Theology: The study of God and His relationship to man and the universe. The study of religion and religious beliefs
Major Electronic Databases and Indexes
The American Theological
Association's ATLA Religion Database is a compilation of three print
indexes Religion Index One: Periodicals (
Full text of 50 major religious journals from 1949 to the present.
Religious Periodicals: ProQuest Direct.
Full text of articles from about 75 religious journals since 1996.
The Catholic Periodical and Literature Index. 1981 - Print version 1939- . (RH LC) AI3.C3
Indexes about 135 journals and newspapers, over 1500 books per year and all U.S. Church and papal documents. Mostly English language materials and some French German Spanish and Italian. Indexes book reviews. For directions on how to search, use the help screens.
Index Islamicus: A Catalogue of Articles on Islamic Subjects in Periodicals and Other Collective Publications. London: Mansell, 1906- . (LC, RH) Ref DS41.I6.
Indexes periodicals and festschriften. Arranged by subject with author indexes. Supplements issued every five years.
New Testament Abstracts. Electronic 1985 - . Also Print version, 1956 - (RH, LC) BX1.N378.)
Abstracts of articles from over 500 journals, monographs, and software related to New Testament studies. About 850 books are summarized per year. Book reviews are also abstracted. For directions on how to search, use the help screens.
Old Testament Abstracts. Electronic and Print 1978- . (RH, LC) BX1.04
Presents abstracts of articles from about 130 journals and summaries of numerous books. Book reviews are also abstracted. Covers Catholic, Protestant and Jewish literature. For directions on how to search, use the help screens.
Religious and Theological Abstracts. 1958- Print version (RH, LC) Ref BX1.R342
An index with abstracts to about 400 journals in all languages. The coverage is mostly Christian, but other religions are included. Topics are Biblical, theological, historical and practical. For directions on how to search, use the help screens.
General Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Biographisch-bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon.Hrsg.von Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz. Hamm: Bautz, 1970- . RH Ref BR1700.2.B38
Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. New York: Macmillan, 1998. RH LC Ref BV 3700. B56 1998
Concise Dictionary of Christian Ethics. Stoeckle, Bernhard. New York: Seabury Press, 1979. RH Ref BJ1199.C6
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2nd. ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. RH Ref BR95.O9 2000
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (electronic resource) Oxford University Press, 2000.
Dictionary of Ethics, Theology and Society. Edited by Paul Barry Clarke and Andrew Linzey. London, New York: Routledge, 1996. LC, RH Ref BJ63.D53 1996
Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement. 2nd ed. Grand
Rapids: Eerdman, 2002. RH Ref BX6.3.D53 2002; 1st ed.
LC Ref BX8.2.D53 1991
The Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism. New York: Continuum, 1998. 3 vols. RH Ref BL501.E53 1998
Encyclopedia of Christian Theology. New York: Routledge, 2005. RH Ref BR95.D5313 2005
The Encyclopedia of Christianity.
Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999. LC RH Ref
BR95.E8913
Encyclopedia of Christianity. Edited by John Bowden. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. RH Ref BR95.E47 2005
Encyclopedia of Early Christianity. 2nd ed. New York: Garland, 1997. LC, RH Ref BR162.2.E53 1997
Encyclopedia of Ethics. Becker, Lawrence C. New York: Routledge, 2001. RH Ref BJ63.E52 2001
Encyclopedia of Religion. Editor in Chief, Mircea Eliade. New York: Macmillan, 1987. LC, RH Ref BL31.E49
Encyclopedia of Religion (electronic resource) Macmillan, 2005.
Encyclopedia of Religion. Editor in Chief, Lindsay Jones. New York: Macmillan, 2005. MM Ref BL31.E49 2005
Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics. Hastings, James. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark: 1908-26. LC, MM, RH Ref BL31.E4
The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. Taylor, Bron Raymond. London and New York:Thoemmes Continuum, 2005. 2 vols. RH Ref BL31.E493 2005
Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. William Swatos, Jr., Editor.
