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Humanities

General guide for Humanities; also includes resources for Asian Studies, American Studies, Creative Arts, European Studies, Jewish Studies, Liberal Studies, Middle East Studies, and Religious Studies.

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.

Electronic Resources

Bowker, John, ed. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. Oxford University Press, 2000. Oxford Reference Online.

The Hutchinson Dictionary of World Religions. Abingdon [U.K.]: Helicon Publishing Limited, 2005.

Dictionaries

Hinnells, John R., ed. A New Dictionary of Religions, Rev. Ed. Oxford, UK; Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1995. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL31 .P48 1995]

Jordan, Michael. Dictionary of Gods & Goddesses. NY: Facts on File, 2004. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL 473 .J67 2004

The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. Oxford [UK]: Oxford University Press, 1997. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL 31 .O94x 1997]

Smith, Jonathan Z., ed. The HarperCollins Dictionary of Religion. San Francisco: Harper San Francisco, 1995. [King 6th Floor BL 31 .H37 1995]

Encyclopedias

Doniger, Wendy, consulting ed. Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 1999. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL31 .M47 1999]

Eliade, Mircea, editor in chief. The Encyclopedia of Religion. New York: Macmillan, 1987. [King folio 8th Floor BL31 .E46 1987]

Ellwood, Robert S. & Gregory D. Alles, eds. The Encyclopedia of World Religions. New York: Facts on File, 1998. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL80.2 .E497 1998]

Jones, Lindsay, ed. The Encyclopedia of Religion. 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. 15 vols. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL 31 .E46 2005]

Melton, J. Gordon & Martin Baumann, eds. Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, 4 Vols. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2002. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL80.3 .R45 2002]

Handbooks

Eliade, Mircea. The Eliade Guide to World Religions. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1991. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL80.2 .E415 1991]

Atlases

Farrington, Karen. Historical Atlas of Religions. New York: Checkmark Books, 2002. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL80.6 .F37 2002x]

Smart, Ninian, ed. Atlas of the World's Religions. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL 80.2 .A85x 1999]

Primary Sources: Anthologies of Religious Scriptures

Ballou, Robert O., ed. The Bible of the World. New York: The Viking Press, 1939. [King 6th Floor BL70 .B5]

Dye, James W. & William H. Forthman, compilers. Religions of the World; Selected Readings. New York, Appleton Century Crofts, 1967. [King 6th Floor BL29 .D9]

Gaer, Joseph. The Wisdom of the Living Religions. New York: Dodd, Mead,1956. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL 29 .G27]

Miller, John & Aaron Kenedi, eds. God's Breath: Sacred Scriptures of the World. New York: Marlowe & Co., 1999. [King Nonfiction 3rd Floor 291.82 God's]

Pye, Michael. Comparative Religion; An Introduction through Source Materials. New York: Harper & Row, 1972. [King 6th Floor BL29 .P9 1972b]

Dictionaries

 

World Religions

Asian Religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Daoism, Sikhism)

Christianity

Islam

Judaism

Special Topics

Encyclopedias

 

World Religions

Asian Religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Chinese Religions)

Christianity

Islam

Judaism

Special Topics