Religious Studies Reference Materials
A Guide to Resources at SJSU's King Library
General Religion (Home Page) | Asian Religions | Christianity | Islam | Judaism
Special Topics (Religion)
African American Religions | Ancient Egypt | Atheism | Communication and Religion | Cults and New Religious Movements | Ethics | Fundamentalism | Goddess Worship | Heresy | Human Rights | Islam and the West | Language and Religion | Middle Ages | Mythology | Native American Religions | Paganism and Witchcraft | Philosophy | Politics and Religion | Popular Culture and Religion | Religion and the Environment | Religion in America | Religious Practices | Sacred Places | Satanism | Schools and Religion | Science and Religion | Society and Religion | Symbols | War and Religion | Women and Religion
Aaseng, Nathan. African-American Religious Leaders. New York, NY: Facts On File, 2003. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL72 .A27 2003]
Murphy, Larry G., J. Gordon Melton, and Gary L. Ward, eds. Encyclopedia of African American Religions. New York: Garland Pub., 1993. [King Reference 2nd Floor BR563.N4 E53 1993]
Payne, Wardell J., ed. Directory of African American Religious Bodies: A Compendium by the Howard University School of Divinity, 2nd Ed. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1995. [King folio 8th Floor BR563.N4 D57 1995]
Lurker, Manfred. The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Dictionary. NY: Thames and Hudson, 1980. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL 2428 .L8713 1980]
Redford, Donald B., ed. The Ancient Gods Speak: A Guide to Egyptian Religion. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL2428 .A53 2002]
Wilkinson, Richard H. The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2003. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL2450.G6 W56 2003]
Stein, Gordon, ed. Encyclopedia of Unbelief, 2 vols. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1985. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL 2705]
Stout, Daniel A., ed. Encyclopedia of Religion, Communication, and Media. New York: Routledge, 2006. [King Reference 2nd Floor P94 .E48 2006]
Cults and New Religious Movements
Gallagher, Eugene V. and W. Michael Ashcraft, eds. Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America. Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 2006. [King 6th Floor BL2525 .I58 2006]
Lewis, James R. Cults: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2005. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL2525 .L486 2005]
Lewis, James R. Cults in America: A Reference Handbook [Contemporary World Issues]. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1998. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Lewis, James R. The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions. 2nd ed. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2002. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL 2525 .L49 2002]
Becker, Lawrence C. and Charlotte B. Becker, eds. Encyclopedia of Ethics, 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2001. [King Reference 2nd Floor BJ63 .E45 2001]
Chadwick, Ruth, ed. Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. San Diego: Academic Press, 1998. [King Reference 2nd Floor BJ63 .E44 1998]
Childress, James F. and John Macquarrie, eds. The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Ethics. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1986. [King Reference 2nd Floor BJ1199 .W47 1986]
Clarke, Paul Barry and Andrew Linzey, eds. Dictionary of Ethics, Theology, and Society. London; New York: Routledge, 1996. [King Reference 2nd Floor BJ63 .D53 1996]
Macquarrie, John, ed. Dictionary of Christian Ethics. Philadelphia, PA: Westminster Press, 1967. [King 6th Floor BJ63 .M3]
Mathews, Shailer and Gerald Birney Smith, eds. A Dictionary of Religion and Ethics. London, Waverly Book Co.; Detroit, Gale Research Co., 1973. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL31 .M3 1973]
Brasher, Brenda E., ed. Encyclopedia of Fundamentalism. New York: Routledge, 2001. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL238 .E63 2001]
Mawsilili, Ahmad. Historical Dictionary of Islamic Fundamentalist Movements in the Arab World, Iran, and Turkey. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1999. [King Reference 2nd Floor BP 60 .M36 1999]
Ann, Martha and Dorothy Myers Imel. Goddesses in World Mythology. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1993. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL473.5 .A66; NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Clifton, Chas S. Encyclopedia of Heresies and Heretics. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1992. [King Reference 2nd Floor BT1315.2 .C55 1992]
Human Rights and the World's Major Religions. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2005. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL65.H78 H8595 2005]
Akbar, M. J. The Shade of Swords: Jihad and the Conflict between Islam and Christianity. London; New York: Routledge, 2002. [NetLibrary http://0-www.netlibrary.com.mill1.sjlibrary.org/]
Cragg, Kenneth. The Qur'an and the West. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2006. [King 6th Floor BP130.4 .C715 2006]
Labeviere, Richard. Dollars for Terror: The United States and Islam. New York: Algora Publishing, 2000.[NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Sawyer, John F.A. and J.M.Y. Simpson, eds. Concise Encyclopedia of Language and Religion. Amsterdam; New York: Elsevier, 2001. [King Reference 2nd Floor P41 .C65 2001]
Hackett, Jeremiah, ed. Medieval Philosophers. Detroit: Gale Research, 1992. [King Reference 2nd Floor B721 .M45 1992]
