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THEOLOGICAL

Bradley, James E. and Richard A. Muller. Church History: An Introduction to Research, Reference Works, and Methods. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
     Ref. BR138.B69 1995
See pp. 108-109 for a brief discussion on access to primary sources and pp. 202-211 for a partially annotated bibliography of reference titles many of which are not listed in this web guide.

Fraker, Anne T., ed. Religion and American Life: Resources. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1989.
     Ref. BL2525.R43 1989
A now somewhat dated, selective, annotated bibliography of books (including reference works and monographs) and articles deemed of particular significance for the question of religion's influence on American life. Especially valuable for the lengthy annotations. See also the "Introduction" for a discussion of this bibliography in relation to other similar bibliographies, many of which are included in this web guide.

Johnston, William M. Recent Reference Books in Religion: A Guide for Students, Scholars, Researchers, Buyers & Readers. Rev. ed. Chicago and London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1998.
     Ref. BL48.J654 1998.
See pp. 112-130 (passim) for interesting discussion of general theological reference works which include coverage of North America, selected denomination resources are discussed on pp. 153-155, and fourteen recently published reference works focusing specifically on religion in North America are discussed on pp. 190-200. Overall, the emphasis is on titles published after 1970.

Kepple, Robert J. and John R. Muether. Reference Works for Theological Research. 3rd ed. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1991.
     Ref. BR118.R44 1991
The following sections list and annotate bibliographies of particular relevance: Ch. 4, pp. 20-22, “Religious/Theological Handbooks and Directories” (American); Ch. 5, p 26, "Directories of Universities, Colleges, and Libraries" (American Libraries); Ch. 6, pp. 29-31, "Biographical Sources" (American); Ch. 9, "U.S.A. Bibliography;" Ch. 11, pp. 57-59, "Periodical Indexes: General Coverage (American); Ch. 31, "American Church History"

McCabe, James Patrick. Critical Guide to Catholic Reference Books. 3rd ed. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., 1989.
     Ref. BX1751.2.M3 1989
The following sections list and annotate bibliographies particular relevance: Ch. 1, pp. 44-47, "General Works" (Biography/American); Ch. 4, pp. 193-196, "Social Sciences" (Statistics/National Yearbooks and Directories/America); Ch. 5, "American Church History.”

Sandeen, Ernest R. and Frederick Hale. American Religion and Philosophy: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1978.
     Ref. BR515.S3 1978
A now out-of-date but still useful reference bibliography of secondary and key primary documents relating to all aspects of American religious and philosophical history; intended as a supplement and updating of Nelson Burr's Critical Bibliography of Religion in America (see below under Bibliographies--Miscellaneous). Particularly valuable for the evaluative (and not simply descriptive) annotations.

Wilson, John F. And Thomas P. Slavens. Research Guide to Religious Studies. Chicago: American Library Association, 1982.
     Ref. BL41.W5 1982
See “American Religious History,” pp. 77-88.

HISTORICAL

Blazek, Ron and Anna H. Perrault. United States History: A Selective Guide to Information Sources. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., 1994.
     Ref. E178.B52 1994
Part I is an annotated bibliography of "Sources of General Importance to U.S. History" including lists of historical organizations, bibligraphies, dictionaries and encyclopedias, statistics and demographics sources, atlases and biographical sources. Part II consists of six chapters each dealing with specific topics and issues: "Politics and Government" (Ch. 2), "Diplomatic History and Foreign Affairs" (Ch. 3), "Military History" (Ch. 4), "Social, Cultural, and Intellectual History" (Ch. 5), "Regional History" (Ch. 6), and "Economic History" (Ch. 7). The section on "Religion" (pp. 258-274) in Ch. 5 offers fuller annotations for many of the main reference sources on this web guide.

Merriam, Louise A. and James W. Oberly, comps. United States History: A Bibliography of the New Writings on American History. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 1994.
     Ref. E178.M47 1995
Covers books and articles mostly from the 1980s and 1990s arranged in seven chronological divisions covering American history from the pre-European- contact era to the post-cold-war era. Each chronological division includes ten topical subdivisions: general histories and anthologies; guides to sources; biography; family and demography; class, gender, and society; religion, beliefs, and ideas; work and enterprise; race and identity; space, movement, and place; and the state and the public realm. Author and subject indexes.

