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  • Commentaries
  • Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
  • Bible Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
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  • Concordances
  • Women in Religion
  • Miscellaneous
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    Commentaries
  • HarperCollins Bible Commentary
    		•  Ref BS 491.2 H37 2000
  • The Interpreter's Bible
    		•  Ref BS 491.2 I55 (v.1-9; 11-12)
  • The IVP Women's Bible Commentary
    		•  Ref BS 521.4 I97 2002
  • The New Interpreter's Bible
    		•  Ref BS 491.2 N484 1994 (v.1-9; 11-12)
  • The New Jerome Biblical Commentary
    		•  Ref BS 491.2 .N485 1990
  • Searching the Scriptures: A Feminist Commentary
    		•  Ref BS 2379 S43 1993 v.2
  • Women's Bible Commentary
    		•  Ref BS 491.2 W66 1992
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    Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
  • Dictionary of Biblical Imagery
    		•  Ref BS 537 D48 1998
  • A Dictionary of Buddhism
    		•  Ref BQ 130 K46 2003
  • Dictionary of Judaism in the Biblical Period
    		•  Ref BM 50 D525 1999
  • Dictionary of New Testament Background
    		•  Ref BS 2312 D53 2000
  • Dictionary of Religion
    		•  Ref BL 31 H37 1995
  • Encyclopedia Judaica
    		•  Ref DS 102.8 .E496 2007 (v.1-22)
  • Encyclopedia of Africa and African-American Religions
    		•  Ref BL 2462.5 E53 2001
  • Encyclopedia of American Religious History
    		•  Ref BL 2525 Q44 1996 (v.1-2)
  • Encyclopedia of Creation Myths
    		•  Ref BL 325 C7 L44 1994
  • Encyclopedia of Hell
    		•  Ref BL 545 V26 1998
  • Encyclopedia of Religion
    		•  Ref BL 31 E46 2005 (v.1-10)
  • Encyclopedia of Religion in American Politics
    		• Ref BL 2525 E52 1999
  • Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions
    		• Ref BL 2525 M449 2009
  • New Catholic Encyclopedia
    		•  Ref BX 841 N44 1981 (v.1-18 + Jubilee vol.)
  • The New Encyclopedia of Islam
    		•  Ref BP 40 G42 2001
  • The New Encyclopedia of Judaism
    		•  Ref BM 50 E63 2002
  • The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge
    		•  Ref BR 95 .S435 (v.1-9)
  • The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
    		•  Ref DS 35.53 O96 2009 (v.1-6)
  • Witchcraft Today: An Encyclopedia of Wiccan and Neopagan Traditions
    		• Ref BF 1571 L49 1999
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    Bible Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
  • Anchor Bible Dictionary
    		•  Ref BS 440 A54 1992 (v.1-6)
  • A Dictionary of the Bible
    		•  Ref BS 440 B73 1996
  • The Eerdmans Bible Dictionary
    		•  Ref BS 440 .G7613 1987
  • Harper's Bible Dictionary
    		•  Ref BS 440 H237 1985
  • The New Bible Dictionary
    		•  Ref BS 440 D6 1962
  • The New Unger's Bible Dictionary
    		•  Ref BS 440 .U5 1988
  • The Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible
    		•  Ref BS 440 Z63 2009 (v.1-3)
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    Concordances
  • Concordance to the Bible
    		•  Ref BS 425 T45 1945
  • The Eerdmans Analytical Concordance to the Revised Standard Version of the Bible
    		•  Ref BS 425 W48 1988
  • Nelson's Complete Concordance of the Revised Standard Version Bible
    		•  Ref BS 425 E4 1957
  • The New Strong's Expanded Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
    		•  Ref BS 425 S8 2001
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    Women in Religion
  • All of the Women of the Bible
    		•  Ref BS 575 .D4 1988
  • Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion
    		•  Ref BL 458 E53 1999 (v.1-2)
  • Feminism and Christian Tradition: An Annotated Bibliography and Critical Introduction to the Literature
    		•  Ref BT 83.55 W3 1999
  • Goddesses in World Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary
    		•  Ref BL 473.5 A66 1995
  • Searching the Scriptures: A Feminist Commentary
    		•  Ref BS 2379 S43 1993 v.2
  • Women in Scripture
    		•  Ref BS 575 W593 2000
  • Women's Bible Commentary
    		•  Ref BS 491.2 W66 1992
  • The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets
    		•  Ref BL 458 W34 1983
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    Miscellaneous
  • The A to Z of Buddhism
    		•  Ref BQ 130 P73 2001
  • The Ancient Gods Speak: A Guide to Egyptian Religion
    		•  Ref BL 2428 A53 2002
  • Atlas of the Bible
    		•  Ref BS 630 R6 1985
  • Atlas of the World's Religions
    		•  Ref G 1046 E4 A85 1999
  • The Bible Almanac
    		•  Ref BS 635.2 B48
  • The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt
    		•  Ref BL 2450 G6 W56 2003
  • Contemporary American Religion
    		•  Ref BL 2525 C65 2000 (v.1-2)
  • Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography: Themes Depicted in Works of Art
    		• Ref N 7560 E53 1998 (v.1-2)
  • Encyclopedia of the Scientific Revolution: From Copernicus to Newton
    		•  Ref Q 125 E53 2000
  • The History of Science and Religion in the Western Tradition: An Encyclopedia
    		• Ref BL 245 H57 2000
  • Men and Women of the Bible: A Reader's Guide
    		•  Ref BS 571 T57 2002
  • Mythologies
    		•  Ref BL 311 .D513 1991 (v.1-2)
  • The Oxford Guide to Ideas & Issues of the Bible
    		•  Ref BS 440 O94 2001
  • The Oxford Guide to People & Places of the Bible
    		•  Ref BS 570 O94 2001
  • Religions of America
    		•  Ref BR 516.5 R67 1975
  • A SourceBook for Earth's Community of Religions
    		•  Ref BL 82 S58 1995
  • Who's Who in the Bible (Reader's Digest)
    		•  Ref BS 570 R43 1994
  • Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches
    		•  Ref BR 513 Y4 (2001-2002)

