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WORLD RELIGIONS

 

African Religions

299 MIT

Mitchell, Robert Cameron.  African Primal Religions.  Niles: Argus Communications, 1977. 

Buddhism

REF 294.3 ENC

Buswell, Robert E., ed.  Encyclopedia of Buddhism. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004.

294.3 FOX

Fox, Douglas A.  Buddhism, Christianity, and the Future of Man.  Philadelphia:  Westminster Press, 1972.

294.3 WAN

Wangu, Madhu Bazaz.  Buddhism.  World religions.  Rev. ed.  New York: Facts on File, 2002.

294.3 WIL

Wilkinson, Philip.  Buddhism.  New York: DK Publishing, 2003.

Catholicism

282 ANK

Ankerberg, John and John Weldon.  The Facts on Roman Catholicism.  Eugene: Harvest House, 1993.

 280.2 BRO

Brown, Stephen F. and Khaled Anatolios.  Catholicism & Orthodox Christianity.  World Religions.  New York:  Facts on File, 2002.

238 CAT

Catechism of the Catholic Church.  Ottawa: Publications Service, Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1992.

Chinese  Beliefs

294 BUS

Bush, Richard Clarence.  Religion in China.  Niles: Argus Communications, 1977.

299.514 HAR

Hartz, Paula.  Taoism.  World Religions.  Updated ed.  New York: Facts on File, 2004.

299.512 HOO

Hoobler, Thomas and Dorothy Hoobler.  Confucianism.  World Religions.  Updated ed. New York: Facts on File, 2004. 

Christianity

230 BRI

Brierley, Peter.  Atlas of World Christianity.  Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1998.

280.4 BRO

Brown, Stephen F.  Protestantism.  World Religions.  New York:  Facts on File, 2002.

270.1 RIS

Nardo, Don.  The Rise of Christianity.  San Diego:  Greenhaven Press, 1999. 

230 WIL

Wilkinson, Philip.  Christianity.  New York: DK Publications, 2003.

Christian Sects and Cults

289.92 ANK

Ankerberg, John and John Weldon.  The Facts on Jehovah's Witnesses.  Eugene: Harvest House, 1988.

 289.3 ANK

Ankerberg, John and John Weldon.  The Facts on the Mormon Church.  Eugene: Harvest House, 1991.

289.3 BOO

The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ.  Utah: The Church of Jesus Christ, 1986.

289.3 DAV

Davis, Howard A., Donald R. Scales and Wayne L. Cowdrey.  Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon?  Santa Ana: Vision Hous, 1977.

289.5 EDD

Eddy, Mary Baker.  Science and Health: With Key to the Scriptures.  Christian Science Pub., 1934.

290.23 HOE

Hoekema, Anthony A.  The Four Major Cults: Christian Science, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, Seventh-Day Adventism.  Grand Rapids:  Eerdmans, 1963.

Cults

291.9 BAR

Barden, Renardo.  Cults.  Vero Beach:  Rourke, 1990.

291.9 BRO

Bromley, David G. and Anson D. Shupe, jr.  Strange Gods: The Great American Cult Scare.  Boston: Beacon Press, 1981.

291.9 BUT

Butterworth, John.  Cults and New Faiths: A Book of Beliefs.  Elgin: D.C. Cook, 1981. 

291.9 GAL

Galanter, Marc.  Cults: Faith, Healing, and Coercion.  New York:  Oxford University Press, 1989.

364.1523 LAN

Lane, Brian.  Killer Cults: Murderous Messiahs and Their Fanatical Followers.  London: Headline, 1997.

291.9 LAR

Larson, Bob.  Larson's New Book of Cults.  Wheaton: Tyndale House, 1989. 

291.9 LEW

Lewis, Gordon Russell.  Confronting the Cults.  Philadelphia: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co., 1966.

291.9 MAR

Martin, Walter Ralston.  The Kingdom of the Cults:  An Analysis of the Major Cult Systems in the Present Christian Era.  Grand Rapids:  Zondervan, 1996.

291.9 PRO

Samples, Kenneth R.  Prophets of the Apocalypse: David Koresh and Other American Messiahs.  Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994. 

271 WIL

Williams, Caroline.  Saints: Their Cults and Origins.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980.

Hinduism

294.5 ELL

Ellinger, Herbert.  Hinduism.  Valley Forge: Trinity Press International, 1996.

294.5 SEN

Sen, Kshitimohan.  Hinduism.  Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1967.

294.5 SWE

Swearer, Donald K.  Hinduism.  Niles: Argus Communications, 1977.

294.5 WAN

Wangu, Madhu Bazaz.  Hinduism.  World Religions.  Rev. ed.  New York:  Facts on File, 2001.

Islam

297 ANK

Ankerberg, John.  The Facts on Islam.  Eugene:  Harvest House, 1998.

297 BEV

Beverley, James A.  Understanding Islam.  Nashville: T. Nelson, 2001.

946 BRE

Brett, Michael. The Moors: Islam in the West.  London:  Orbis, 1980.

