CSSLibraryGuides: Subject Encyclopedias @ The College of St. Scholastica Library: RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY

Encyclopedia of Religion
Call Number: Ref. BL31 .E46 1986
16 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd edition
Call Number: Ref. BL31. E46 2005
15 volumes.
Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, 2nd edition
Call Number: Ref. BL80.3 .R45 2010
6 volumes.
The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of World Religions
2007.
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices, 2nd edition
4 volumes. 2015
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices
Call Number: Ref. BL80.3 .W67 2006
3 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Global Religion
2102.
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Religion
Call Number: Ref. BR 95 .E494
3 volumes.
The SAGE Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Religion
20200
Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions, 9th edtion
Call Number: Ref. BL2525 .M449 2017
2 volumes. 2017.
Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions, 8th edition
Call Number: Ref. 2525 .M449 2009
Encyclopedia of American Religions, 5th edition
Call Number: Ref. BL2525 .M449 [1996].
Encyclopedia of American Religious History, 4th edition
2018.
Religion and American Cultures: An Encyclopedia of Traditions, Diversity, and Popular Expressions
Call Number: Ref. BL2525 .R448 2015
2 volumes.
Contemporary American Religion
2 volumes. 2002.
Hispanic American Religious Culture 2 volumes. Ref. BL2525 .H57 2009
Call Number: Ref. BL2525 .H57 2009
2 volumes.
Asian American Religious Cultures
Call Number: Ref. BL2525 .A845 2015
2 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Religion and War
Call Number: Ref. BL80.3 .E53 2004
Encyclopedia of Fundamentalism
Call Number: Ref. BL238 .E63 2001
Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature
Call Number: Ref. BL31 .E465 2005
2 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Sacred Places, 2nd edition
Call Number: Ref. BL580 .B76 2011
2 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Monasticism
Call Number: Ref. BL631 .E53x 2000
2 volumes. Scholarly articles with bibliographies on all aspects of monastic life, in both Western & Eastern religions.
Pilgrimage: From the Ganges to Graceland: An Encyclopedia
Call Number: Ref. BL619.P5D38 2002
2 volumes.
World Religions for Healthcare Professionals
Call Number: Ref. BL65.M4 W67 2010
The Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism
Call Number: Ref. BL501 .E53 1998
3 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Irish Spirituality
Call Number: Ref. BL980.I7 J47 2000
Encyclopedia of Unbelief
Call Number: Ref. BL2705 .E53 1985
2 volumes.
The New Encyclopedia of Unbelief
Call Number: Ref. BL2705 .N49 2007
Art and Architecture of the World's Religions
Call Number: Ref. N7790 .R67 2009
2 volumes.
Heaven, Hell, and the Afterlife: Eternity in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Call Number: Ref. BL535 .H43 2013
3 volumes.
Milestone Documents of World Religions
3 volumes. 2017.
Food, Feasts, and Faith: An Encyclopedia of Food Culture in World Religions
Call Number: Ref. BL65.F65 F54 2017
2 volumes.
The Eerdmans Encyclopedia of Early Christian Art and Archaeology
Call Number: Ref. N7832 .E335 2017
3 volumes.
Astrology Through the Ages: Interpreting the Stars from Ancient Mesopotamia to the Present
Call Number: Ref. BF1655 .A88 2018

Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible
Call Number: Ref. BS440 .I63 1962
4 volumes + supplement.
Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
Call Number: Ref. BS2312 .K51 1964
9 volumes.
Anchor Bible Dictionary
Call Number: Ref. BS440 .A54 1992
6 volumes.
Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels
Call Number: Ref. BS2555.52 .D53 2013
Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament
Call Number: Ref. BS575 .W593 2000
Psychology and the Bible: A New Way to Read Scriptures
Call Number: Ref. BS645 .P84 2004
4 volumes.
Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics
Call Number: Ref. BS680 .E84 2011
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Ethics
Call Number: Ref. BS680.E84 O94 2014
2 volumes.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bibler and Gender Studies
Call Number: Ref. BS680.W7 O94 2014
2 volumes.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Theology
Call Number: Ref. BS440 .O927 2015
2 volumes.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law
Call Number: Ref. BM520.52 .O94 2015
2 volumes.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Call Number: Ref. BS440 .O93 2011
2 volumes.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and the Arts
Call Number: Ref. BS538.7 .O94 2015
2 volumes.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology
Call Number: Ref. DS111.A2 O94 2013
2 volumes.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Biblical Interpretation
Call Number: Ref. BS511.3 .O88 2013
2 volumes.

