Search across dozens of encyclopedias, dictionaries, and biographical sources in any of these platforms. For SPECIFIC religious traditions or topics, check out the other tabs.
Cambridge Companions to Religion: Not exactly a database but rather a book series with titles dedicated to religious traditions, movements, phenomena, or personalities, e.g. Miracles, Feminist Theology, C.S. Lewis, Gandhi, Puritanism. 37 titles in all.
Cambridge Histories Online: Cambridge History of the Bible, New Cambridge History of the Bible, Cambridge History of Christianity, Cambridge History of Islam, New Cambridge History of Islam, Cambridge History of Judaism, Cambridge History of Religions in America.
Gale Virtual Reference Library: A multi-disciplinary collection of reference works, including African American Religious Cultures (2009), Contemporary American Religion (2000), Encyclopaedia Judaica (2007), Encyclopedia of American Religions (2003), Encyclopedia of Buddhism (2004), Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World (2004), Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2006), Encyclopedia of Religion (2005), Encyclopedia of Science and Religion (2003), Hispanic American Religious Cultures (2009), New Catholic Encyclopedia (2003) and Supplements (2009, 2010), New Encyclopedia Supplement, Jubilee Volume: The Wojtyla Years (2001), Religious Myths and Visions of America: How Minority Faiths Redefined America's World Role (2009), Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices (2006).
Credo Reference Online: A multi-disciplinary collection of reference works, 40+ of which are about religion.
Sage Knowledge: Social Sciences focused reference works, such as Encyclopedia of Anthropology, Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience, Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, and Culture:
Oxford Handbooks Online: Religion: 26 handbooks, including Biblical Studies, Early Christian Studies, English Literature and Theology, Eschatology, Feminist Theology, Global Religions, Jewish Studies, New Religious, Philosophical Theology, Religion and Emotion, Religion and Science, Systematic Theology, The Sociology of Religion, Theological Ethics. Check the box “Provided by library” filter on the left to limit your search to ASU’s full-text subscription content.
Oxford Reference Online: The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (Third Revised Edition), The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture, Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation.
Spirituality
APA Handbook of Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality, American Psychological Association, 2013.
Encyclopedia of Religious and Spiritual Development:, 2006.
The Handbook of Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence, 2006.
Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion, 2010.
Religion and the Arts
Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception (EBR), 2009. A comprehensive guide to Biblical Studies; covers the history of the Bible's interpretation and reception across the centuries in different cultures and the arts.
Routledge Companion to Religion and Film, 2009.
Digital Religion: Understanding Religious Practice in New Media Worlds, 2012.
Understanding religion and popular culture: theories, themes, products and practices, 2012.
The Oxford Handbook of English Literature and Theology, 2009.
Science and Religion
Encyclopedia of Science and Religion, 2003.
Routledge Companion to Religion and Science, 2011.
The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages, 2010.
Encyclopedia of Death and Dying, 2001.
The Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion, 2010 (2nd Edition): A major information resource for methodological approaches to religion, and specific issues such as gender, science, fundamentalism, ritual, and new religious movements.
The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Religion (2011): The first comprehensive survey in English of research methods in the field.
For guidance on writing essays and research papers about religion, here is a link to the Subject Heading Religious literature -- Authorship in the Library Catalog. All titles are print copies.
The Cambridge History of Religions in America, 2012.
Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series: A series of 21 titles, many focusing on individual religions and denominations.
Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions, 9th ed., 2017.
Contemporary American Religion, 2000.
Columbia Guide to Religion in American History, 2012.
Encyclopedia of Religion and Society
Hispanic American Religious Cultures, 2009.
African-American Religious Cultures, 2009.
Encyclopedia of African and African-American Religions, 2001.
The Cambridge companion to American Islam, 2013.
The Cambridge companion to American Judaism, 2005.
New Religions
Other Traditions:
Popular Dictionary of Paganism, 2013.
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Covers Anglo-American, ethical and political, cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, continental and contemporary philosophy.
Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Donald M. Borchert, editor in chief. Macmillan Reference USA, 2006.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Each entry in this dynamic reference work is authored and updated by an expert or group of experts in their field; maintained by Stanford University.
Routledge Companion to Ethics. Edited by John Skorupski. London: Routledge, 2010.
Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Ethics
Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society