Norton, Mary Beth, general editor and Pamela Gerardi, associate editor. The American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature. 3rd ed. 2 vols. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995.
     Ref. D20.A55 1995
Each chapter begins with a brief essay followed by an classified, annotated bibliography "of the finest and most useful books and articles available in every field of historical scholarship" (from the Introduction). Several chapters on American history in vol. 2.

Parish, Peter, J., ed. Reader’s Guide to American History. London and Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997.
     Ref. E178.R43 1997
A collection of about 600 essays on books deemed of special significance and relating to a variety of topics on American history. Each entry begins with a list of books to be discussed. A “Thematic List” of entries begins on p. xxi; categories include periods of American history; political, economic, and social history; and specific topics (see topics under “Religion” on p. xxxiii.

Prucha, Francis Paul. Handbook for Research in American History: A Guide to Bibliographies and Other Reference Works. Rev. 2nd ed. Lincoln, NB and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1994.
     Ref. E178.P782 1994
Intended as an introductory guide to basic reference works needed by historians doing advanced reading and research. Revised edition includes material on electronic information sources.

Slavens, Thomas P. Sources of Information for Historical Research. New York and London: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 1994.
     Ref. D20.S64 1994
Annotated bibliography of historical sources not limited to U.S. or American history, especially valuable for arrangement by Library of Congress classification system and the inclusion with each annotation of one or more subject headings for the item annotated.

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Benowitz, June Melby. Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1998.
     Ref. BL2525.B45 1998

Burgess, Stanley M. and Gary B. McGee, eds. New International Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements. Rev. and expanded ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2002.
     Ref. BR1644.D53 1988
Coverage is international but a significant proportion is devoted to North America.

Cayton, Mary Kupiec and Peter W. Williams, eds. Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History. 3 vols. New York: Scribner, 2001.
     Ref. E169.1.E624 2001

_____. Encyclopedia of American Social History. 3 vols. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1993.
     Ref. HN57.E58 1993
The two titles above are not specifically oriented toward religion but contain much relevant material for the study of American religion. Both use the extended “reference essay” format rather than the standard encyclopedia format.

Duffield, Holley Gene, ed. Historical Dictionary of the Shakers. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2000.
     Ref. BX7611.D84 2000

Fahlbusch, Erwin et al, eds. The Encyclopedia of Christianity. 5 vols. (in progress) Grand Rapids MI: Eerdmans Publishing Co. and Leiden: Brill, 1999.
     Ref. BR95.E8913 1999
English language translation and revision of Evangelisches Kirchenlexikon (Reference BR95.E89); coverage is global but with many articles of interest to a North American audience added to the English edition

Hill, Samuel S., ed. Encyclopedia of Religion in the South. Mercer University Press, 1984.
     Ref. BR535.E52 1984

Kostlevy, William C., ed. Historical Dictionary of the Holiness Movement. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2001.
     Ref. BX7990.H6 H55 2001

Krapohl, Robert H. and Charles H. Lippy, eds. The Evangelicals: a historical, thematic, and biographical guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999.
     Ref. BV3773.K73 1999

Lippy, Charles H. and Peter W. Williams, eds. Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience: Studies of Traditions and Movements. 3 vols. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988.
     Ref. BL2525.E53 1988
Not a true encyclopedia but a series of “reference essays.”

McGinn, Bernard, John J. Collins, and Stephen J. Stein, eds. The Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism. 3 vols. New York: Continuum, 1998.
     Ref. BL501.E53 1998
Another collection of topical essays; vol. 3, “Apocalypticism in the Modern Period and the Contemporary Age,” has several articles of relevance for American religious history.

Melton, J. Gordon. Encyclopedia of American Religions. 6th ed. Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1999
     Ref. BL2525.M449 1999

_____. Encyclopedia of American Religions: Religious Creeds. 2 vols. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Company, 1988, 1994.
     Ref. BT990.E58 1988

_____. Encyclopedic Handbook of Cults in America. Revised and updated edition. New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1992.
     Ref. BL2525.M45 1992

Melton, J. Gordon, Phillip Charles Lucas, Jon R. Stone. Prime-Time Religion: An Encyclopedia of Religious Broadcasting. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1997.
     Ref. BV656.M45 1997

Murphy, Larry G., J. Gordon Melton, and Gary L. Ward. Encyclopedia of African American Religions. New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1993.
     Ref. BR563.N4E53 1993

