RELIGION, MYTHOLOGY, FOLKLORE AND OCCULT BIBLIOGRAPHY
RELIGION
GUIDES
Johnston, William M. Recent Reference Books in Religion: A Guide for Students, Scholars, Researchers, Buyers & Readers. 2nd ed. Chicago; London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998. BL 48 J654
INDEXES
#135. ATLA Religion Index. UTLOL
DICTIONARIES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS, AND HANDBOOKS
#138n. Brockman, Norbert C. Encyclopedia of Sacred Places. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 1997. PCL REF BL 580 B76 1997
#141. George, Leonard. Crimes of Perception: An Encyclopedia of Heresies and Heretics. New York: Paragon House, 1995. PCL REF BT 1315.2 G46 1995
#146. Hastings, James, ed. Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics. New York: Scribners, 1926. PCL REF BL 31 E4
#148. Melton, J. Gordon. The Encyclopedia of American Religions. 5th ed.
Detroit: Gale, 1996. PCL REF BL 2525 M449
#149. Queen, Edward L., Stephen R. Prothero, and Gardiner H. Shattuck, Jr. Encyclopedia of American Religious History. 2 vols. Rev. ed. New York: Facts on File, 2001.PCL REF BL 2525 Q44
#150. Hirschfelder, Arlene and Paulette Molin. The Encyclopedia of Native American Religions. New York: Facts on File, 2000. PCL REF E 98 R3 H73 2000
#151. Eliade, Mircea, ed. The Encyclopedia of Religion. New York: Macmillan, 1987. PCL REF BL 31 E46
#152. Lippy, Charles and Peter W. Williams, eds. Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience: Studies of Traditions and Movements. New York: Scribner’s, 1988. PCL REF BL 2525 E53
#153. Hinnells, John R. ed. A New Handbook of Living Religions. Oxford: Blackwell, 1997. PCL REF BL 80.2 H275
#158. Gross, Ernie. This Day in Religion. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1990. PCL REF BR 148 G76
#159. Tomlinson, Gerald, comp. And ed. Treasury of Religious Quotations. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1991. PCL REF PN 6084 R3 E53
#161. Atiya, Aziz S. The Coptic Encyclopedia. New York: Macmillan, 1991. PCL REF BX 130.5 C66
#162. Metford, J. C. J. Dictionary of Christian Lore and Legend. London: Thames and Hudson, 1983. PCL REF BR 95 M396
#163. Reid, Daniel G., et al., eds. Dictionary of Christianity in America. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1990. PCL REF BR 515 D53
#164. Burgess, Stanley M. and Gary B. McGee eds. Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1988. PCL REF BR 1644 D53
#165. Lossky, Nicholas, et al. Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement. Geneva: Eerdmans, 1991. PCL REF BX 6.3 D53
#169. Ferguson, Everett et al., eds. Encyclopedia of Early Christianity. 2nd ed. New York: Garland, 1997. PCL REF BR 162.2 E53
#171. Di Berardino, Angelo. Encyclopedia of the Early Church. News York: OUP, 1992. PCL REF BR 66.5 D5813
#173. Rahner, Karl, ed. Sacramentum Mundi: An Encyclopedia of Theology. New York: Seabury, 1975; repr., New York: Crossroad, 1982,1989. PCL REF BR 95 E48
#174. New Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. PCL REF BX 841 N44 (Note: Check the supplements!)
#176. Cross, F. L. and Livingstone, E. A., eds. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 3rd ed. Oxford: OUP, 1997. PCL REF BR 95 O8 1997
#179. Childress, James and John MacQuarrie, eds. The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Ethics. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1986. PCL REF BJ 1199 W47
#183. Encyclopaedia Judaica. New York: Macmillan, 1971. PCL REF DS 102.8 E496
#184. Encyclopaedia of Islam. Leiden: Brill; London: Luzac, 1960. PCL REF/UGL REF DS 37 E523
#260. Mir, Mustansir. Dictionary of Qur’anic Terms and Concepts. New York: Garland, 1987. PCL REF BP 133 M57
#190. Esposito, John L., ed. Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. New York: Oxford, 1990. PCL REF DS 35.53 O95
#223. Faruqi, Ismail R. al and Lois al Faruqi. The Cultural Atlas of Islam. New York: Macmillan, 1986. PCL REF DS 36.85 A39
#185. Prebish, Charles S. Historical Dictionary of Buddhism. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1993. PCL REF BQ 130 P74.
