Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

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• The A to Z of Catholicism (2001)
• The Anchor Bible dictionary (1992) [6 v.]
• Concise Oxford dictionary of the Christian Church (2000)
• A dictionary of the Bible (2009)
• Dictionary of Bible place names (1970)
• Dictionary of biblical interpretation (1999)
• Dictionary of Christian art (2001)
• Dictionary of Christian biography (2001)
• Dictionary of Christian denominations (2003)
• A dictionary of early Christian beliefs: a reference guide to more than 700 topics discussed by the early church fathers (1998)
• Dictionary of the ecumenical movement (2002)
• Dictionary of ethics, theology and society (1996)
• Dictionary of feminist theologies (1996)
• The dictionary of historical theology (2000)
• Dictionary of major biblical interpreters (2007)
• Dictionary of the Old Testament: historical books (2005)
• Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch (2003)
• Dictionary of the Old Testament: wisdom, poetry & writings (2008)
• Dictionary of Paul and his letters (1993)
• Dictionary of religious orders (2001)
• Dictionnaire biographique des évêques catholiques du Canada (2002)
• Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (2000)
• Essential theological terms (2005)
• Evangelical dictionary of theology (2001)
• Global dictionary of theology: a resource for the worldwide church (2008)
• Historical dictionary of the Holiness movement (2001)
• The Interpreter's dictionary of the Bible: an illustrated encyclopedia identifying and explaining all proper names and significant terms and subjects in the Holy Scriptures, including the Apocrypha ...: supplementary volume (1976)
• The IVP dictionary of the New Testament: a one-volume compendium of contemporary biblical scholarship (2004)
• The Oxford dictionary of the Christian Church (2005)
• The Oxford dictionary of saints (2004)
• The Routledge dictionary of religious & spiritual quotations (2000)
• The Westminster dictionary of New Testament and early Christian literature and rhetoric (2003)
• Westminster dictionary of theological terms (1996)

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• Archaeological encyclopedia of the Holy Land (2001)
• Augustine through the ages: an encyclopedia (1999)
• The Blackwell encyclopedia of modern Christian thought (1993)
• The Catholic encyclopedia: an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic Church (1907-12) [10 v.]
• Companion encyclopedia of theology (1995)
• The encyclopedia of American Catholic history (1997)
• Encyclopedia of applied ethics (1998)
• Encyclopedia of the Bible and its reception (2008-2017)
  This electronic resource is to be published over a projected period of about ten years, and presently covers the letter A.
• Encyclopedia of Christianity (1999-2008)
• Encyclopedia of ethical, legal, and policy issues in biotechnology (2000)
• Encyclopedia of ethics (2001)
• Encyclopedia of evangelicalism (2002)
• Encyclopedia of monasticism (2000)
• Encyclopedia of religion (2005)
• Encyclopedia of saints (2001)
• Encyclopedia of science and religion (2003)
• Encyclopedia of the Vatican and papacy (1999)
• Encyclopedia of women in religious art (1996)
• The international standard Bible encyclopedia (1979-1988)
• Jesus in history, thought and culture: an encyclopedia (2003)
• Modern Christian art (1965)
• The new Catholic encyclopedia (2003) [10 v.]
• New Catholic encyclopedia: jubilee volume : the Wojtyla years (2001)
• New Catholic encyclopedia supplement 2009 (2010)
• The new encyclopedia of Judaism (2002)
• The papacy: an encyclopedia (2002)
• Religions of the world: a comprehensive encyclopedia of beliefs and practices (2002)
• The Thomas Merton encyclopedia (2002)
• World Christian encyclopedia: a comparative survey of churches and religions in the modern world(2001)