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Dogmatics in Outline. Barth, Karl. New York: Harper and Row, 1959.
Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 238.11 B282D
A Map of Twentieth-Century Theology: Readings
from Karl Barth to Radical Pluralism. Braaten & Jenson, eds. Minneapolis:Fortress Press, 1995.
Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 230.0904 M32M
The Modern Theologians: An Introduction to Christian Theology in the Twentieth Century. Ford, David F., ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 1989.
Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 230.0904 M72M [2 vols]
Twentieth-Century Theology: God and the World in a Transitional Age. Grenz & Olson.Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 1992. (Not in Thomason Library--available through PASCAL Delivers).
Always Being Reformed: Faith for a Fragmented World. Guthrie, Shirley. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1996.
Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 284.2 G984A
Basic Christian Doctrine: A Summary of Christian Faith: Catholic, Protestant, and Reformed. Leith, John H. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1993.
Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 230.42 L536B
The Reformed Imperative: What the Church Has to Say that No One Else Can Say. Leith, John H. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1988.
Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 230.5 L536R
Modern Christian Thought. Volume I: The Enlightenment and the Nineteenth Century. 2nd edition. Livingston, James C. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1997.
(not in Thomason library)
A New Handbook of Christian Theologians. Musser & Price, eds. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996.
Main Level, Reference: R 230.092 N42N
On Being a Christian. Kung, Hans. Garden City: Doubleday and Company, 1976.
Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 239 K962O
A History of Christian Theology: An Introduction. Placher, William C. Louisville: The Westminster Press, 1983. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 230.09 P69H
A History of Western Philosophy. Russell, Bertrand. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1945. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 109 R911H
A History of Christian Thought: From Its Judaic and Hellenistic Origins to Existentialism. Tillich, Paul. New York: Harper & Row, 1968.
Upper Level, Circulating Collection:: 230.09 T465H
A Short History of Christian Thought. Urban, Linwood. New York: Oxford U. Press, rev. ed, 1995. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 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: R 203.21 D561D |
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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]
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: R 230.03 W528W
Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms, Westminster John Knox Press, 1996.
Main Level, Reference: R 230.03 M212W
The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Thought. Alister E. McGrath, editor. Blackwell Pub.,1993.
Main Level, Reference: R 230.0903 B568B
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, 1999-2008.
Main Level, Reference: R 230.003 En19E [5 vols]
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.
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Companion Encyclopedia of Theology, Routledge, 1995.
Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 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 in the 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., U.of Chicago Press, 2007.
Upper Level, Circulating Collection : 808.02 T84M
Main Level, Reference: R 808.02 T84M c.1
Main Level, Ready Reference: R 808.02 T84M c.2
Writing Center, Presbyterian College
Citation styles, writing guides, and scheduling an appointment with a tutor.
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The following journal databases are available to PC students, faculty, and staff from on- and off-campus locations. Search using terms dealing with your topic.
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials [EBSCO]
Database produced by the American Theological Association. Provides coverage of religion/theology journals as well as indexing of essay collections. Full text of some journals provided through ATLASerials. Full-text links to other databases provided when available.
Academic Search Premier [EBSCO]
This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for nearly 4,500 journals, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles.
Academic OneFile [Thomson Gale] 
More than 11,000 titles and backfile coverage from 1980, covering a wide range of disciplines. Citations with abstracts, with a large percentage of full-text articles and linked full-text.
JSTOR
Archival database of full-text articles from scholarly journals including behavioral science titles, as well as other disciplines.
Project MUSE: Basic Undergraduate Collection
Current and recent volumes of 111 core journals in the humanities and social sciences.
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Biblical Theology Bulletin
Publishes articles that promote understanding to help bridge the gap between ancient texts and modern contexts.
Church and Society
A publication of the Social Justice and Peacemaking Unit of thePresbyterian Church U.S.A.
Church History
Feature essays exploring a wide variety of subjects and extensive book reviews on all aspects of church history published for members of the American Society of Church History.
Currents in Theology and Mission
Contains theological and practical articles for ministers.
Harvard Theological Review
The scope of the Review embraces the history and philosophy of religious thought in all traditions and periods, including Hebrew Bible, New Testament, Christianity, Jewish studies, theology, ethics, archaeology, and comparative religious studies.
International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church
Focuses on the theology of the Church and its life, ministry and mission.
Journal for the Study of the New Testament
All the many and diverse aspects of New Testament study are represented and promoted by the journal, including innovative work from historical perspectives, studies using social-scientific and literary theory or developing theological, cultural and contextual approaches.
Journal of Early Christian Studies
Focuses on the study of Christianity in the context of late ancient societies and religions from c.e. 100-700.
Journal of Religion
This journal "promotes critical and systematic inquiry into the meaning and import of religion. Not limited by ideological orientation, the journal embraces all areas of theology (biblical, historical, ethical, and constructive) as well as other types of religious studies (literary, social, psychological, and philosophical)."
Modern Theology
Original articles and book reviews on all aspects of modern theology.
New Testament Studies
"An international periodical whose contributors comprise the leading New Testament scholars writing in the world today. The journal publishes original articles and short studies in English, French and German on a wide range of issues pertaining to the origins, history and theology of the New Testament and early Christianity."
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New Testament Gateway [Dr. Mark Goodacre, Department of Religion, Duke University]
“A comprehensive directory of academic internet resources related to the New Testament. It is divided into (at present) nine sub-directories and dozens of pages, each relating to a specific topic. Every link is annotated. The annotations help users to pinpoint the information for which they are looking. The New Testament Gateway focuses on resources that will be of interest to both scholars and students of the New Testament.”
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
“Browse by Subject” page provides links to topic:”Doctrinal Theology.” Of particular interest, see page “Christianity: Beliefs, Creeds, History, Practices, Trends, Relics, Etc.”
Virtual Religion Index
VRI analyzes & highlights important content of religion-related websites to speed research. Hyperlinks are provided not only to homepages but to major directories & documents within. Our purpose is not to circumvent tours of worthy sites, but to cut down the time spent on surfing & sorting of automated searches. Two categories of particular note, Biblical Studies and Christian Tradition, provide several subcategories with extensive links.
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