#188. Fischel, Jack and Pinsker, Sanford, eds. Jewish-American History and Culture: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1992. PCL REF E 184 J5 J48
#192. Guiley, Rosemary. The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits. 2nd ed. New York: Checkmark Books, 2000. PCL REF BF 1461 G48 2000B
#193. Melton, J. Gordon, ed. Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology: A Compendium of Information. 5th ed. Detroit: Gale, 2001. PCL REF BF 1407 E52
#194. Melton, J. Gordon. The Encyclopedic Handbook of Cults in America. New York: Garland, 1992. PCL REF BL 2525 M45
#195. Guiley, Rosemary. Harper’s Encyclopedia of Mystic & Paranormal Experience. New York: HarperCollins, 1991. PCL REF BF 1407 G85
#196. Melton, J. Gordon, et al. New Age Encyclopedia. Detroit: Gale, 1990. PCL REF BP 605 N48 N492
#197. Singer, David and Lawrence Grossman. American Jewish Yearbook. New York American Jewish Committee, 2001. PCL REF E 184 J5 A6
#205. The Official Catholic Directory Anno Domini 2003. New Providence, NJ: National Register, 2000. PCL REF BX 845 C5 See also the Pilgrimage Destinations Guide.
#207. Lindner, Eileen, ed. Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 2002. Nashville: Abingdon, 2002. PCL REF BR 513 Y4
#210. Burns, Paul. Butler’s Lives of the Saints. New Full Edition. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1998. PCL REF BX 4654 B8
#213. Bowden Henry Warner. Dictionary of American Religious Biography. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1993. PCL REF BL 72 B68
BIBLE
A. Biblical Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
B. Biblical Handbooks
C. Biblical Commentaries
D. Biographical Sources for the Bible and Biblical Studies
E. Biblical Atlases
F. Guides to Biblical Literature
G. Bibliographies of Biblical Literature
H. Biblical Atlases and Indexes
I. Bible Concordances
J. Biblical Quotation Dictionaries
#253. Goodrick, Edward W. & John R. Kohlenberger III. The NIV Exhaustive Concordance. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1990. PCL REF BS 425 G62
#255. Strong, James. The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1984. PCL REF BS 425 58
#257. Freedman, David H. et al., eds. The Anchor Bible Dictionary. New York: Doubleday, 1992. PCL REF BS 440 A54
#266. The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible. New York: Abingdon, 1962. PCL REF BS 440 I63
#271. Metzger, Bruce M. and Michael D. Coogan, eds. The Oxford Companion to the Bible. New York: Oxford, 1993. PCL REF BS 440 M434
#277. The New Interpreter's Bible. Nashville: Abingdon, 1994, 1994. PCL REF BS 491.2 N484
#285. Bimson, J. J. et al., eds. New Bible Atlas. Leicester, England: Inter-Varsity, 1985. PCL REF BS 635.2 N48
#286. May, Herbert G., ed. Oxford Bible Atlas. 3rd ed. New York: OUP, 1984. PCL REF BS 630 O96
#287. Rasmussen, Carl G. Zondervan NIV Atlas of the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1989. PCL REF BS 630 R37
MYTHOLOGY AND FOLKLORE
#288. Steinfirst, Susan. Folklore and Folklife: A Guide to English Language Reference Sources. New York: Garland, 1992. 2 vols. PCL REF GR 66 S74
#289. Index to Fairy Tales. Westwood, MA: F.W. Faxon, 1973.