Ann, Martha and Dorothy Myers Imel. Goddesses in World Mythology. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1993. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL473.5 .A66; NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Cotterell, Arthur. The Encyclopedia of Mythology: Classical, Celtic, Norse. New York: Smithmark, c1996. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL313 .C68 1996]
Craig, Robert D. Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology. NY: Greenwood Press, 1989. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL 2620.P6 C7 1989]
Dallapiccola, Anna L. Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend. NY: Thames & Hudson, 2002. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL 1105 .D35 2002]
Gill, Sam D. and Irene F. Sullivan. Dictionary of Native American Mythology. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1992. [King Reference 2nd Floor E98.R3 G46 1992; NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Grimal, Pierre. The Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Oxford, England; NY: Blackwell, 1985, 1986. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL 715 .M37 1999x]
The Hutchinson Dictionary of World Mythology. Abingdon [UK]: Helicon Publishing Limited, 2005. [ebrary http://site.ebrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/lib/sjsu/Doc?id=10130734]
Leeming, David. A Dictionary of Asian Mythology. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL1005 .L46 2001; Oxford Reference Online http://www.oxfordreference.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t69]
Leeming, David. The Oxford Companion to World Mythology. Oxford University Press, 2004. [Oxford Reference Online http://www.oxfordreference.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?subview=BookHomePage&book=t208]
Leeming, David Adams and Margaret Adams Leeming. A Dictionary of Creation Myths. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL325.C7 L44 1995]
MacKillop, James. Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. Oxford; NY: Oxford University Press, 1998. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL 900 .M445 1998; Oxford Reference Online http://www.oxfordreference.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t70&subject=s17]
Mercatante, Anthony S. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend. NY: Facts on File, 1988. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL 303 .M45 1988]
Mythology and Folklore [Oxford Reference Online]. [http://www.oxfordreference.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/views/SUBJECT_SEARCH.html?subject=s17]
Price, Simon & Emily Kearns, eds. The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion. Oxford; NY: Oxford University Press, 2003. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL 715 .94x 2003]
Gill, Sam D. and Irene F. Sullivan. Dictionary of Native American Mythology. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1992. [King Reference 2nd Floor E98.R3 G46 1992; NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Bailey, Michael David. Historical Dictionary of Witchcraft. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2003. [King Reference 2nd Floor BF 1566 .B25 2003]
Grimassi, Raven. Encyclopedia of Wicca and Witchcraft. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn, 2000. [King Reference 2nd Floor BF 1571 .G75 2000]
Guiley, Rosemary Ellen. The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft, 2nd ed. NY: Facts on File, 1999. [King Reference 2nd Floor BF 1566 .G85 1999]
Lewis, James R. Witchcraft Today: An Encyclopedia of Wiccan and Neopagan Traditions. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1999. [King Reference 2nd Floor BF 1571 .L49 1999]
Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. London; New York: Routledge, 2000. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Hackett, Jeremiah, ed. Medieval Philosophers. Detroit: Gale Research, 1992. [King Reference 2nd Floor B721 .M45 1992]
Iannone, A. Pablo. Dictionary of World Philosophy. New York: Routledge, 2001. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Parkinson, G. H. R., ed. An Encyclopedia of Philosophy. London: Routledge, 1996 [c1988]. [ebrary http://site.ebrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/lib/sjsu/Top?layout=document&id=2003195&?nosr=1]
Djupe, Paul A. and Laura R. Olson. Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics. New York: Facts On File, 2003. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL2525 .D58 2003]
Schultz, Jeffrey D., John G. West, Jr. and Iain MacLean, eds. Encyclopedia of Religion in American Politics. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1999. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL 2525 .E52 1999]
Hansen, Thomas Blom. The Saffron Wave: Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999. [ebrary http://site.ebrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/lib/sjsu/Doc?id=10031927]
Lewis, James R. Satanism Today: An Encyclopedia of Religion, Folklore, and Popular Culture. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2001. [King Reference 2nd Floor BF 1548 .L49 2001]
Taylor, Bron R., ed. The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. London: Thoemmes Continuum, 2005. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL31 .E53x 2005]
American Jewish Desk Reference: [The Ultimate One-Volume Reference to the Jewish Experience in America]. New York: Random House, 1999. [King Reference 2nd Floor E184.35 .A44 1999]
Bowden, Henry Warner and Edwin S. Gaustad, eds. Dictionary of American Religious Biography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1977. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL72 .B68]
Carroll, Bret E. The Routledge Historical Atlas of Religion in America. New York: Routledge, 2000. [King 6th Floor G1201.E4 C3 2000]
Gaustad, Edwin Scott and Philip L. Barlow. New Historical Atlas of Religion in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. [King Reference 2nd Floor G1201.E4 N4 2001]