Queen II, Edward L., Stephen R. Prothero and Gardiner H. Shattuck, Jr. , eds. The Encyclopedia of American Religious History. Rev. ed. 2 vols. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 2001.
     Ref. BL2525.Q44 2001

Reid, Daniel G., ed. Dictionary of Christianity in America. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1990.
     Ref. BR515.D53 1990

Schultz, Jeffrey D., John G. West, Jr., and Iain Maclean, eds. Encyclopedia of Religion in American Politics. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1999.
     Ref. BL2525.E52 1999

Shriver, George H., ed. Dictionary of Heresy Trials in American Christianity. Westport, CT; London: Greenwood Press.
     Ref. BR517.D5 1997

Shriver, George H. And Bill J. Leonard, eds. Encyclopedia of Religious Controversies in the United States. Westport, CT; London: Greenwood Press, 1997.
     Ref. BR515.E53 1997

Swatos, William H., ed. Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Walnut Creek, London, New Delhi: Altamira Press, 1998.
     Ref. BL60.E53 1998

Williamson, William B. An Encyclopedia of Religions in the United States: One Hundred Religious Groups Speak for Themselves. New York: Crossroad, 1992.
     Ref. BL2520.E53 1992

Wuthnow, Robert, ed. Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion. 2 vols. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc., 1998.
     Ref. BL65.P7

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Geisendorfer, James V. A Directory of Religious and Parareligious Bodies and Organizations in the United States. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1989.
     Ref. BL2525.G43 1989

Melton, J. Gordon. Directory of Religious Organizations. 3rd ed. Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1993.
     Ready Ref. BL2525.D57 1993

_____. National Directory of Churches, Synagogues, and Other Houses of Worship. 4 vols. Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1994.
     Ref. BL2525.N38

_____. Religious Bodies in the United States: A Directory. New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1992. Ref. BL2525.M452 1992

Payne, Wardell J., ed. Directory of African American Religious Bodies: A Compendium by the Howard University School of Divinity. Washington, DC: Howard University Press, 1991.
     Ref. BR563.N4D57 1991

Tamoush, Philip, ed. Directory of Orthodox Parishes & Institutions in North America 1994 Edition. Torrance, CA: Orthodox People Together, 1994.
     Ref. BX240.D574

Weber, Paul J. and W. Landis Jones. U.S. Religious Interest Groups: Institutional Profiles. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994.
     Ref. BL2525.W413 1994

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RELIGIOUS/THEOLOGICAL

Bowden, Henry Warner. Dictionary of American Religious Biography. 2nd ed., rev. and enlarged. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993.
     Ref. BL72.B68 1993

Byrne, Pamela R. And Susan K. Kinnell, eds. People and Religion in North America: Summaries of Biographical Articles in History Journals. Santa Barbara, CA; Oxford, England: ABC-CLIO, 1988.
     BL2525.P46 1988

Dupree, Sherry Sherrod. Biographical Dictionary of African-American, Holiness-Pentecostals 1880-1990. Washington, DC: Middle Atlantic Regional Press, 1989.
     Ref. BX8762.Z8D86 1989

Elwell, Walter A., ed. Handbook of Evangelical Theologians. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1993.
     Ref. BR1640.H363 1993

Hall, Timothy L., ed. American Religious Leaders. New York: Facts on File, 2003.
     Ref. BL72.H33 2003

Holte, James Craig. The Conversion Experience in America: A Sourcebook on Religious Conversion Autobiography. New York: Greenwood Press, 1992.
     BV4930.H65 1992

Lewis, Donald M. Blackwell Dictionary of Evangelical Biography 1730-1860. 2 vols. Oxford: Blackwell, 1995.
     Ref. BR1640.B53 1995
See listing by country at back of vol. 2.

