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Barth, Karl. Dogmatics in Outline. New York: Harper and Row, 1959.
Upper Level: 238.11 B282D

Braaten, Carl E. and Robert W. Jenson, eds. A Map of Twentieth-Century Theology: Readings from Karl Barth to Radical Pluralism. Minneapolis:Fortress Press, 1995. 
Upper Level: 230.0904 M32M

Ford, David F., ed. The Modern Theologians: An Introduction to Christian Theology in the Twentieth Century. Oxford: Blackwell, 1989.
Upper Level: 230.0904 M72M [2 vols]

Grenz, Stanley J. and Roger E. Olson. Twentieth-Century Theology: God and the World in a Transitional Age. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 1992.
(Not in Thomason Library)

Guthrie, Shirley. Always Being Reformed: Faith for a Fragmented World. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1996. 
Upper Level: 284.2 G984A

Leith, John H. Basic Christian Doctrine: A Summary of Christian Faith: Catholic, Protestant, and Reformed. Louisville:Westminster/John Knox Press, 1993. 
Upper level: 230.42 L536B

Leith, John H. The Reformed Imperative: What the Church Has to Say that No One Else Can Say. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1988.
Upper Level: 230.5 L536R

Livingston, James C. Modern Christian Thought. Volume I: The Enlightenment and the Nineteenth Century. 2nd edition. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1997. 
(not in Thomason library)

Musser, Donald W. & Joseph L. Price, eds. A New Handbook of Christian Theologians. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996.
Main Level, Reference: R 230.092 N42N

Kung, Hans. On Being a Christian. Garden City: Doubleday and Company, 1976.
Upper Level: 239 K962O

Placher, William C. A History of Christian Theology: An Introduction. Louisville: The Westminster Press, 1983.
Upper Level: 230.09 P69H

Russell, Bertrand. A History of Western Philosophy. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972.  Upper level: 109 R911H [older edition-1945]

Tillich, Paul. A History of Christian Thought: From Its Judaic and Hellenistic Origins to Existentialism. New York: Harper & Row, 1968.
Upper Level: 230.09 T465H

Urban, Linwood. A Short History of Christian Thought. New York: Oxford University Press, rev. ed, 1995.
Upper Level: 230.09 Ur1S

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church [Oxford Reference Online], Oxford University Press, 2006.
Based on the highly acclaimed Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, this is an indispensable guide to every aspect of the Christian religion and life, including theology, patristic scholarship, churches and denominations, the church calendar and organization, and the Bible. There are also many entries on theologians, philosophers, painters, musicians, and writers of religious works.

The Dictionary of Bible and Religion, Abingdon Press, 1986.
Main Level, Reference: 203.21 D561D

A Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation, Trinity Press International, 1990.
Main Level, Reference: R 220.3 D561D

The Dictionary of Historical Theology, W. B. Eerdmans Pub., c2000. 
Main Level, Reference: R 230.09 D561D

A Dictionary of the Bible [Oxford Reference Online], Oxford University Press, 2002.  
Provides explanations of technical terms, methods of interpretation, and critical analysis, as well as notes on leading biblical scholars and their contributions. Also Includes denominational interpretations of the themes and doctrine of the Bible.

The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, Abingdon Press, 1962.
Main Level, Reference: R 220.3 In8I [4 vols plus suppl]

The New Dictionary of the History of Ideas [Gale Virtual Reference Library], Charles Scribner's and Sons, 2005.   Covers main ideas and movements of global cultural history from antiquity to the twenty-first century. Use index to locate specific topics. Also available in print: Main Level, Reference: R 903 N42N [6 vols]  The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, Oxford University Press, 1997.  (for an abbreviated online version of this dictionary see the Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church)

Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, Eerdmans Publishing, 1964-1976.
Main Level, Reference: R 225.3 K652T [9 vols plus index]

The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology, Westminster Press, 1983.
Main Level, Reference:  R230.03 W528W

Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms, Westminster John Knox Press, 1996.
Main Level, Reference: R 230.03 M212W

Contemporary American Religion, Macmillan, 2000.       
Main Level, Reference: R 200.973 C767C [2 vols]
More than 500 articles on many facets of religious life. Focus is on popular religious life, in all its diversity.

