Religious Studies Research Guide: Find Books

Search through 18 dictionaries, encyclopedias, and reference companions on religion from Oxford at once

Indigenous religions are the majority of the world's religions. This Companion shows how much they can contribute to a richer understanding of human identity, action, and relationships.

This reference work covers major native North American religious systems, selected native American leaders and missionaries, ceremonies, legislation and court cases affecting native religions.

Key Concepts in Eastern Philosophy provides an extensive glossary of the main terms and concepts used in Eastern philosophy.

Nearly 1200 entries cover religious and ritual practices, prayer, prophets, sects, law, the calendar, social institutions, history, othnography, nationhood, calligraphy and art, languages, medicine, sciences, major cities, and centers of learning. Quotations and hitherto untranslated prayers with 45 color photographs.

Encyclopedia of Judaism explores a tradition that has a 2,000-year recorded history and has been a part of the culture of almost every country and society around the globe. Encapsulating all things Jewish--language, laws, literature, arts, theology, ritual, land, culture, and personalities--this authoritative volume offers readers ba access to Judaism from both a historical and contemporary perspective.

"[C]overage of all aspects of this vast and often complex subject, from theology; churches and denominations; patristic scholarship; and the bible; to the church calendar and its organization; popes; archbishops; saints; and mystics." (from publisher's summary"

The Encyclopedia of Indian Religions offers a complete overview of Hinduism and all other religions found in India and the Diaspora, such as Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism and so on.

Introduction to ancient Greek and Roman religions

sis of African studies that encompasses major trends in the field since the early 1980s. The encyclopedia considers all religious and philosophical systems of Africa, both indigenous and non-indigenous. It also recognizes the determining role of the Diaspora in understanding African traditions and African identity.