Lippy, Charles H., ed. Twentieth-Century Shapers of American Popular Religion. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.
     Ref. BL2525.T84 1989

Melton, J. Gordon. Biographical Dictionary of American Cult and Sect Leaders. New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1986.
     Ref. BL2525.M448 1986

_____. Religious Leaders of America. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1999.
     Ref. BL72.R444 2nd ed

Who's Who in Religion. 4th ed. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1992.
     Ref. BL2530.W48

Williams, Ethel L. Biographical Directory of Negro Ministers. 3rd ed. Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1975.
     Ref. BR563.N4W5 1975

HISTORICAL

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Bass, Dorothy C. and Sandra Hughes Boyd. Women in American Religious History: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Sources. Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1986.
     BL458.B38 1986

Blumhofer, Edith L. Twentieth-Century Evangelicalism: A Guide to the Sources. New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1990.
     Ref. BR1644.5U6B48 1990

Brown, Marshall G. and Gordon Stein. Freethought in the United States: A Descriptive Bibliography. Westport, CT; London: Greenwood Press, 1978.
     BL2710.B67 1978

Burr, Nelson R. A Critical Bibliography of Religion in America. 2 vols. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1961.
     BR515.B87 1961

_____. Religion in American Life. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1971.
     Z7757.U5B8

Choquette, Diane, comp. New Religious Movements in the United States and Canada: A Critical Assessment and Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT and London: Greenwood Press, 1985.
     BL2525.C47 1985
dev. Brunkow, Robert, ed. Religion and Society in North America: An Annotated Bibliography. Santa Barbara, CA; Oxford, England: ABC-Clio Information Systems, Inc., 1983.
     BL60.R4 1983

Jones, Charles Edwin. Black Holiness: A Guide to the Study of Black Participation in Wesleyan Perfectionist and Glossolalic Pentecostal Movements. Metuchen, NJ; London: American Theological Library Association and Scarecrow Press, 1987.
     BR563.N4J6 1987

_____. The Charismatic Movement: A Guide to the Study of Neo-Pentecostalism with Emphasis on Anglo-American Sources. 2 vols. Metuchen, N.J.; London: American Theological Library Association; Scarecrow Press, 1995.
     Ref. BR1644.5.U6J664 1995

_____. A Guide to the Study of the Holiness Movement. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. and The American Theological Library Association, 1974.
     BX7990.H6 J65 1974

_____. A Guide to the Study of the Pentecostal Movement. 2 vols. Metuchen, NJ and London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. and The American Theological Library Association, 1983.
     Ref. BR1644.J6 1983


Lippy, Charles H. Bibliography of Religion in the South. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1985.
     Ref. BR535.L56 1985

Magnuson, Norris A. and William G. Travis. American Evangelicalism: An Annotated Bibliography. West Cornwall, CT: Locust Hill Press, 1990.
     BR1642.U5 M34 1990

_____. American Evangelicalism II: First Bibliographical Supplement, 1990-1996. West Cornwall, CT: Locust Hill Press, 1997.
     BR1642.U5 M34 1990 Suppl. 1

Menendez, Albert J. Religious Conflict in America: A Bibliography. New York; London: Garland Publishing Co., 1985.
     BR515.M46 1985

Mills, Watson E. Charismatic Religion in Modern Research: A Bibliography. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1985.
     BR1644.M5 1985

Richmond, Mary L. Shaker Literature: A Bibliography. 2 vols. Hancock, MA: Shaker Community, Inc., 1977.
     BX9771.R53 1977

Roberts, Richard Owen, ed. Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography with Biographical and Historical Notices. Wheaton, IL: Richard Owen Roberts, Publishers, 1987.
     BV3790.R63 1987

Stone, Jon R. A Guide to the End of the World: Popular Eschatology in America. New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1993.
     BR517.S76 1993

Wilson, John F., ed. Church and State in America: A Bibliographical Guide. New York, Westport, CT, London: Greenwood Press, 1986, 1987. 2 vols.
     BR516.C47 1986

Young, Arthur P. and E. Jens Holley. Religion and the American Experience, 1620-1900: A Bibliography of Doctoral Dissertations. Westport, CT and London: Greenwood Press, 1992.
     Ref. BL2525.Y68 1992

_____. Religion and the American Experience, The Twentieth Century: A Bibliography of Doctoral Dissertations. Westport, CT and London: Greenwood Press,1994.
     Ref. BL2525.Y68 1994

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GENERAL

Mead, Frank S. and Samuel S. Hill, revised by Craig D. Atwood. Handbook of Denominations in the United States. 11th ed. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2001.
     Ref. BL2525.M425 2001

Newman, William M. and Peter L. Halvorson. Atlas of American Religion: The Denominational Era 1776 -1990. Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press, 2000.
     Ref. BR515.N49 1999

Schenck, Robert L., ed. Constitutions of American Denominations. 3 vols. Buffalo, NY: William S. Hein & Company, 1984.
     Ref. BR517.C66 1984

Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. Annual. 1916-
     Ref. BR513.Y4 (Current volume)
Previous year’s volumes are at BR513.Y4.

