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Selected Reference Books and eBooks
Encyclopedia of Psychology and ReligionThis is an eBook that you can retrieve by going to the catalog link
Encyclopedia of Religion in AmericaBL2520 .E52 2010
This book can be found in the Reference Collection
Encyclopedia of Global ReligionBL80.3 .E52 2012
This book can be found in the Reference Collection
Encyclopedia of Philosophers on ReligionThis is an eBook that you can retrieve by going to the catalog link
Encyclopedia of Politics and ReligionThis is an eBook that you can retrieve by going to the catalog link
The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and ReligionThis book can be found in the Reference Collection
Dictionary of Philosophy of ReligionThis is an eBook that you can retrieve by going to the catalog link
Encyclopedia of ReligionThis is an eBook that you can retrieve by going to the catalog link
New Titles from Religion
- Given to the goddess : South Indian devadasis and the sexuality of religion / Lucinda Ramberg.
- Jesus and the temple : the crucifixion in its Jewish context / Simon J. Joseph.
- The age of evangelicalism : America's born-again years / Steven P. Miller.
- Matter of faith : an interdisciplinary study of relics and relic veneration in the medieval period / edited by James Robinson and Lloyd de Beer with Anna Harnden.
- Hair, headwear, and Orthodox Jewish women : Kallah's choice / Amy K. Milligan.
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International Medieval Bibliography
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Open
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Open provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge. You can quickly and easily locate dissertations and theses relevant to your discipline, and view the complete text in PDF format. The authors of these dissertations and theses have opted to publish as open access.
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Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) Research Tools:
The ARDA Learning Center provides religion educators high-quality religion resources that can be used to teach students at various academic levels ranging from junior high school to college and seminary.
[More details]The ARDA Learning Center provides religion educators high-quality religion resources that can be used to teach students at various academic levels ranging from junior high school to college and seminary.
World FactBook
Database of country profiles produced by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
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