Encyclopedia of the Renaissance and the Reformation. Rev. ed. New York: Facts on File, 2004. RH Ref CB359.E53 2004
Evangelical Dictionary of Theology. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2001. RH Ref BR95.E87 2001
Frazer, James George, Sir. The New Golden Bough: A New Abridgment of the Classic Work. New York: Criterion Books, 1959. LC, MM, RH Ref BL310.F7 1959
Geisler, Norman L. Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1999. LC RH Ref BT1102.G42 1999
HarperCollins Dictionary of Religion. General Editor Jonathan Z. Smith. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1995. LC RH Ref BL31.H37 1995
An Introduction to Pentecostalism: Global Charismatic Christianity. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2004. MM, RH BR1644.A43 2004
Lienhard, Joseph T. Biographical Dictionary of Christian Theologians. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2000. LC, RH Ref BR95 .B575 2000.
Lewis, James R. Angels, A to Z. New York: Gale Research, 1996. RH Ref BL447.L45 1996
Mead, Frank Spencer. Handbook of Denomination in the United States. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2001. MM, RH Ref BL2525.M425 2001
Melton, J. Gordon. A Directory of Religious Bodies in the United States. New York: Garland, 1977. RH BL2530.U6 M4
New Dictionary of Christian Ethics and Pastoral
Theology. Editors, David J. Atkinson, David
H. Field.
The
The
Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States 2000: An Enumeration by Region, State and County Based on Data Reported for 149 Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E. Nashville: Glenmary Research Center, 2002. RH Ref BL2525.R4689 2002
Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia. Jackson, Samuel Macauley. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1949-50. RH Ref BL31.S2
Theologische Realenzyklopaedie. Berlin; New York: deGruyter, 1997- RH Ref BR95.T45.
Van Scott, Miriam. Encyclopedia
of Hell. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. LC MM RH Ref
BL545.V26 1998.
General
The Coptic Encyclopedia. New York: Macmillan, 1991. RH Ref BX130.5.C66 1991
Encyclopedia of African American Religions. Edited by Larry G. Murphy. New York: Garland, 1993. LC, RH Ref BR5C3.N4 E53 1993
Encyclopedia of African and African-American Religions. New York: Routledge, 2001. RH Ref BL2462.5.E53 2001
Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience: Studies of Traditions and Movements. New York: Scribner, 1988. LC RH Ref BL2525. E53 1988
The Encyclopedia of Unbelief. Gordon Stein, Editor. Buffalo: Prometheus Books, 1985. RH Ref BL2705.E53 1985.
Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 1999. LC, MM, RH Ref BL458.E53 1999
Hartz, Paula. Baha'i Faith. New York: Facts On File, 2002. RH BP365.H323 2002
Hirschfelder, Arlene B. The Encyclopedia of Native American Religions. Updated ed. New York: Facts on File, 2000 LC, RH Ref E98.R3 H73 2000
Lewis James R. The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects and New Religions. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 1998. RH Ref BL2525.L49 1998
Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 1999. RH Ref BL31.M47 1999
A New Dictionary of Religions. Edited by John R. Hinnells.
New Handbook of Living Religions. Edited by John R. Hinnells.
New Religions : A Guide : New Religious Movements, Sects and Alternative Spiritualities. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. RH BP603.N492 2004
Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. RH BP603.H36 2004
Sacred Texts of the World: A Universal Anthology. New York: Crossroad, 1982. LC, RH BL70.S47 1982
Buddhism
Baroni, Helen. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism. New York: Rosen Pub. Group, 2002. RH Ref BQ9259.B37 2002
Bunce, Frederick W. An Encyclopaedia of Buddhist Deities, Demigods, Godlings, Saints, and Demons with Special Focus on Iconographic Attributes. New Delhi, D.K. Printworld, 1994. RH Ref BQ130.B88 1994
Encyclopaedia of Buddhism. Edited by G.P. Malalasekera. Columbo: Government of Sri Lanka, 1961- . RH Ref BL1403.E52
Encyclopedia of Buddhism. New York: Macmillan, 2004. RH Ref BQ128.E62 2004
Keown, Damien. A Dictionary of Buddhism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. RH Ref BQ130.K46 2003
Keown, Damien. A Dictionary of Buddhism. (electronic resource) Oxford University Press, 2003.
