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Hinduism Islam Judaism
New Religions, Paganism Mythology Ethics
Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics. Ed. by James Hastings In the library: BL31 E421 v.1-13 (Reference)
The Encyclopedia of Religion. Ed. by Mircea Eliade In the library: BL31 E46 1987 v.1-16 (Reference)
HarperCollins Dictionary of Religion In the library: BL31 H37 1995 (Reference)
The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions In the library: BL31 O84 1997 (Reference)
Encyclopedia of Religion and Society
http://hirr.hartsem.edu/ency/index.html
In the library: BL60 E53 1998 (Reference) and online
Religions of the World
In the library: BL80.3 R45 2002 v.1-4 (Reference)
Encyclopedia of Women and World Religions In the library: BL458 E53 1999 v.1-2 (Reference)
Encyclopedia of Monasticism In the library: BL631 E63 2000 v.1-2 (Reference)
Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience In the library: BL2525 E53 1988 v.1-3 (Reference)
 
Encyclopedia of Buddhism In the library: BQ128 E62 2004 v.1-2 (Reference)
A Concise Encyclopedia of Buddhism In the library: BQ128 P69 2000 (Reference)
A to Z of Buddhism In the library: BQ130 P73 2001 (Reference)
Oxford Dictionary of Buddhism In the library: BQ1230 K46 2003 (Reference)
The World of Buddhism In the library: BQ4012 W67 1991 (Reference)
 
Encyclopedia of Christianity In the library: BR95 E8913 v.1-3 (Reference)
The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church In the library: BR95 O8 1997 (Reference)
A Concise Encyclopedia of Christianity In the library: BR95 P37 1998 (Reference)
World Christian Encyclopedia: a comparative survey In the library: BR157 W67 2001 v.1-2 (Reference)
Encyclopedia of Early Christianity In the library: BR162.2 E53 1997 v.1-2 (Reference)
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation In the library: BR302.8 O93 1996 v.1-4 (Reference)
The Holy Bible in Four Translations In the library: BS125 W6 1972 (Reference)
The Anchor Bible Dictionary In the library: BS440 A54 1992 v.1-6 (Reference)
Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament In the library: BS440 B5713 v.1-14 (Reference)
The Oxford Dictionary of the Bible In the library: BS440 B73 1997 (Reference)
The Oxford Companion to the Bible In the library: BS440 M434 1993 (Reference)
The Interpreter's Bible In the library: BS491.2 I55 v.1-12 (Reference)
Theological Dictionary of the New Testament In the library: BS2312 K513 v.1-10 (Reference)
The New Catholic Encyclopedia In the library: BX841 N44 1967 v.1-20 (Reference)
The Papacy: an encyclopedia In the library: BX955.3 D5313 2002 (Reference)
 
Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology In the library: BL1105 D6 1953 (Reference)
A Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism In the library: BL1105 K56 1998 (Reference)
The Hindu World; an Encyclopedic Survey of Hinduism In the library: BL1105 W34 (Reference)
A to Z of Hinduism In the library: BL1105 S847 2001 (Reference)
Harper's Dictionary of Hinduism In the library: BL1105 S88 (Reference)
A Guide to Hindu Religion In the library: BL1202 D45 1981 (Reference)
Popular Hinduism and Hindu Mythology In the library: BL1202 H64 (Reference)
 
The New Encyclopedia of Islam In the library: BP40 G42 2001 (Reference)
The Oxford Dictionary of Islam In the library: BP40 O95 2003 (Reference)
The Muslim Diaspora In the library: BP50 J46 1995 (Reference)
Islamic Fundamentalism In the library: BP60 D38 2003 (Reference)
The Holy Qur'an In the library: BP109 1983 (Reference)
Encyclopedia of the Qur'an In the library: BP133 E53 2001 v.1-4 (Reference)
A Concordance of the Qur'an In the library: BP133 K37 1983 (Reference)
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World In the library: DS35.53 O95 1995 (Reference)
Encyclopaedia of Islam In the library: DS37 E523 v.1-11 suppl. (Reference)
A Cultural Atlas of Islam In the library: DS 36.85 A39 1986 (Reference)
An Historical Atlas of Islam In the library: G1786 S1 H6 2002 (Reference Atlas)
 