Encyclopedia of the Early Church
Call Number: Ref. BR66.5 .D5813 1991
2 volumes. Scholarly articles about the Christian Church from its inception to approximately 750 A.D.
The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization
Call Number: Ref. BR95 .E467 2011
4 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, 2nd edition
Call Number: Ref. BR162.2 .E53 1997
2 volumes. Coverage from the time of Christ to the 7th century A.D. Brief, scholarly articles with bibliographies.
Baptism in the Early Church: History, Theology, and Liturgy in the First Five Centuries
Call Number: Ref. BV803 .F47 2009
Encyclopedia of Catholicism, 2nd edition
2016.
Catholic Encyclopedia
Call Number: Ref. BX841 .C25 1907
16 volumes.
New Catholic Encyclopedia 19 volumes + Jubilee Volume
Call Number: Ref. BX841 .N44 1967
19 volumes + Jubilee Volume. The 1967 edition of the Catholic Encyclopedia.
New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd edition
Call Number: Ref. BX841 .N44 2002
15 volumes. The 2003 edition of the New Catholic Encyclopedia.
New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd edition, Supplement 2009
Call Number: Ref. BX841 .N44 2002
New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd edition, Supplement 2010
Call Number: Ref. BX841 .N44 2002
New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd edition, Supplement 2011
Call Number: Ref. BX841 .N44 2002
New Catholic Encyclopedia, Supplement 2012-2013
Call Number: Ref. BX841 .N44 2002
HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism
Call Number: Ref. BX841 .H37 1995
The Papacy: An Encyclopedia
Call Number: Ref. BX955.2 .D53 2002
3 volumes. Scholarly articles. Originally published in France.
Encyclopedia of the Vatican and Papacy
Call Number: Ref. BX955.2 .E53 1999
Brief articles with bibliographies, both about the popes & the institution of the papacy.
Great Popes Through History: An Encyclopedia
Call Number: Ref. BX955.3 .G74 2002
2 volumes.
The Death of Popes: Comprehensive Accounts, Including Funerals, Burial Places, and Epitaphs
Call Number: Ref. BX958 .T7 R43 2004
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Jesuits
Call Number: Ref. BX3702.A1 C36 2017
The Encyclopedia of American Catholic History
Call Number: Ref. BX1406.2 .E53 1997
The Catholic Experience in America
Call Number: Ref. BX1406.3 .V38 2006
Handbook of Catholic Theology
Call Number: Ref. BX1745.5 .L4913 1995
Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy
Call Number: Ref. BX1753 .E595 2007
2 volumes.
The New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality
Call Number: Ref. BX2350.65 .N49 1993
Catholic Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook
Call Number: Ref. PN471 .C38 2001
The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine Through the Ages
Call Number: Ref. BR65.A90 O9 2013
3 volumes.

The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity
Call Number: Ref. BX100.7 .B53 2000
Covers the major & minor churches of Eastern Christianity.
The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Call Number: Ref. BX230 .E53 2011
2 volumes.
Eastern Christianity and Politics in the Twenty-First Century
Call Number: Ref. BX101 .R378 2014

Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity
Call Number: Ref. BR66.5 .D5813 2014
3 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, 2nd edition
Call Number: Ref. BR162.2 .E53 1997
2 volumes. Coverage from the time of Christ to the 7th century A.D. Brief, scholarly articles with bibliographies.
The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization
Call Number: Ref. BR95 .E467 2011
4 volumes.
The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd edition
Call Number: Ref. BR95 .O8 1997
The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought
Call Number: Ref. BR95 .O93x 2000
Sacramentum Mundi [Sacrament of the World]
Call Number: Ref. BR95 .S22 1970
6 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Politics
Call Number: Ref. BR115.P7 E58 2006
2 volumes.
Jesus in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia
Call Number: Ref. BR145.3 .H68 2003
2 volumes.
World Christian Encyclopedia
Call Number: Ref. BR157 .W67 1982
World Christian Encyclopedia, 2nd edition
Call Number: Ref. BR157 .W67 2001
2 volumes.
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
Call Number: Ref. BR302.8 .O93 1996
4 volumes. Scholarly work featuring short articles with bibliographies of primary & secondary sources.
Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States
Call Number: Ref. BR515 .E52 2016
5 volumes.
Dictionary of Christianity in America
Call Number: Ref. BR515 .D53 1990
The Religious Right and American Politics, 4th edition
2019.
A Dictionary of Asian Christianity
Call Number: Ref. BR1065 .D52 2002
Encyclopedia of Millennialism and Millennial Movements
Call Number: Ref. BT891 .E53 2000
Prime Time Religion: An Encyclopedia of Religious Broadcasting
Call Number: Ref. BV656 .M45 1997
Encyclopedia of Religious Freedom
Call Number: Ref. BV741 .E47 2003
Baptism in the Early Church: History, Theology, and Liturgy in the First Five Centuries
Call Number: Ref. BV803 .F47 2009
Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions
Call Number: Ref. BV3700 .B56 1998
Encyclopedia of Religious and Spiritual Development
2006.
Encyclopedia of Religious Revivals in America
Call Number: Ref. BV3773 .E53 2007
2 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Religious and Spiritual Development
2006.
The Coptic Encyclopedia
Call Number: Ref. BX130.5 .C66 1991
8 volumes.
The Encyclopedia of Protestantism
Call Number: Ref. BX4811.3 .E53 2004
4 volumes.
Puritans and Puritanism in Europe and America: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia
Call Number: Ref. BX9323 .P85 2006
2 volumes.
Historical Dictionary of the Reformed Churches, 2nd edition
Call Number: Ref. BX9415 .B46 2010
Concise Encyclopedia of the Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites
Call Number: Ref. BX4931.3 C67 2010
Historical Dictionary of Anglicanism, 2nd edition
Call Number: Ref. BX5007 .B83 2015
Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, 2nd edition
Call Number: Ref. BX6211 .B73 2009
Evangelical America: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Religious Culture
Call Number: Ref. BR1642.U5 E86 2017
Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers)
Call Number: Ref. BX7611 .H57 2003
Historical Encyclopedia of Methodism, 2nd edition
Call Number: Ref. BX8211 .H57 2013
Historical Dictionary of Lutheranism
Call Number: Ref. BX8007 .G37 2011
Mormonism: A Historical Encyclopedia
Call Number: Ref. BX8605.5 .M67 2010
Historical Dictionary of the Seventh-Day Adventists
Call Number: Ref. BX6153 .L36 2005
Historical Dictionary of the Shakers
Call Number: Ref. BX9765 .D84 2000
Historical Dictionary of Unitarian Universalism
Call Number: Ref. BX9809 .H37 2004
Encyclopedia of Protestantism, 2nd edition
2016.
Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses, 2nd edition
Call Number: Ref. BX8526 .C48 2019

Encyclopedia of Judaism
Call Number: Ref. BM50 .E63 1989
The Encyclopedia of Judaism
Call Number: Ref. BM50 .E63 1999
3 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Judaism, 2nd edition
2016.
The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion
Call Number: Ref. BM50 .O94 1997
Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Call Number: Ref. BM487 .E53 2000
2 volumes.
An Encyclopedia of American Synagogue Ritual
Call Number: Ref. BM660 .O43 2000
Encyclopedia Judaica, 2nd edition
Call Number: Ref. DS102.8 .E496 2007
22 volumes. 2007. Updated edition of the 1971 classic.
Encyclopedia Judaica
Call Number: Ref. DS102.8 .E496
16 volumes + supplements. 1972.
Encyclopedia of Jewish Folklore and Traditions
2013.

Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, 2nd edition
Call Number: Ref. BP40 .E525 2016
2 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
2 volumes. 2004.
Encyclopedia of Islam, 2nd edition
2016.
Muhammad in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Prophet of God
Call Number: Ref. BP75 .M7616 2014
2 volumes.,
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
Call Number: Ref. DS35.53 .O96 2009
6 volumes.
Shorter Encyclopedia of Islam
Call Number: Ref. BP40 .S5
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women
Call Number: Ref. BP173.4 .O94 2013
2 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures
2007.
Encyclopedia of the Quran
Call Number: Ref. BP133 .E53x 2001
[Volume 1 - other volumes to be published].
Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam
Call Number: Ref. Q127.I742 O94 2014
2 volumes.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
Call Number: Ref. BP173.7 .O94 2014
2 volumes.
Ashgate Research Companion to Islamic Law
2014.

Encyclopedia of Buddhism
Call Number: Ref. BQ128 .E62 2004
2 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Buddhism, 2nd edition
2016.
The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism
2014.
RoutledgeCurzon Encyclopedia of Confucianism
Call Number: Ref. BL1840 .R68 2003
2 volumes.
The Encyclopedia of Taoism
Call Number: Ref. BL1923 .E63 2008
2 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Hinduism, 2nd editon
2016.
Encyclopedia of Hinduism
Call Number: Ref. BL1105 .E53x 2008
Contemporary Hinduism: Ritual, Culture, and Practice
Call Number: Ref. BL1202 .C65 2004
Krishna: In History, Thought, and Culture
Call Number: Ref. BL1220 .V45 2016
Shamanism: An Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture
Call Number: Ref. BL2370 .S5 S53x 2004
2 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Native American Shamanism: Sacred Ceremonies of North America
Call Number: Ind. Res. Ref. E98.M4 L98 1998
Encyclopedia of African Religions
Call Number: Ref. BL2400 .E53 2009
2 volumes.
Encyclopedia of African and African-American Religion
Call Number: Ref. BL2462.5 .E53 2001
The Encyclopedia of Caribbean Religions
Call Number: Ref. BL2565 .E53 2013
2 volumes.
The Voodoo Encyclopedia: Magic, Ritual, and Religion
Call Number: Ref. BL2490 .V656 2015

Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
2 volumes. 2003.
Where God and Science Meet: How Brain and Evolutionary Studies Alter Our Understanding of Religion
Call Number: Ref. BL53 .W511 2006
3 volumes.
Psychology and the Bible: A New Way to Read Scriptures
Call Number: Ref. BS645 .P84 2004
4 volumes.

Homosexuality and Religion: An Encyclopedia
Call Number: Ref. BL65.H64 H63 2007
Encyclopedia of Love in World Religions
Call Number: Ref. BL626.4 .E53 2008
2 volumes.

The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Women’s Studies in Religion
2021.
Encyclopedia of Women in World Religions: Faith and Culture Across Religions
Call Number: Ref. BL458 .W5835 2019
2 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion
Call Number: Ref. BL458 .E53 1999
2 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America
Call Number: Ref. BL458 .E52 2006
3 volumes.
Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament
Call Number: Ref. BS575 .W593 2000

Creation Myths of the World: An Encyclopedia, 2nd edition
Call Number: Ref BL325.C7 L44 2010
2 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines
Call Number: Ref. BL473.5 .M663 2010
2 volumes.
Heroes & Heroines
Call Number: Ref. GR515 .C75 2013
Cassell's Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend
Call Number: Ref. BL860 .O73x 1997
Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend
Call Number: Ref. BL900 .G73 1997x
Handbook of Chinese Mythology
Call Number: Ref. BL1825 .Y355 2005
Handbook of Polynesian Mythology
Call Number: Ref. BL2620 .P6 C72 2004
Handbook of Native American Mythology
Call Number: Ind. Res. Ref. E98.R3 B26 2004
Handbook of Incan Mythology
Call Number: Ref. F3429 .S27 2004
Love, Sexuality, and Desire
Call Number: Ref. GR460 .C75 2013
2 volumes. Part of the series Critical Survey of Mythology and Folklore. Covers selected classical & medieval myths + international coverage & feminist critiques.
See also: Browse the "BL" section of the Reference Collection for many more books other than subject encyclopedias on mythology.
Encyclopedia of Mythological Objects
2020.

