Encyclopedias, and other reference materials can be used to identify important concepts, and gather background information on a topic. The University of Lethbridge Library has a large collection of reference materials related to religious studies. Following are a few of the key encyclopedias related to Christianity:
Eastern Christianity
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edited by Michael Angold.
Encyclopedia of Biblical theology : the complete Sacramentum verbi
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edited by Johannes B. Bauer
Encyclopedia of religion [electronic resource]
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Lindsay Jones, editor in chief
Sexuality and the world's religions
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David W. Machacek and Melissa M. Wilcox, editors.
Encyclopedia of politics and religion
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Robert Wuthnow, editor in chief
Sacred texts of the world : a universal anthology
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edited by Ninian Smart & Richard D. Hecht.
Encyclopedia of religion and nature
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Bron R.Taylor, and Jeffrey Kaplan, editors.
World Christianities, c. 1815-1914
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edited by Sheridan Gilley and Brian Stanley
Origins to Constantine
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edited by Margaret M. Mitchell and Frances M. Young ; assistant editor, K. Scott Bowie.
The early church : an annotated bibliography of literature in English
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by Thomas A. Robinson with Brent D. Shaw ... [et al.].