University of St. Thomas

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For basic background information, explore top resources:

• New Catholic Encyclopedia
  good starting point for lots of topics!

• Encyclopedia of Religion
  a classic: covers _all_ religious traditions

• Routledge Religion
  collection of e-reference books

• Blackwell Religion 
  publisher's collection

• Oxford Islamic Studies
  new 

• Encyclopedia of Early Christianity
  basic resource, also in Routledge above

• Routledge Religion
• Blackwell Religion
• JSTOR archive
• Project Muse humanities  
• Oxford Reference
• Origins U.S. bishops

Major encyclopedias

• New Catholic Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia of Religion
• Encyclopedia Judaica
• Oxford Islamic Studies
• Encyclopedia of the Qur'an  
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Biblical studies

• Dict of Biblical Criticism
• Dict of the Bible
• Bible Atlas
• Oxford Companion to Bible
• Biblical World
• Companion Bible Culture 
• People Places in Bible
• Who's Who in O T
• Who's Who in N T
• Companion Hebrew Bible

Judaism

• Ency of Dead Sea Scrolls
• Companion to Judaism
• Companion to Jewish Religion
• Dict of Judaica
• Reader's Guide Judaism
• 50 Key Jewish Thinkers

Religion and History

• Encyclopedia of Early Christianity
• Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 
• Ency of Reformation 
• Ency Mod Christian Thought
• Guide Phil of Religion
• Companion Political Theo
• Ency African Amer Religions
• Companion Modern Theo
• 50 Key Christian Thinkers
• Companion to Postmodern Theo
• Ency Religious Freedom
• Ency of Christian Theology

• Ency Protestantism
• Dict Eastern Christianity
• Companion to Protestantism
• Companion to Christian Spirituality
• Who's Who Christianity
• Dict of Byzantium    
• Ency Enlightenment
• Ency of Middle Ages
• Reformation World
• Dict of Saints
• Papacy
• Dict of the Popes
• Oxford Classical Dictionary

World religions

• New Oxford Islamic Studies
• Ency of the Qur'an
• Companion to Qur'an
• North Amer Muslim Guide
• Contemporary Islamic Thought
• Dict of Buddhism
• Dict Hindu Lore Legend
• New Dict of Religions
• Ency New Religious Movements
• Ency Religious Rites
• World's Religions
• New Handbk Living Religions

Other

• Oxford Art Online
• Credo Religion
• Dict of Paganism
• Companion Phil Religion
• Companion Study of Religion
• Ency Religion & War
• Hist of Sci & Religion
• Dict of Gods Godesses
• Ency Monasticism
• Dict of Egyptian Gods
• Ency Death & Dying
• Religion & Amer Law
• Myths
• Who's Who Mythology

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Special Resources

• L’ Osservatore Romano [OSR]
• Library of Latin Texts [CETEDOC]
• Theological Investigations (Karl Rahner)