BAPTIST

Brackney, William Henry. The Baptists. New York, Westport, CT, London: Greenwood Press, 1988.
     Ref. BX6235.B628 1988

_____, ed. Historical Dictionary of the Baptists. Lanham, MD and London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1999.
     Ref. BX6211.B73 1999

Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists. 4 vols. Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1958.
     Ref. BX6211.E5 1958

Leonard, Bill J. Dictionary of Baptists in America. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1994.
     Ref. BX6211.D53 1994

Southern Baptist Periodical Index. 1965- . Ref. BX6462.7.S687

BRETHREN

The Brethren Encyclopedia. 3 vols. Philadelphia, PA and Oak Brook, IL: The Brethren Encyclopedia Inc., 1983.
     Ref. BX7821.2.B74 1983

CATHOLIC

Ames, Charlotte, comp. Directory of Roman Catholic Newspapers on Microfilm: United States. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame, 1982.
     St. Louis Room Z7837.5.U54 1982

Bransom, Charles N. Ordinations of U.S. Catholic Bishops 1790-1989. Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1990.
     Ref. BX1407.B57 B73 1990

Carey, Patrick W. Roman Catholics. Westport, CT and London: Greenwood Press, 1993.
     Ref. BX1406.2.C346 1993

Code, Joseph Bernard. Dictionary of the American Hierarchy (1789-1964). New York: Joseph F. Wagner, Inc., 1964.
     Ref. BX4670.C6 1964
Supplemented by American Bishops 1964-1970 by the same author (Ref. BX4666.C6 1970).

Culkin, Harry M. Guide to Current Catholic Diocesan Newspapers in Microform. 1979.
     St. Louis Room Z7837.5.C84

Delaney, John J. Dictionary of American Catholic Biography. Garden City, NY: Doubleday &
Co., Inc., 1984.
     Ref. BX4670.D45 1984

Ellis, John Tracy, ed. Documents of American Catholic History. 3 vols. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1987.
     Ref. BX1405.D63 1987

Ellis, John Tracy and Robert Trisco. A Guide to American Catholic History. 2nd ed., rev. and enlarged. Santa Barbara, CA and Oxford, England: ABC-Clio, 1982.
     Ref. Z7778.U6E38 1982
An expanded and updated version of the following title.

_____. A Select Bibliography of the History of the Catholic Church in the United States. New York: The Declan X. McMullen Company, 1947.
     BX1406.S45 1947
Glazier, Michael and Thomas J. Shelley, eds. The Encyclopedia of American Catholic History. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1997.
     Ref. BX1406.2.E53 1997

Hennesey, S.J., James. American Catholic Bibliography 1970-1982. South Bend, IN: Charles and Margaret Hall Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, University of Notre Dame, 1982.
     Ref. Z7778.U6H4 1982

Liederbach, Clarence A. America’s Thousand Bishops from 1513 to 1974...from Abramowicz to Zuroweste. Cleveland: Dillon/Liederbach, Inc., 1974.
     Ref. BX4670.L5

Lonsway, Jesse W. and Aaron Pembleton. The Episcopal Lineage of the Hierarchy in the United States: Revised 1790-1963. Cincinnati, OH: The Episcopal Lineage, 1963.
     Ref. BX4670.L63

Matochik, Michael J., ed. Pamphlets in American History Group IV: A Bibliographic Guide to the Microform Collection. Sanford, NC: Microfilming Corporation of America, 1983.
     Pius Microform Ref. BX1405.P35 1983
pp. 1-79 are a bibliographic guide to 1,340 pamphlets on 1,504 microfiche (which Pius Library owns) on "Catholicism and Anti-Catholicism."

Nolan, Hugh J., ed. Pastoral Letters of the United States Catholic Bishops. Washington, D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, 1983- .
     Ref. BX874.A2 C37 1983
A five-volume (so far) compendium of official ecclesiastical pronouncements from 1792 to 1988.