Powers, John. A Concise Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Oxford: Oneworld, 2000. RH Ref BQ128.P69 2000
Prebish, Charles. The A to Z of Buddhism. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2001. RH Ref BQ130.P73 2001
Hinduism
Dogra, R.C Encyclopedia of Sikh Religion and Culture. New Dehli: Vikas Publishing House, 1995. RH Ref BL2017.3.D64 1995
Sullivan, Bruce M. Historical Dictionary of Hinduism. Lanham, MD.: Scarecrow Press, 1997. RH Ref BL1105.S85 1997
Islam
The Encyclopedia of Islam. New edition. Leiden: Brill, 1960- . LC, RH Ref DS37.E5 1960
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World. New York: Macmillan, 2004. RH Ref BP40.E525 2004
Glasse, Cyril. The New Encyclopedia of Islam. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2001. RH Ref BP40.G42 2001
Greaves, Ron. Key Words in Islam. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2006. RH Ref BP40.G396 2006
Newby, Gordon. A Concise Encyclopedia of Islam. Oxford: Oneworld, 2002. RH Ref BP40.N47 2002
Oxford Dictionary of Islam. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. RH Ref BP40.O95 2003
Oxford Dictionary of Islam. (electronic resource) Oxford University Press, 2003.
Judaism
Eisenberg, Joyce. The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2001. RH Ref BM50.E47 2001
Encyclopedia Judaica.
New York: Macmillan, 1971-72. 16 vols. LC, RH Ref DS 102.8.E64
Greaves, Ron. Key Words in Judaism. Washington, D.C.:Georgetown University Press, 2006. RH Ref BM50.G43 2006
The
The Shengold Jewish Encyclopedia. 3rd ed. Rockville, MD: Schreiber Pub., 2003. RH Ref BM50.S54 2003
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Bibliographia Patristica. Internationale Patristische Bibliographie. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1956- . RH Ref BR59.B5.
Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs: A Reference Guide to More than 700 Topics Discussed by the Early Church Fathers. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1998. LC RH Ref BR66.5.D53 1998.
Encyclopedia of Early Christianity. Editor,
Encyclopedia of the Early Church. Produced by the Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum. Cambridge: James Clarke, 1992. LC, RH Ref BR67.5 D582 1992
Quaston, Johannes. Patrology. Westminster, MD.: Christian Classics, 1986-88. LC, RH BR67.Q3 1986
Patrology-Texts-English
Ancient Christian Writers: The Works of the Fathers in Translation. Ramsey, NJ.: Paulist Press, 1946- . LC, RH BR60.A35
The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325. New York: Scribner's, 1899-1900. RH BR60 R74
The Fathers of the Church: A New Translation. Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1947- . LC, RH BR60.F3A
A Select Library of the Nicene and Post Nicene Fathers.
New York: Christian Literature Company, 1887-1900. 14
vols. Second Series, 14 vols. RH BR60.S4.
Patrology-Texts-Original Languages
Corpus Christianorum: Continuatio Mediaevalis. Turnhout: Brepols, 1966- . RH BR60.C6 Med.
Corpus Christianorum: Series Graeca. Turnhout: Brepols, 1977- . RH BR60.C6Greek.
Corpus Christianorum: Series Latina. Turnhout: Brepols, 1953- . RH BR60.C6Latin.
Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus S.C.O., 1903. .RH (Various call numbers).
Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum. Vindobonae: Geroldi, 1866- . RH BR60.C64
Migne, J.P. Patrologiae…Series Graeca. Parisiis: Migne, 1857-66. 161 vols. In 166. RH BR60.M5
Migne, J.P. Patrologiae Graecae (Electronic resource)
Migne, J.P. Patrologiae…Series Latina. Parisiis: Migne, 1844-80. 221 vols. RH BR60.M5
Migne, J.P. Patrologia Latina (Electronic resource)
The Access Bible: New Revised Standard Version, with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books. New York: Oxford, 1999. LC, RH Ref BS191.5.A1 1999 N49, MM BS191.5.A1 1999 N49
The Bible: authorized King James Version. New York: Oxford, 1997. LC Ref BS185 1997 .O94 1997; LC, RH Ref BS185 1997 .O94 1997
The Cambridge Annotated Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version.