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    Edens Library Digital Collection:

    I Will Not Be Silent And I Will Be Heard by J. Tracy Power


    Suggested Subject Headings and Location of Books in Our Library

    Search the Library Catalog by keyword, subject, title, or author. Edens Library offers books and other materials on a variety of Religion subjects, including:
    Atheism
    Bible and feminism
    Bible as literature
    Black theology
    Buddhism
    Christianity and other religions
    Confucianism
    Judaism
    Liberation theology    		 Religion and ethics
    Religions
    Ruth (Biblical figure)
    Taoism
    Theology, Doctrinal
    Women and religion
    Women in the Bible
    Women in the Catholic Church

    ...Or, you can browse the following sections in the library's General Collection and Reference areas:

    BL -- Religions, Mythology
    BM -- Judaism
    BP -- Islam, Bahaism, Theosophy, etc.
    BQ -- Buddhism
    BR -- Christianity
    BS -- Bible
    BT -- Christianity: Doctrinal Theology
    BV -- Christianity: Practical Theology
    BX -- Christian Denominations
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    Databases for Research

    *For additional databases, see the Databases for Research page.
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    Academic Search Premier


    On-Campus | Remote Access     		"The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier contains indexing for over 8,000 publications, with full text for more than 4,450 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles."
    Expanded Academic ASAP
    DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library

    On-Campus | Remote Access

    For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students
    (1980 - present)

    * Comprehensive periodical database covering all academic disciplines
    * Millions of full-text articles from 2000+ scholarly, refereed and professional journals and selected general interest magazines
    * Indexing of additional professional and general periodicals

    General OneFile
    DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library

    On-Campus | Remote Access

    For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students
    (1980 - present)

    * Comprehensive periodical database covering all subjects and all types of periodicals
    * Periodicals from nearly all InfoTrac collections merged into a single database
    * Over 25 million full-text articles on all subjects from over 5000 periodical titles
    * Articles from newswires and general, professional, scholarly and children's periodicals
    * Indexing of the New York Times, other major newspapers and 8000+ periodicals

    Project Muse

    On-Campus | Remote Access
    "Provides online, worldwide institutional subscription access to the full text of over 200 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics."
    Scribner Writers
    DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library

    On-Campus | Remote Access    		 Scribner Writer's Series includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from 13 acclaimed Scribner print series, including African American Writers, African Writers, American Nature Writers, American Writers, Ancient Writers, The Books of the Bible, British Writers, European Writers, Latin American Writers, Modern American Women Writers, Science Fiction Writers, Supernatural Writers, and Writers for Children.
    Twayne's Authors Series
    DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library

    On-Campus | Remote Access    		 The acclaimed Twayne's Authors Series of literary criticism offers in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and to the development of literary genres. This online series features the content of nearly 600 books that comprise three print series --United States Authors, English Authors and World Authors -- each of which were carefully coordinated with input from librarians and educators to include authors universally studied in high schools and colleges.
    SIRS Knowledge Source
    DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library

    On-Campus | Not available remotely

    For advanced middle school students through adults

    * Articles, images, reference information, Web sites and more on all subjects
    * Articles selected from 2,500+ U.S. and international magazines, newspapers, government publications and reference sources
    * News, current events and organized links to evaluated Web sites
    * Includes special features on - literature, terrorism and other topics
    * Interactive textbook on citizenship with teacher resources
    * Images, maps, country profiles, primary sources and Supreme Court decisions

    *This database is only available on the Columbia College campus.

    Biography Resource Center + The Complete Marquis Who's Who
    DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library

    On-Campus | Remote Access     		This database integrates award-winning biographies from respected Gale sources with related full-text articles from hundreds of magazines and newspapers, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to vetted websites. Search for people---both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor---based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text. Or, combine search criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.
    Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection


    On-Campus | Remote Access
    "This database provides nearly 575 full text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost."
    Custom Newspapers
    DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library

    On-Campus | Remote Access

    For all age groups

    * Full-text articles from over 100 U.S. and international newspapers
    * New York Times (2000-)
    * Christian Science Monitor (1996-)
    * Post & Courier (Charleston, SC; 2000-)
    * Atlanta Journal-Constitution (1998-)
    * 40+ other domestic papers
    * Times (London; 1996-)
    * 60+ other international papers
    * Updated 1-3 days after publication of the print newspapers.
    * Complete lists of newspapers included, with beginning dates of coverage


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    Periodicals (Journals, Magazines, Newspapers)

    The following periodicals, held by Edens Library, are excellent resources for exploring current topics in Religion. Check the Library Catalog for holdings.

    Methodist History
    		 Theology Today


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    Recommended Internet Sites for Religion

  • Religion (General)
  • Women in Religion
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  • Specific Religions
  • Christianity
  • Judaism
  • Islam/Muslim
  • Hinduism
  • Buddhism
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    Women in Religion
    Frank Henderson's Page on Liturgy and Medieval Women
    Offers listings of his scholarly writings, including the topics of baptism, the Catholic Lectionary, marriage, and more.
    Women-Related Religion/Spirituality Sites (UMBC: Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County)
    "A highly selective listing of women-related sites focusing on religion and/or spirituality... chosen because they provide especially rich sources of information appropriate for an academic women's studies program"
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