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  New Catholic Encyclopedia [Details]

The complete set is a scholarly presentation of persons and subjects related to Catholicism and the humanities. Coverage includes topics such as abortion, divorce, cloning and reproductive technologies. In addition, this edition also features biographies of contemporary religious figures, thousands of photos, maps, and illustrations, and completely updated bibliographical citations.

  Encyclopedia of Religion 2nd ed. (Gale) [Details]

Provides cross-cultural approach while emphasizing religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture. This new edition is the definitive work in the field for the 21st century. Includes almost all of the 2,750 original entries updated as well as approximately 600 entirely new articles.

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  Catholic Encyclopedia (1917 edition) [Details]

  Encyclopædia Britannica Online [Details]

Since the Encyclopædia Britannica's founding in 1768, Britannica editors have gathered and organized information on thousands of topics for easy retrieval.

  Encyclopedia of Bioethics [Details]

Covers a wealth of topics on the ethics of health professions, animal research, population control and the environment. This work helps researchers to consider the impact of new scientific knowledge and its potential to harm or benefit present and future generations.

  Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2nd ed. [Details]

The Encyclopedia contains more than 2,100 entries including 1,000 biographical entries on major figures in philosophical thought throughout history.. Among the many topics covered are African, Islamic, Jewish, Russian, Chinese, and Buddhist philosophies; bioethics and biomedical ethics; art and aesthetics; epistemology; metaphysics; peace and war; social and political philosophy; the Holocaust; feminist thought; and much more.

  Encyclopedia of Science and Religion [Details]

  Modern Encyclopedia of Religions in Russia and Eurasia [Details]

edited by Paul D. Steeves, Professor of History, Stetson University

  Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium [Details]

With more than 5,000 entries by an international group of eminent historians, this is the standard research tool on 1,100 years of Byzantine history. Exhaustive in its coverage, entries on patriarchy and emperors coexist with entries on surgery, musical instruments, and the baking of bread, bringing to life this vastly important culture and empire, from the 4th century to the 15th.

  Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation [Details]

A definitive source for information about the entire range of religious and social changes that altered the face of Europe in the sixteenth century, encompassing not only issues of church polity and theology but also developments in politics, economics, demographics, art and literature.

  Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (REP) Online [Details]

Web access to the 10-volume print encyclopedia, published in 1998 with quarterly updates. Note that this encyclopedia uses British spellings, such as 'armoury,' 'colour' and 'theatre.'