The Catholic Bible: New American Bible including the Revised Psalms and the revised New Testament. Personal study ed. New York: Oxford, 1995. RH BS192.3.A1 1995 .N49
The Catholic Study Bible. New York: Oxford, 1990. LC,RH Ref BS192.3.A1 1990 .N49
The Complete Parallel Bible: containing the Old and New Testaments with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical books. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford, 1993. RH Ref BS125.B5 1993
The Full Study Bible: New International Version. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Pub. House, 1992. RH Ref BS195.N37 1992
The HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical books. New York: HarperCollins, 1993. LC, RH BS191.5.A1 1993 .N49; LC Ref BS191.5.A1 1993 .N49
The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments. New ed. Nashville: Abington, 1977. RH Ref BS185 1977 .N37
The Holy Bible: containing the Old and New Testaments with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical books: New Revised Standard Version. Glasgow; New York: Collins, 1989. RH BS191.5.A1 1989 .G53
The Holy Bible: translated from the Latin Vulgate. Enl. softcover ed. Rockford, IL: Tan Books and Publishers, 2000. LC Ref BS180 2000.
The Jerusalem Bible. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1966. MM, RH Ref BS195.J4; LC BS195. J4
The New American Bible. Translated from the Original Languages with Critical Use of All the Ancient Sources. Paterson, NJ.: St. Anthony Guild Press, 1970. LC, RH Ref BS192.3.A1 P3
The New Jerusalem Bible. Reader's ed. New York: Doubleday, 1990. LC, RH Ref BS195 .J4 1990
The New Jerusalem Bible. New York: Doubleday, 1985. MM Ref BS195.N375 1990B (1990 printing); LC, RH Ref BS195.J4 1985
The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical books. New York: Oxford, 1991. MM BS191.5.A1 1991 .N49; LC, RH Ref BS191.5.A1 1991 .N49
The Oxford Study Bible: Revised English Bible with the Apocrypha. New York: Oxford, 1992. RH BS195.R4 1992
Bible - Commentaries, Dictionaries and
Encyclopedias
The Anchor Bible Dictionary. David Noel Freedman, Editor in Chief. New York: Doubleday, 1992. LC, MM, RH Ref BS440.A54 1992
Aune, David. The Westminster Dictionary of the New Testament and Early Christian Literature and Rhetoric. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2003. RH Ref BS2312.A86 2003
Bauer, Johannes Baptist. Sacramentum Verbi: An Encyclopedia of Biblical Theology. New York: Herder and Herder, 1970. RH Ref BS440.B32
Browning, W.R.F. A Dictionary of the Bible. Rev. ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. RH Ref BS440.B73 2004
Dictionary of Biblical Imagery. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1998. MM, RH Ref BS537.D48 1998
Dictionary of New Testament Background : A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000. RH Ref BS2312.D53 2000
Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its
Developments.
