Research Guides: Religion in America: Resources Used in Class

Religion Encyclopedias

The Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd Edition by Lindsay Jones, editor
Call Number: REFERENCE BL 31 .E46
ISBN: 0028657330
Publication Date: 2005
15 Volumes
The Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements by Peter B. Clarke, editor
Call Number: REFERENCE BL 31 .E53
ISBN: 9780415453837
Publication Date: 2008
Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion by Robert Wuthnow, editor
Call Number: REFERENCE BL 65 .P7 E53
Publication Date: 2007
Religions of the world : a comprehensive encyclopedia of beliefs and practices by J. Gordon Melton
Call Number: REFERENCE BL 80.3 .R45
ISBN: 1576072231
Publication Date: 2002
Science, Religion, and Society: an encyclopedia of history, culture, and controversy by Arri Eisen and Gary Laderman, editors
Call Number: REFERENCE BL 240.3 .S37 2007
ISBN: 0765680645
Publication Date: 2007
Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America by Rosemary Skinner Keller and Rosemary Radford Ruether, editors
Call Number: REFERENCE BL 458.E52 2006
ISBN: 0253346851
Publication Date: 2006
3 Volumes
Encyclopedia of Religion in America by Charles H. Lippy, Peter W. Williams, editors
Call Number: REFERENCE BL 2520 .E52
ISBN: 9780872895805
Publication Date: 2010
4 Volumes
Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion by June Melby Benowitz
Call Number: REFERENCE BL 2520 .E52
ISBN: 0874368871
Publication Date: 1998
4 Volumes
Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience by Charles H. Lippy and Peter W. Williams, editors
Call Number: REFERENCE BL 2525 .E53
ISBN: 0684180626
Publication Date: 1988
3 Volumes
Hispanic American Religious Cultures by Miguel de la Torre, editor
Call Number: REFERENCE BL 2525 .H57
ISBN: 9781598841398
Publication Date: 2009
2 Volumes
The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions
Call Number: UNI Reference BL 2525 L49 1998
ISBN: 1573922226
Over 1,000 religious groups from the past and present covered in short entries. No index.
Handbook of Denominations in the United States
Call Number: UNI Reference BL 2525 M425 2001
ISBN: 0687069831
This listing of denominations has been expanded to include better coverage of African American churches, evangelical bodies, and world religions present in the United States. New categories have also been added such as fundamentalist churches.
Biographical Dictionary of American Cult and Sect Leaders by J. Gordon Melton
Call Number: REFERENCE BL 2525.M448
Publication Date: 1986
Encyclopedic Handbook of Cults in America by J. Gordon Melton
Call Number: REFERENCE BL 2525 .M45
ISBN: 0815311400
Publication Date: 1992
Encyclopedia of American Religious History by Edward L. Queen II et al
Call Number: REFERENCE BL 2525.Q44
ISBN: 0816043353
Publication Date: 2001
Religion and American Cultures: an Encyclopedia of Traditions, Diversity, and Popular Expressions
Call Number: UNI Reference BL 2525 R448 2003
ISBN: 157607238X
Writers examine social and cultural practices in light of religious practices.