Online version of a standard print encyclopedia containing more than 3000 entries on all aspects of religion...

"Explores contemporary American religion in all its diversity...

Contains more than 200 entries that "cover all aspects of philosophy, theology, ethics, politics, economics and government, providing a brief definition of each term, a description of the principal ideas behind it, its history, development and contemporary relevance, and a detailed bibliography giving the major sources in the field...

Preceded by three introductory essays and a chronology of major events in black religious history from 1618 to 1991, this A-Z encyclopedia includes three types of entries: 773 biographical sketches of African American religious leaders, ranging from a paragraph to several pages 341 entries on African American denominations and religious organizations (including white churches with significant black memberships and educational institutions) Topical articles on important aspects of African American religious life (e...

"Comprehensive coverage of more than 2,300 North American religious groups in the United States and Canada -- from Adventists to Zen Buddhists...

Contains articles on a "wide range of information that draws from the arts, humanities, medicine, sciences and social sciences...

Contains entries "on over three-hundred movements from almost every country worldwide, both movements that derive from the major religions of the world as well as neo-traditional movements...

"Entries examine topical essays, recent phenomena, concepts, cults, prominent individuals and personalities, organizations and publications, as well as providing entries tracing the development of occultism and parapsychology in particular countries...

Excellent, though now somewhat dated, 16-volume encyclopedia of world religion...

Contains hundreds of articles which provide a "summary of the insights gained by the principal social sciences of religion: anthropology, psychology, and sociology...

Contains entries which provide "historical and cross-cultural information that will help readers understand war and other forms of political violence in the major religions of the world...

Contains 140 articles which "cover seven major elements of religious freedom: key concepts, US history, world history, world religions, major issues, minority groups and their rights, and key documents...

Contains more than 120 articles on "religious beliefs expressed through ritualized behavior and festivals...

"A multidisciplinary approach that addresses all aspects of the dialogue between the sciences and the world's religions, reaching into the humanities as well as into the physical sciences and technology...

Introductory essays on major philosophers and religious thinkers from the oriental tradition...

Large collection of hundreds of online encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical compilations, and other reference tools...

"Reaching back to Greece in the fifth century BCE and proceeding to the late twentieth century, this work describes the relationship of science and religion throughout history...

Offers scholarly articles on the debate between and intersection of religion and science...

Contains more than 2000 articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences...

"Covering all aspects of death and dying -- biological, medical, social, sociological, psychological, religious, and philosophical -- the 2-vol...

Covering dates ranging from the colonial period to 1997, this encyclopedia provides "detailed entries on all of the major Supreme Court decisions dealing with church and state, topical and theoretical essays relating to the issue, and cogent biographies of those Justices whose decisions have achieved landmark status in the debate...

A collection of online biographical sources, dictionaries, and encyclopedias on world religions...

Listing and description of the deities in the ancient Egyptian pantheon...

Brief information on festivals from all major religions...

"Provides information on current religious practices around the world with an emphasis on how religions impact the daily lives of their followers...

Contains 60 interlinked essays on the history, the theological basis, the practice and the current state of religion and religions throughout the world...