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 Vampire Almanac: The Complete History
2022.
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.
A History of Western Philosophy of Education
5 volumes. 2021.
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.