' U of C Library Religious Studies Research Guides

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Comparative Religion

Here are a few suggestions to help you locate information on the comparative study of religions.

The works listed below, unless otherwise noted, are all housed in the MacKimmie Library Reference collection on 2LB.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES which contain information on Comparative Religions include the following works located on 2LB:

B 51 R68 1998
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
10 vols.
Also available electronically to University of Calgary students faculty and staff via the Web.

BL 31 D52 1970
Dictionary of Comparative Religion

BL 31 E24 1978
Rice, Edward. Eastern definitions

BL 31 E43
Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics
12 v. + index.
- very good comparative approach to various topics

BL 31 E56 1987
The Encyclopedia of Religion
16 v.
Also available electronically on standalone workstation 219

BL 1005 L4913 1989
The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion

BL 1105 W34 1968
Walker, B. The Hindu world, an encyclopedic survey of Hinduism

BM 50 E52 1971
Encyclopaedia Judaica
16 vols.
Also available electronically on standalone workstation 219

BQ 130 P74 1993
Prebish, Charles. Historical Dictionary of Buddhism

BX 841 N48 1967
New Catholic Encyclopaedia
15 vols.+ 5 supplements

CB 5 D52 1973
Dictionary of the History of Ideas
4 vols. + Index

DS 37 E5 1987
E. J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam
9 vols.

E 98 R3 H57 2000
Encyclopedia of Native American Religions

PERIODICAL ARTICLES comparing religious traditions can be found by using BIBLIOGRAPHIES and INDEXES such as:

AI 3 A76
Arts and Humanities Citation Index, 1975-1996
Available electronically to University of Calgary students, faculty and staff via the web from 1980 to the present as Arts and Humanities Search and from 1990 to present as Web of Science.

Philosopher's Index, 1940-
Available electronically to University of Calgary students, faculty and staff via the web. Book reviews are only available in the print version B1 P49 (2LB-REF)

BJ 69 B53 1991
A Bibliographic guide to the comparative study of ethics

ATLAS Full Text Plus , 1949-
This major index to Religious studies articles published from 1949 to the present is available electronically to University of Calgary students, faculty and staff via the web. Full text is available for a number of the journals.

BL 2015 W6 F35 1994
Women and Religion in India: an annotated bibliography of sources in English, 1975-1992

DS 1 B53
Bibliography of Asian studies, 1956-1991. (5LT)
Also available electronically from 1971 to the present to University of Calgary students, staff and faculty via the Web.

DS 35.3 I52
Index Islamicus, 1655-
Also available electronically on standalone workstation 219

Saundra Lipton (220-3793)
e-mail: lipton@ucalgary.ca
Religious Studies Librarian
The University of Calgary Library