Eastman, Mary Huse. 1926. PCL REF GR E288
1949-1972. PCL REF GR 550 I744
Supp. 4: 1973-1977. PCL REF GR 550 I744
Supp. 5: 1978-1986. PCL REF GR 550 I745
Supp. 6: 1987-1992. PCL REF GR 550 S67
#295. MacKillop, James. Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. Oxford: OUP, 1998. PCL REF BL 900 M445. Available on UTLOL (e-book)
#296. Cotterell, Arthur. A Dictionary of World Mythology. New York: Putnam’s, 1980. PCL REF BL 303 C66 Available on UTLOL (e-book)
#298. Mercatante, Anthony S. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend. New York: Facts on File, 1988. PCL REF BL 303 M45
#299. Cohen, Hennig and Tristram Potter Coffin. The Folklore of American Holidays. 3rd ed. Detroit: Gale, 1999. PCL REF GT 4803 F65
#300. Leach, Maria, ed. Funk & Wagnall’s Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1972. PCL REF GR 35 F82
#301. Leach, Marjorie. Guide to the Gods. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1992. PCL REF BL 473 L43
#303. Cavendish, Richard, ed. Man, Myth and Magic: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mythology, Religion, and the Unknown. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1995. PCL REF BF 1407 M34
#304. South, Malcolm, ed. Mythical and Fabulous Creatures: A Sourcebook and Research Guide. Westport, CT; Greenwood Press, 1987. PCL REF GR 825 M87
#306. Grant, Michael and John Hazel. Who’s Who in Classical Mythology. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1973. PCL REF BL 715 G68
#307. Bell, Robert E. Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1991. PCL REF BL 715 B445
EXTRA SOURCES:
1. Coulter, Charles Russell and Patricia Turner. Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2000. PCL REF BL 782 C67
2. Eberhart George M. A Geo-bibliography of Anomalies: Primary
Access to Observations of UFOs, Ghosts, and Other Mysterious Phenomena. Westport, CT: 1980. PCL REF AG 243 E23
3. Harris, Ian, et al., eds. Longman Guide to Living Religions. Harlow, England: Longman, 1994. PCL REF BL 80.2 L66
4. Kee, Howard Clark et al., eds. The Cambridge Companion to the Bible. Cambridge; New York: CambridgeUniversity Press, 1997. PCL REF BS 475.2 C26
5. Neusner, Jacob, ed. Dictionary of Judaism in the Biblical Period: 450 B.C.E. to 600 C. E. 2 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1996. PCL REF BM 50 D525.
6. Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. Encyclopedia of World Scriptures. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2001. PCL REF BL 70 S56
7. Stein, Gordon. The Encyclopedia of Unbelief. 2 vols. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1985. PCL REF BL 2705 E53
8. Clark, Jerome. The UFO Encyclopedia. Detroit: Omnigraphics, 1998. 2 vols. PCL REF TL 789 C55
9. Thalbourne, Michael A., comp. A Glossary of Terms Used in Parapsychology. London: Heinemann, 1982. PCL REF BF 1025 T47
10. Bell, Robert E. Dictionary of Classical Mythology: Symbols, Attributes & Associations. Oxford: ABC-Clio, 1982. PCL REF BL 715 B44
11. Bentley, Peter, ed. The Dictionary of World Myth. New York: Facts on File, 1995. PCL REF BL 303 D46
12. Liungman, Carl G. Dictionary of Symbols. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC- CLIO, 1991. PCL REF BL 603 L5413
13. Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. Voyages in Classical Mythology. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1994. PCL REF BL 727 S66
14. Walker, Barbara G. The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and
Secrets. New York: Harper and Row, 1983. PCL REF/UGL BL 458 W34
15. Green, Thomas A. Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music, and Art. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1997. PCL REF GR 35 F63
16. Leeming, David Adams, ed. Storytelling Encyclopedia: Historical, Cultural, and Multiethnic Approaches to Oral Traditions Around the World. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1997. PCL REF GR 72 S76
17. Leeming, David A. Encyclopedia of Creation Myths. San Diego: ABC-CLIO, 1994. UTLOL (e-book)
18. Axelrod, Alan, Harry Oster, and Walton Rawls. The Penguin Dictionary of American Folklore. New York: Penguin, 2000. PCL REF GR 105.34 A94
19. Brunvand, Jan Harold, ed. American Folklore: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1996. PCL REF GR 101 A54
20. Mills, Margaret A., Peter J. Claus, and Sara Diamond, eds. South Asian Folklore: An Encyclopedia. New York: Routledge, 2003. PCL REF GR 302 S68
21. Christen, Kimberly A. Clowns and Tricksters: An Encyclopedia of Tradition and Culture. Denver; Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1998. PCL REF GR 524 C48
22. Opie, Iona and Moira Tatem, eds. A Dictionary of Superstitions. Oxford, UK: OxfordUniversity Press, 1996. Available on UTLOL (e-book).
23. Browning, W. R. F. A Dictionary of the Bible. Oxford, UK: OxfordUniversity Press. Available on UTLOL (e-book)
24. Metzger, Bruce M. And Michael D. Coogan. The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible. Oxford, UK: OxfordUniversity Press, 2004. Available on UTLOL (e-book).
25. Bowker, John. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. Oxford, UK: OxfordUniversity Press, 2000. Available on UTLOL (e-book)
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