297 CAN

Caner, Ergun Mehmet.  Unveiling Islam: An Insider’s Look at Muslim Life and Beliefs.  Grand Rapids:  Kregel Publications, 2002.

270.2 SWO

Christian History Project.  The Sword of Islam: A.D. 565 to 740: The Muslim Onslaught All But Destroys Christendom.  Edmonton:  Christian History Project, 2004.

297 GOR

Gordon, Matthew S.  Islam.  World Religions Series.  Rev. ed.  New York:  Facts on File, 2001.

297 KOR

The Koran.  London: Penguin Books, 1997.

297 LUN

Lunde, Paul.  Islam.  London: DK Publications, 2002.

297 MAN

Manji, Irshad.  The Trouble with Islam: A Wake‑Up Call for Honesty and Change. Toronto: Random House Canada, 2003.

297 MAR

Marshall, Paul A.  Islam at the Crossroads:  Understanding its Beliefs, History, and Conflicts. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2002.

REF 297 ENC

Martin, Richard C.  Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim world.  New York:  Macmillan Reference USA, 2003.

958.1 RAS

Rashid, Ahmed. Taliban:  Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia.  New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000.

297 STE

Stewart, Desmond. Early Islam.  New York: Time, 1967.

297 SPR

Swisher, Clarice.  The Spread of Islam.  San Diego:  Greenhaven Press, 1999.

297 WIL

Wilkinson, Philip.  Islam.  New York: Dorling Kindersley, 2002.

Judaism

909 CAH

Cahill, Thomas. The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels.  New York: Nan A. Talese, 1998.

296 CHA

Charing, Douglas.  Judaism.  New York:  DK Publishing, 2003.

296 LAC

Lachs, Samuel Tobias.  Judaism.  Niles: Argus Communications, 1979.

296 MOR

Morrison, Martha A. and Stephen F. Brown.  Judaism.  World Religions.  Rev. ed.  New York :  Facts on File, 2002.

New Age

299.93 GRO

Groothuis, Douglas R.  Confronting the New Age:  How to Resist a Growing Religious Movement.  Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1988.

299.93 LUT

Lutzer, Erwin W.  and John F. DeVries.  Satan's "Evangelistic" Strategy for this New Age.  Wheaton: Victor Books, 1989.

REF 299.93 MEL

Melton, J. Gordon.  New Age Encyclopedia.  Detroit:  Gale, 1990.

Shinto

299.561 KAL

Kallen, Stuart A.  Shinto.  Religions of the World.  San Diego: Lucent Books, 2002.

Sikhism

294.6 SIN

Singh, Nikky-Guninder Kaur.  Sikhism.  World Religions.  Rev. ed.  New York : Facts on File, 2004.

World Religions

291 ANK

Ankerberg, John.  The Facts on World Religions.  Eugene: Harvest House, 2004.

291.03 ABI

Crim, Keith R., et al.  Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions.  Nashville: Abingdon, 1981.

REF 200.3 MER

Doniger, Wendy, ed.  Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions.  Springfield: Merriam-Webster, 1999.

291 FAR

Farrington, Karen.  Historical Atlas of Religions. New York: Checkmark Books, 2002.

291 COM

Halverson, Dean C.  The Compact Guide to World Religions.  Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1996.

290 LAN

Langley, Myrtle.  Religions : A Book of Beliefs.  St. Catharines:  Paideia Press, 1981.

291 WOR

Life.  The World’s Great Religions.  New York:  Golden Press, 1967.

291 RID

Ridenour, Fritz.  So What’s the Difference?  Ventura:  Regal, 2001.

280 ROQ

Roques, Mark.  The Good, the Bad, and the Misled: True Stories Reflecting Different world Views for Use in Secondary Religious Education.  Crowborough:  Monarch Publications, 1984.

291 WIL

Wilkinson, Philip.  DK Illustrated Dictionary of Religions: Rituals, Beliefs, and Practices from Around the World.  New York:  DK Publications, 1999.

290 YOU

Young, Robert Doran.  Encounter with World Religions.  Philadelphia:  Westminister Press, 1970.

 

 

WEB SITES (Including primary source documents)

 

General World Religions Sites

 

Adherents statistics

 

BBC Religions

 

Future of Religion in Canada (Globe & Mail)

 

Internet Sacred Text Archive

 

Religion in Canada (StatsCan)

 

ReligionFacts

 

Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance

 

World Religions time map

 

Ba’hai

The Works of Baha'u'llah

 

Christian Science

The Mary Baker Eddy Library

 

Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures

 

Islam

Qu'ran

 

Jehovah’s Witnesses

The Watchtower

 

Juche

Study of the Juche Idea

 

Mormon (Book of Mormon)

The Book of Mormon

 

The Testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith

 

New Age

New Age explained

 

Scientology

Official Web Site

 

 

Unification Church (Exposition of the Divine Principle – Sun Myung Moon)

 

Exposition of the Divine Principle

 

The Unification Church web site