Dictionary of the Old Testament : Pentateuch. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2003. RH Ref BS1225.52.D53 2003
Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2003. RH Ref BS491.3.E37 2003
Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2000. LC, RH BS440.E44 2000
The Facts On File Dictionary of Classical and Biblical Allusions. New York: Facts On File, 2003. RH Ref PN43.F16 2003
Global Bible Commentary. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2004. RH BS491.3.G57 2004
Grey, James M. The Concise Bible Commentary. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1999. RH Ref BS491.G78 1999
The HarperCollins Bible Commentary. Rev. ed. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2000. RH Ref BS491.2.H37 2000
Hebrew Bible : History of Interpretation. Nashville: Abingdon, 2004. RH BS500.H42 2004
Historical Handbook of Major Biblical Interpreters. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1998. RH Ref BS501.A1 H57 1998
The IVP Dictionary of the New Testament : a One Volume Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2004. RH Ref BS2312.I89 2004
The IVP Women's Bible Commentary. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2002. LC, RH Ref BS521.4.I97 2002
The Interpreter's Bible: The Holy Scriptures in the King James and Revised Standard Versions with General Articles and Introduction, Exegisis, Exposition for Each Book of the Bible. New York: Abington-Cokesbury Press, 1951-57. LC, MM, RH Ref BS491.I65
The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible: An Illustrated Encyclopedia Identifying and Explaining all Proper Names and Significant Terms and Subjects in the Holy Scriptures. New York: Abingdon Press, 1962. LC, MM, RH Ref BS440.I62
Kittel, Gerhard. Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1964-76. LC, RH Ref BS2312.K51
The MacArthur Topical Bible: new King James version. Nashville: Word Publishing, 1999. RH Ref BS432.M29 1999
Master Study Bible: New American Standard: Encyclopedia, Concordance, Words of Christ in Red. Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 1981. RH Ref BS195.N35 1981
MacArthur, John. The MacArthur Topical Bible: New King James Version. Nashville: Word Publishing, 1999. RH Ref BS432.M29 1999
Metzger, Bruce Manning. The
New Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001. RH Ref BS440.N437 2001
New Interpreters Bible: General Articles & Introduction, Commentary,
& Reflections for Each Book of the Bible, Including the Apocraphal/Deuterocanonical
Books.
The New Jerome Biblical Commentary. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1990. LC, MM, RH Ref BS491.2.N485 1990
Nicolson, Adam. God's Secretaries: the Making of the King James Bible. New York: HarperCollins, 2003. RH BS186.N53 2003
Nigosian, S.A. From Ancient Writings to Sacred Texts : the Old Testament and Apocrypha. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. RH BS1140.3.N54 2004
Norton, David. A Textual History of the King James Bible. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. RH BS186.N67 2005
Oxford Bible Commentary. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. LC, MM Ref BS491.3.O94 2001
The sacred bridge : Carta's atlas of the Biblical world. Rainey, Anson F. Jerusalem: Carta, 2006. RH Ref BS630.R356 2006
Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament. Revised ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1977- . LC, RH Ref BS440.B641 1977
Trenchard, Warren. A Concise Dictionary of New Testament Greek. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003. LC, RH Ref PA881.T74 2003
Vigouroux, F. Dictionnaire
de la Bible.
Bible-Concordances
Hartdegen, Stephen J. Nelson's Complete Concordance of the New American Bible. Collegeville, MN.: Liturgical Press, 1977. LC, MM, RH Ref BS425.H27
The NRSV Concordance unabridged: Including the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books. Grand Rapids, MI.: Zondervan, 1991. LC, RH Ref BS425.K64 1991
Kohlenberger, John R. The Hebrew English Concordance to the Old Testament: With the New International Version. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1998. RH Ref BS1121.K65 1998
Strong, James. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the
(King James) Bible.
Whitaker, Richard E. Analytical Concordance to the New Revised Standard Version of the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2000. MM, RH Ref BS2305.W45 2000