The Encyclopedia of Christianity, Eerdmans, 1999.
Main Level, Reference: R 230.003 En19E v.1

Encyclopedia of the Early Church, Oxford University Press, 1992. 
Main Level, Reference: R 270.103 D648E [2 vols]

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Religion, Corpus Publications, 1979.
Main Level, Reference: R 203.21 En19E [3 vols]   
“Developed under Roman Catholic auspices and inspiration.”

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation, Oxford University Press, 1996.
Main Level, Reference: R 270.6 Ox2O [4 vols]

Encyclopedia of American Religious History, Facts on File, 1996.  
Main Level, Reference: R 200.973 Q31E [2 vols]

Encyclopedia of Religion [Gale Virtual Reference Library], Macmillan Reference USA,  2005.
Also available in print: Main Level, Reference: R 200.3 En19E [14 vols]

Encyclopedia of Religious and Spiritual Development [Sage eReference], SAGE Publications, 2006. Also available in print: Main Level, Reference: R 200.83 En19E Encyclopedia of Theology: The Concise Sacramentum Mundi, Seabury Press, 1975.  Main Level, Reference: R 201.1 En19E Jesus in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia, ABC CLIO, 2003.  Main Level, Reference: R 232.03 H814J [2 vols] Nearly 200 A-Z entries. Covers Christian beliefs, worship and prayer, intellectual developments, and culture as well as interactions of Christianity with other world faiths.

Companion Encyclopedia of Theology, Routledge, 1995. 
Upper Level: 230.0904 C738C  
Divided into six sections: The Bible, The Tradition, Philosophy, Spirituality, Practical Theology, and Christian Theology: Scene and Prospect.  Essays include: “Jesus in History and Belief,” “Christian Adoption of the Old Testament,” “Christian Theology and Other Faiths,”  “Theology as Praxis.”

Eerdmans’ Handbook to the Bible, Eerdmans, 1973.
Main Level, Reference: R 220.0202 AI26E

A New Handbook of Christian Theologians, Abingdon Press, 1996. 
Main Level, Reference: R 230.092 N42N
Contains 60 essays on representative Christian theologians--Protestant and Catholic, male and female, North American, South American, and Asian--in the latter half of the 20th century.

The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought, Oxford University Press, 2000.
Main Level, Reference: R 230.03 Ox2O

The Oxford Companion to the Bible [Oxford Reference Online], Oxford University Press, 2003.
Ranging far beyond the scope of a traditional Bible dictionary, the Oxford Companion to the Bible provides an authoritative one-volume reference to the people, places, events, books, institutions, religious belief, and secular influence of the Bible. Written by more than 250 scholars from some 20 nations and embracing a wide variety of perspectives, the Companion features, in addition to its many informative, factual entries, an abundance of interpretive essays. Here are extended entries on religious concepts from immortality, sin, and grace, to baptism, ethics, and the Holy Spirit. Also available in print: Main Level, Reference: R 220.3 M568O

Profiles in Belief: The Religious Bodies of the United States and Canada, Harper & Row, 1977.
Main Level, Reference:  R 200.973 P598P [4 vols]
Comprehensive, historical study of the religions of North America.  Vol.1: Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox. Vol.2: Protestant Denominations   Vol.3: Holiness & Pentecostal. Vol.4: Evangelical, Fundamentalist, & Other Christian Bodies.

The Christian Faith: Doctrinal Documents of the Catholic Church, Alba House, 1990.
Main Level, Reference: R 230.2 C462C.
This classic compendium of the documents which define the Christian faith as understood by Catholics includes the creeds of the Church from the earliest times, along with major extracts from all the important decrees and declarations of councils, pops and Vatican congregations touching on matters of faith. Arranged in chronological order under themes.

The New Interpreter’s Bible: A Commentary in Twelve Volumes, Abingdon Press, 1994-2002. 
Main Level, Reference: R 220.7 N42N2

New Jerome Biblical Commentary, Prentice Hall, 1990.
Main Level, Reference: R 220.7 N42N

New Bible Commentary, Eerdmans Publishing, 1970. 
Main Level, Reference: R 220.7 G984N

A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 7th ed., University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Upper Level: 808.02 T84M
Main Level, Reference: R 808.02 T84M c.1
Main Level, Ready Reference: R 808.02 T84M c.2

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