The first step in research in any subject is making sure you understand your topic. Use dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference sources to gather background information to better understand your topic.
Religion Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Religious Rites, Rituals, and Festivals
by
Frank A. Salamone (Editor)
Call Number: BL31 .E47
Publication Date: 2004
The Encyclopedia of Religious Rites, Rituals and Festivals explores the complex topics of rites, rituals, and festivals.
The Qur'an
by
Oliver Leaman (Editor)
Call Number: BP133 .Q87
Publication Date: 2005
The objective of The Qur'an: An Encyclopedia is to present a diversity of thoughts amd approaches in order to give a strong appreciation of the range of response that the text has provoked throughout its history and providing students and researchers with a powerful one-volume resource covering all aspects of the text and its reception.
Encyclopedia of Religious Freedom
by
Catharine Cookson (Editor)
Call Number: BV741 .E47
Publication Date: 2003
The Encyclopedia consists of 150 essays by scholars on topics including concepts and ideas, historical events and eras, major world religions, key issues of religious freedom, minority groups and the stance of major world religions on the issues of religious freedom.
Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions
by
J. Gordon Melton; James A. Beverley; Constance M. Jones; Pamela Susan Nadell
Call Number: Electronic Book
Publication Date: 2009
"Comprehensive as well as compelling, with coverage on more than 2,300 North American religious groups in the U.S. and Canada -- from Adventists to Zen Buddhists. Information on these groups is presented in two distinct sections.
Religion Dictionaries
The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
by
John Bowker (Editor)
Call Number: BL31 .O84
Publication Date: 1997
The best-value and most wide-ranging reference volume available on the subject The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions is an exceptionally wide-ranging A-Z reference guide to the history, beliefs, dogmas, practices, individuals, customs, and artifacts of the worlds religions past and present.
General Religion Reference
The Counter-Creationism Handbook
by
Mark Isaak
Call Number: BS651 .I82 2007
Publication Date: 2007
The Counter-Creationism Handbook is a one-stop resource for addressing over 400 of the most prevalent claims made by creationists.
Hidden Religion
by
Micah L. Issitt; Carlyn Main
Call Number: BL610 .I87
Publication Date: 2014
Covering secret societies, mysterious ancient traditions, and the often-mistaken history of the world's religious symbols, this book takes readers on a tour through the fascinating world of religious symbolism and reveals the most mysterious and misunderstood facets of religion.
New Religions
by
Christopher H. Partridge (Editor); J. Gordon Melton (Foreword by)
Call Number: BP603 .N492
Publication Date: 2004
New Religions offers an authoritative and lavishly illustrated guide to more than two hundred wildly varied groups and movements of new religions.
A World Religions Reader
by
Ian S. Markham (Editor); Christy Lohr Sapp (Editor)
ISBN: 9781119357094
Publication Date: 2020-02-10
A comprehensive and accessible textbook which explores the traditions and beliefs of the world's living religions - the fully updated and revised new edition The World Religions Reader is an inclusive, student-friendly examination of the history, teaching, practices, and appeal of the world's major religions.