Encyclopedia of Jewish Concepts In the library : BM50 B55 1988 (Reference)
Encyclopedia of Judaism In the library: BM50 E63 1999 v.1-3 (Reference)
The Jewish Religion: a companion In the library: BM50 J28 1995 (Reference)
The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion In the library: BM50 O94 1997 (Reference)
The Holy Scriptures In the library: BS715 1955 v.1-2 (Reference)
Tanakh: the Holy Scriptures In the library: BS896 A1 P45 1985 (Reference)
The Torah In the library: BS1223 1953 (Reference)
Encyclopaedia Judaica
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/index.jsp
In the library: DS102.8 E496 v.1-16(Reference)
 

The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft

In the library: BF1566 G85 1999 (Reference)
Witchcraft Today : an encyclopedia of Wiccan and neopagan traditions In the library: BF1571 L49 1999 (Reference)

Cults in America : a reference handbook

In the library: BL2525 L486 1998 (Reference)

The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions

In the library: BL2525 L49 1998 (Reference)

New Age Encyclopedia

In the library: BP605 N48 M44 1990 (Reference)

A Popular Dictionary of Paganism

In the library: BP605 N46 P43 2002 (Reference)
Encyclopedia of Native American Shamanism In the library: E98 M4 L98 1998 (Reference)
Shamanism: an encyclopedia of world beliefs, practices and culture In the library: GN475.8 S445 2004 (Reference)
 

Man, Myth, and Magic : the illustrated encyclopedia of mythology, religion, and the unknown

In the library: BF1407 M34 1995 (Reference)
The Golden Bough : a study in magic and religion In the library: BL310 F7 1935 vol.s 1-12 (Reference)

Mythologies

In the library:BL311 D513 1991 v. 1-2 (Reference)

Myths and Legends of the World

In the library: BL311 M97 2000 vol.1 - 4 (Reference)

Encyclopedia of Creation Myths

In the library: BL325 C7 L44 1994 (Reference)

Legends of the Earth, Sea, and Sky : an encyclopedia of nature myths

In the library:BL435 A53 1998 (Reference)

Guide to the Gods

In the library: BL473 L43 1992 (Reference)

Goddesses in World Mythology

In the library: BL473.5 A66 1993 (Reference)

Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman Mythology

In the library: BL715 D56 1998 (Reference)

Dictionary of Roman Religion

In the library:BL798 A35 2000 (Reference)

Dictionary of Celtic Mythology

In the library: BL900 M445 1998 (Reference)

Encyclopedia of Russian & Slavic Myth and Legend

In the library: BL930 D58 1998 (Reference)

Dictionary of African Mythology

In the library: BL2400 S24 2000 (Reference)

The Ancient Gods Speak : a guide to Egyptian religion

In the library: BL2428 A53 2002 (Reference)

Handbook of Native American Mythology

In the library: E98.R3 B26 2004 (Reference)
 
Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics In the library: BJ63 E44 1998 vol.1-4 (Reference)
Encyclopedia of Ethics In the library: BJ63 E45 2001 vol.1-3 (Reference)
The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Ethics In the library: BJ63 M3 1986 (Reference)
Business Ethics: A Reference Handbook In the library: HF5387 D54 1998 (Reference)
The Concise Encyclopedia of the Ethics of New Technologies In the library: QH332 C66 2001 (Reference)
Encyclopedia of Bioethics In the library: QH332 E52 1995 vol.1-5 (Reference)

The New Dictionary of Medical Ethics

In the library: R724 N47 1997 (Reference)
 

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