Reuss, Francis X. Biographical Cyclopedia of the Catholic Hierarchy of the United States 1984-1898. Milwaukee: M.H. Wiltzius & Co. 1898.
     Ref. BX4670.R74

Talmage, John Philip. Marquette University Index: Three Decades of Documents. Indexes to the Publications and Documents Published or Distributed by the United States Catholic Conference, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, the National Catholic Welfare Conference, and from other sources in the period 1960-1990. Marquette University, 1991.
     Ref. BX873.7.M37 1991

Tomasi, Silvano M. and Edward C. Stibili. Italian Americans and Religion: An Annotated Bibliography. 2nd ed. New York: Center for Migration Studies, 1992.
     BR563.I8T65 1992

Vollmar, S.J., Edward R. The Catholic Church in America: An Historical Bibliography. New York: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1963.
     BX1406.2 V65 1963

CHURCH OF CHRIST (Campbell-Stone movement)

Restoration Serials Index. 1978- . Abilene, TX: Abilene Christian University. Ref. BX7075.A1R477

CONGREGATIONALIST

Youngs, J. William T. The Congregationalists. New York, Westport, CT, London: Greenwood Press, 1990.
     Ref. BX7135.Y68 1990

LUTHERAN

Bodensieck, Julius, ed. The Encyclopedia of the Lutheran Church. 3 vols. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Publishing House, 1965.
     Ref. BX8007.E63 1965

Lueker, Erwin L., ed. Lutheran Cyclopedia. St. Louis and London: Concordia Publishing House, 1975.
     Ref. BX8007.L8 1975

Wiederaenders, Robert C., ed. Historical Guide to Lutheran Church Bodies of North America. 2nd ed. St. Louis, MO: Lutheran Historical Conference, 1998.
     Ref. BX8041.W5 1998

MENNONITE

The Mennonite Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Work on the Anabaptist-Mennonite Movement. 5 vols. Hillsboro, KS: Mennonite Brethren Publishing House, 1955.
     Ref. BX8106.M37

METHODIST

Batsel, John D. And Lyda K. Bastel, comp. Union List of United Methodist Serials 1773-1973. Ephrata, PA: Science Press, Inc., 1974.
     Ref. BX8211.U65 1974

Harmon, Nolan B., general editor. The Encyclopedia of World Methodism. 2 vols. Nashville, TN: The United Methodist Publishing House, 1975.
     Ref. BX8211.E5 1974

Kirby, James E., Russell E. Richey, Kenneth E. Rowe, eds. The Methodists. Westport, CT and London: Greenwood Press, 1996.
     Ref. BX8382.2.A4 K57 1996

O'Brien, Elmer J., ed. Methodist Reviews Index 1818-1985. 2 vols. Nashville, TN: Board of Higher Education and Ministry, The United Methodist Church, 1989.
     Ref. BX8201.M47 1989

Rowe, Kenneth E., ed. Methodist Union Catalog: Pre-1976 Imprints. Metuchen, NJ and London: The Scarepress Press, Inc., 1975- .
     Ref. BX8331.2.M5 1975
An alphabetical listing by author or by title (when it is the main entry) of Methodist imprints. Volume 7 is the latest to have been published (1994) and extends the alphabetical coverage from J-Le.

_____, comp. and ed. United Methodist Studies: Basic Bibliographies. 3rd ed. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1992.
     Ref. BX8331.2.U54 1992

Yrigoyen, Jr., Charles and Susan E. Warrick, eds. Historical Dictionary of Methodism. Lanham, MD and London: The Scarecrow Press, Ltd., 1996.
     Ref. BX8211.H57 1996
"Seeks to give basic information about some of the important personalities, ideas, events, and locations in the origin and development of Methodism [from the Preface]." The focus is primarily on North American Methodism but British Methodism is covered also.

MORMONISM

Bitton, Davis. Historical Dictionary of Mormonism. Metuchen, NJ; London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1994.
     Ref. BX8605.5.B588 1994

Fales, Susan L. and Chad J. Flake, compilers. Mormons and Mormonism in U.S. Government Documents: A Bibliography. Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 1989.
     BX8635.2.F3 1989

Ludlow, Daniel H., ed. Encyclopedia of Mormonism. 5 vols. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1992.
     Ref. BX8605.5.E62 1992

Shields, Steven L. The Latter Day Saint Churches: An Annotated Bibliography. New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1987.
     BX8611.S48 1987

ORTHODOX

Fitzgerald, Thomas. The Orthodox Church. Westport, CT and London: Greenwood Press, 1995.
     Ref. BX735.F57 1995

QUAKER

Barbour, Hugh and J. William Frost. The Quakers. New York, