Routledge, 1988.
BL80.2 .W67 1988

Anderson, James Norman Dalrymple, Editor
The world's religions. 4th ed., rev. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1976.
BL80.A64 1976
 

HISTORY OF RELIGIONS

BIOGRAPHIES AND DIRECTORIES

Yearbook of American and Canadian churches.Nashville, Abingdon Press
Title varies: Federal Council year book 1915-16
Handbook of the churches 1926/27-
New handbook of churches 1930-
Year book of the churches 1917-1924/25
Yearbook of American churches 1932-
Information Center  BR513 .Y4 (latest issue only. Earlier issues in stk.)

Hall, Timothy L.
American religious leaders. New York: Facts On File, 2003.  (American biographies)
Information Center BL72 .H33 2003

Melton, J. Gordon.
Religious leaders of America: a biographical guide to founders and leaders of religious bodies, churches, and spiritual groups in North America. 2d ed.  Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1999.
Information Center  BL72 .M458 1999
Covers biographies from 1865 on.

Bowden, Henry Warner.
Dictionary of American religious biography. 2nd ed., rev. and enl.  Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993.
Information Center BL72 .B68 1993

Melton, J. Gordon.
Biographical dictionary of American cult and sect leaders. [New York: Garland Pub.], 1986.
BL2525 .M448 1986
 

LISTS OF JOURNALS

See Religion on Internet.

Dawsey, James M.
A scholar's guide to academic journals in religion. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1988. (ATLA bibliography series, no. 23)
Z7751 .D33 1988

Fieg, Eugene C.
Religion journals and serials: an analytical guide. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
Z7753 .F53 1988

Cornish, G. P.
Religious periodicals directory. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1986.
Z7753 .C75 1986

MAPS AND ATLASES

Le Grand atlas des religions / [réalisé par Encyclopædia Universalis, Jacques Bersani ... et al.; conception et mise en Ïuvre éditoriales, Charles Baladier ... et al.]. [Paris]: Encyclopædia Universalis, 1990.
Information Center BL80.2 .G69 1990 F

Atlas of the world's religions. Edited by Ninian Smart. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Information Center BL80.2 .A85 1999 F

Newman, William M.
Atlas of American religion: the denominational era, 1776-1990.Walnut Creek: AltaMira Press, 2000.
Information Center BR515 .N49 2000 F

Littell, Franklin Hamlin.
Historical atlas of Christianity. 2nd rev. and expanded ed. Mathematic map data:  Scales differ. New York; London: Continuum, 2001.
G1046 .E4 L5 2001

New historical atlas of religion in America. Edwin Scott Gaustad and Philip L. Barlow ; with the special assistance of Richard W. Dishno.  New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Notes:  Rev. ed. of: Historical atlas of religion in America / Edwin Scott Gaustad. c1976.
Humanities & Area Studies Res Ctr G1201 .E4 N4 2001 F
 

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