________________. The Eerdmans Analytical Concordance to the Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI.: Eerdmans, 1988. LC, RH Ref BS425.W48 1988
Wigram, George V. The Englishman's Greek Concordance of the New Testament: Coded with the Numbering System from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishing, 1996. RH Ref BS2302.W495 1996
Wigram, George
V. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee
Concordance of the Old Testament: Coded with the Numbering System from Strong's
Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson
Publishing, 1996. RH Ref BS1125.W5 1996
The Code of Canon Law: A Text and Commentary. New York: Paulist Press, 1985. LC, MM, RH Ref BX1943.E63 1985
Dictionnaire de Droit Canonique. Paris: Letouzey, 1935-65. RH Ref BX 1936.D5
New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law. New York : Paulist Press, 2000. LC, RH Ref BX1935.N49 2000
Bellitto, Christopher. The General Councils : A History of the Twenty-One Church Councils from Nicaea to Vatican II. New York: Paulist Press, 2002. LC, MM, RH BX825.B45 2002
Commentary on the Documents of
The Documents of
Tanner, Norman . The Councils of the Church : A Short History. New York: Crossroad, 2001. RH BR200.T36 2001
Cabrol, Fernand. Dictionnaire d'Acheologie Chretienne et de Liturgie. Paris: Letouzey, 1907-53. RH D2.D51
Lang, Jovian. Dictionary of the Liturgy. New York: Catholic Book Pub., 1989. LC, RH BV173.L26 1989; MM Ref BV173.L26 1989
New Dictionary of Sacramental Worship. Collegeville, MN.: Liturgical Press, 1990. LC, RH Ref BV173.N48 1990
Smolarski, Dennis. Liturgical Literacy : from Anamnesis to Worship. New York: Paulist Press, 1990. RH Ref BV173.S66 1990
Dictionnaire Historique de la Papaute.[English] New York : Routledge, 2002. RH Ref BX955.2 .D5313 2002
The Encyclicals of John Paul II. Huntington, IN.: Our Sunday Visitor, 2001. LC, RH Ref BX870 1978A OCT
Encyclopedia of the Vatican and Papacy. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999. LC, RH Ref BX955.2.E53 1999
Maxwell-Stuart, P.G. Chronicle of the Popes : the Reign by Reign Record of the Papacy from St. Peter to the Present. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1997. LC, RH Ref BX955.2.M29 1997
McBrien, Richard. Lives of the Popes: the Pontiffs from St. Peter to John Paul II. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1997. LC, MM, RH BX955.2 .M39 1997
The Papal Encyclicals. Compiled
by Claudia Carlen.
Pastor, Ludwig. The History of the Popes from the Close of the Middle Ages. St. Louis: Herder, 1891-1940. LC, RH BX955.P35
Rendina, Claudio. The Popes : Histories and Secrets. Santa Ana, CA: Seven Locks Press, 2002. RH Ref BX955.3.R4613 2002
Catholic Church-Religious
Orders
Day, Peter. Dictionary of Religious Orders. Tunbridge Wells: Burns & Oates, 2001. RH Ref BX2420.D39 2001
Dizionario degli Istituti de Perfezione. Diretto da Guerrimo Pelliccia. Roma: Edizioni Paoline, 1974- . RH Ref BQX6800.3.D59
Kapsner, Oliver Leonard. Catholic Religious
Orders: Listing Conventional and Full Names in English, Foreign Language and
Latin, also Abbreviations, Date and Country of Origin and Founders. 2nd
ed. Collegeville, MN.:
Oury, Guy Marie. Dictionnaire des Ordres Religieux et des Familles Sprituelles. Chambray-les-Tours: Edicions C.L.D., 1988. RH BQX6800.3.O87 1988
Acta Sanctorum Quotquot... Collegit, digessit, notis illustravit Joannes Bollandus. Editio novissima. Parisiis: Apud Victorem Palme, 1863- . RH D2.A2
Cunningham, Lawrence. A Brief History of Saints. Malden, MA: Balckwell, 2005. RH BX2333.C86 2005
Ellsberg, Robert. All Saints : Daily Reflections on Saints, Prophets, and Witnesses for Our Time. New York: Crossroads, 1997. RH Ref BL72.E44 1997
Mystics, Visionaries, and Prophets: A Historical Anthology of Women's Spiritual Writings. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1998. RH Ref BV4495.M97 1998
Tylende, Joseph. Jesuit Saints & Martyrs: Short Biographies of the Saints, Blessed, Venerables, and Servants of God of the Society of Jesus. 2nd ed. Chicago:Jesuit Way, 1998. RH Ref BX3755.T94 1998
Catholic Church-General
Encyclopedias and Reference Sources
Dictionary of Fundamental Theology. New York: Crossroad, 1994. LC, RH Ref BX841.D481 1994
Dictionnaire d'histoire et de Geographic Ecclesiastiques. Paris: Letouzey, 1912- . RH Ref D2.D52
The Encyclopedia of American Catholic History. Collegeville, MN.: Liturgical Press, 1997. LC, RH Ref BX1406.2.E53 1997
Handbook of Catholic Theology. New York: Crossroad, 1995. LC, RH Ref BT7S.2.L441 1995.
HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism. General Editor Richard McBrien. New York: Harper Collins, 1995. RH Ref BX841.H37 1995
Dictionnaire de Spiritualite Ascetique et Mystique, Doctrine et Histoire. Paris: Beauchesne, 1932- . RH Ref D2.D67
Dictionnaire de Theologie Catholique. Paris: Letouzey, 1908-50. 15 vols in 30. RH Ref D2.D54
Lexikon fur Theologie und Kirche. Begrundet von Michael Buchberger. Frieburg in Breisgau, Herder, 1993- . RH Ref BT18.B8 1993
McCabe, James P. Critical Guide to Catholic Reference Books. 3rd ed. Littleton C.: Libraries Unlimited, 1989. LC, MM, RH Ref BX800.A1 M3 1989
The Modern Catholic Encyclopedia. Collegeville, MN.: Liturgical Press, 1994. LC, RH Ref BX841.M585 1994.
New Catholic Encyclopedia.
New Catholic Encyclopedia. 2nd ed. (electronic resource) Detroit: Thompson, Gale, 2003
The New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality. Collegeville, MN.: Liturgical Press, 1993. LC RH Ref BX2350.65.N49 1993
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Catholic History. Huntington, IN.: Our Sunday Visitor, 1995. LC, RH Ref BX945.2.B86 1995
Raymond, John. Catholics on the Internet. 2000-01 ed. Rocklin, CA: Prima Publishing, 2000. RH Ref BX842.5.R38 2000; LC Ref BX842.5.R38
Sacramentum Mundi: An Encyclopedia of Theology. Edited by Karl Rahner. New York: Herder and Herder, 1968-1970. LC, RH Ref BR95.S3
American Catholic Thought on Social Questions . Edited by Aaron Ignatius Abell. Indianapolis , IN : Bobbs-Merrill, 1968. LC, MM, RH BX1753.A6.
Bakken, Peter W. Ecology, Justice, and Christian Faith: a critical guide to literature . Westport , CT : Greenwood Press, 1995. RH BQT616.5.A1 B3 1995
The Catholic Left in Latin America : A Comprehensive Bibliography . Therrin C. Dahlin, et al. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1981. LC, RH HN39.L3 A1
Catholic Social Teaching in Action . Jesuite Centre for Faith and Justice. Dublin : Columbia Press, 2005. RH BX1753.J47 2005
Catholic Social Teaching: Our Best Kept Secret . Edward P. DeBerri, et al. Maryknoll , NY : Orbis Books, 2003. RH BQT344.H46 2003
Church and Social Action: A Critical Assessment and Bibliographical Survey . Compiled by Roger T. Wilcott. Westport , CT : Greenwood Press, 1990. LC, RH BQT647.W632 1990
Cleary, J.M. Catholic Social Action in Britian, 1909-1959: A History of the Catholic Social Guild . Oxford : Catholic Social Guild, 1961. RH BX1493.C4
Cronin, John Francis. Catholic Social Principles; The Social Teaching of the Catholic Church applied to American Economic Life . Milwaukee , WI : Bruce Pub. Co. , 1950. LC, MM, RH HN37.C3 C69
Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker: A Bibliography and Index . Compiled by Anne and Alice Klejment. NewYork: Garland , 1986. LC, MM, RH BX4705. D283 A1 1986
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences . Edited by David L. Sills. NewYork: Macmillan & The Free Press, [1968]-c1979. LC, MM, RH Ref H41.E61
Living the Catholic social tradition : cases and commentary. Weigert, Kathleen Maas. Lanham, Md: Rowman Littleifeld Publishers, 2005. RH MM BX1753.L58 2005
Martinez , Richard Edward. PADRES: The National Chicano Priest Movement . Austin , TX : University of Texas Press, 2005. RH E184.M5 M3684 2005
The New Dictionary of Catholic Social Thought . Edited by Judith A, Dwyer. Collegeirlle , MN : Liturgical Press, 1994. RH Ref BQT647.N456 1994
One Hundred Years of Catholic Social Thought: Celebration and Challenge . Edited by John Aloysius Coleman. Maryknoll , NY : Orbis, 1991. LC, RH BQT647.o64 1991
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