Gill, Sam D. and Irene F. Sullivan. Dictionary of Native American Mythology. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1992. [King Reference 2nd Floor E98.R3 G46 1992; NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck. The Muslims of America [Religion in America Series]. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. [ebrary http://site.ebrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/lib/sjsu/Doc?id=10086843]
Keller, Rosemary Skinner and Rosemary Radford Ruether, eds. Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL458 .E52 2006]
Lewis, James R. Cults in America: A Reference Handbook [Contemporary World Issues]. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1998. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL2525 .L486 2005; NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Lippy, Charles H. and Peter W. Williams, eds. Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience: Studies of Traditions and Movements. New York: Scribner, 1988. [King folio 8th Floor BL2525 .E53 1988]
Melton, J. Gordon. Encyclopedia of American Religions. 7th ed. Detroit: Gale Research, 2003. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL 2530 .U6 M443 2003; Gale Virtual Reference Library http://find.galegroup.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/gvrl/dispBasicSearch.do?prodId=GVRL&userGroupName=csusj]
Morreale, Don, ed. The Complete Guide to Buddhist America. Boston, MA: Shambhala Pub., 1998. [King Reference 2nd Floor BQ 724 .C65 1998]
Murphy, Larry G., J. Gordon Melton, and Gary L. Ward, eds. Encyclopedia of African American Religions. New York: Garland Pub., 1993. [King Reference 2nd Floor BR563.N4 E53 1993]
Payne, Wardell J., ed. Directory of African American Religious Bodies: A Compendium by the Howard University School of Divinity, 2nd Ed. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1995. [King folio 8th Floor BR563.N4 D57 1995]
Reid, Daniel G., ed. Dictionary of Christianity in America. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1990. [King Reference 2nd Floor BR515 .D53 1990]
Roof, Wade Clark, ed. Contemporary American Religion. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2000. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL 2525 .C65 2000; Gale Virtual Reference Library]
Schultz, Jeffrey D., John G. West, Jr. and Iain MacLean, eds. Encyclopedia of Religion in American Politics. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1999. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL 2525 .E52 1999]
Smith, Jane I. Islam in America [Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series]. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. Religious Sites in America: A Dictionary. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2000. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL 581 .U6 S66 2000]
Queen, Edward L., II, Stephen R. Prothero, and Gardiner H. Shattuck, Jr. The Encyclopedia of American Religious History. Rev. ed. 2 vols. NY: Facts On File, 2001. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL 2525 .Q44 2001]
Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1990-present. [King Reference 2nd Floor BR 513 .Y4]
Riggs, Thomas, ed. Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2006. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL80.3 .W67 2006]
Salamone, Frank A., ed. Encyclopedia of Religious Rites, Rituals, and Festivals. New York: Routledge, 2004. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL31 .E47 2004]
Brockman, Norbert C. Encyclopedia of Sacred Places. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1997. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL580 .B76 1997]
Lewis, James R. Satanism Today: An Encyclopedia of Religion, Folklore, and Popular Culture. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2001. [King Reference 2nd Floor BF 1548 .L49 2001]
Jurinski, James. Religion in the Schools: A Reference Handbook [Contemporary World Issues]. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1998. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
van Huyssteen, J. Wentzel Vrede, ed. Encyclopedia of Science and Religion. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2003. [Gale Virtual Reference Library http://find.galegroup.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/gvrl/dispBasicSearch.do?prodId=GVRL&userGroupName=csusj]
Swatos, William H. and Peter Kivisto. Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 1998. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Liungman, Carl G. Dictionary of Symbols. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1991. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL 603 .L5413 1991]
Lurker, Manfred. The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Egypt: an Illustrated Dictionary. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1980. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL 2428 .L8713 1980]
Palmer-Fernandez, Gabriel, ed. The Encyclopedia of Religion and War. New York, NY: Routledge, 2004. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL80.3 .E53 2004]
Keller, Rosemary Skinner and Rosemary Radford Ruether, eds. Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL458 .E52 2006]
Pinkham, Mildreth Worth. Woman in the Sacred Scriptures of Hinduism. New York: AMS Press, Inc., 1967. [King 6th Floor BL2015.W6 P5 1967x]
Young, Serinity, ed. Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion. 2 vols. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 1999. [King Reference 2nd Floor BL 458 .E53 1999]
Religious Studies Reference Materials is based on Edith Crowe's Library Research in Comparative Religious Studies web page. Religious Studies Reference Materials was created by Randall Studstill. Please send any suggestions or recommendations regarding the content of this site to randallsjsu(at)baymoon.com. Updated May 26, 2008.