Encyclopedia of the Paranormal
Call Number: Ref. BF1025 .E54 1996
Satanism Today: An Encyclopedia of Religion, Folklore, and Popular Culture
Call Number: Ref. BF1548 .L49 2001
Encyclopedia of Witchcraft & Wicca, 3rd edition
Call Number: Ref. BF1566 .G85 2008
The Greeenhaven Encyclopedia of Witchcraft
2002.
The Routledge History of Medieval Magic
2019.
The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead, 3rd edition
Call Number: Ref. BF1556 .M46 2011
Encyclopedia of Vampire Mythology
Call Number: Ref. GR830.V3 B34 2010
The Encyclopedia of Magic & Alchemy
Call Number: Ref. BF1588 .G85 2006
Encyclopedia of the Zombie: The Walking Dead in Popular Culture and Myth
Call Number: Ref. GR581 .E53 2014
The Ashgate Research Companion to Paranormal Cultures
2013.

Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2nd edition
Call Number: Ref. B51 .E53 2006
10 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Call Number: Ref. B41 .E5 1966.
8 volumes + supplement.
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Call Number: Ref. B51 .R68 1998
10 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences
Call Number: Ref. B63 .E53 2013
2 volumes.
The History of Western Philosophy of Religion
Call Number: Ref. BL51 .H575 2009
5 volumes.
Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy
Call Number: Ref. B121 .C66 1997
Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy
Call Number: Ref. B121 .E53 2001
Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy
Call Number: Ref. B126 .E496 2003
Augustine Through the Ages
Call Number: Ref. B655 .Z69 A84 1999
Scholarly articles on the works of St. Augustine and his influence on the thinking of the Western world.
The Cambridge History of Medieval Philosophy
Call Number: Ref. B721 .C355 2010
2 volumes. Scholarly essays on a wide variety of topics.
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
Call Number: Ref. B802 .E53 2003
4 volumes.
The Blackwell Guide to the Modern Philosophers: From Descartes to Nietzsche
2001.
Encyclopedia of Modern French Thought
Call Number: Ref. DC33.7 .E55 2004
Encyclopedia of Postmodernism
Call Number: Ref. B831.2 E63 2001
Critical Theory: The Key Concepts
Call Number: Ref. B809.3 .F
The Palgrave Handbook of Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity
2014.
A Companion to Environmental Philosophy
2003.
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
Call Number: Ref. BH56 .E53 1998
4 volumes.
The Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Continental Philosophy
1999.
Encyclopedia of Empiricism
1997.
Encyclopedia of Philosophers on Religion
2008.
Meet the Philosophers of Ancient Greece
2005.
Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy
2013.
The Oxford Handbook of Spinoza
Call Number: Ref. B3998 .O94 2018

Ethics: Questions & Morality of Human Actions, 3rd edition
Call Number: Ref. BJ63 .E54 2019
4 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics
Call Number: Ref. BJ63 .A66x 1998
4 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Ethics
Call Number: Ref. BJ63 .E45 2001
3 volumes.
Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics
Call Number: Ref. BS680 .E84 2011
Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy
Call Number: Ref. GE42 .E533 2009
2 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society
Call Number: Ref. HF5387 .E53 2008
5 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare
Call Number: Ref. HV4708 .E53 2010
2 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare
Call Number: Ref. HV4708 .E53 1998
Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics
Call Number: Ref. Q175.35 E53 2005
4 volumes.
Bioethics, 4th edition
Call Number: Ref. QH332 .E52 2014
5 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Bioethics, 3rd edition
Call Number: Ref. QH332 .E52 2004
5 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Bioethics, 2nd edition
Call Number: Ref. QH332 .E52 1995
5 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Bioethics
Call Number: Ref. QH332 .E52
1978. 4 volumes.
The Penn Center Guide to Bioethics
2009.
The Blackwell Guide to Medical Ethics
2006.
The Sage Handbook of Health Care Ethics
Call Number: Ref. R724 .S34 2011
The Concise Encyclopedia of the Ethics of New Technologies
2001.
The Eugenics Movement: An Encyclopedia
Call Number: Ref. HQ751 .E64 2005
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Ethics
Call Number: Ref. BS680.E84 O94 2014
2 volumes.
Nursing Ethics
Call Number: Ref. RT85 .N87 2015
3 volumes.
The SAGE Guide to Key Issues in Mass Media Ethics and the Law
Call Number: Ref. KF2750 .S34 2015
2 volumes.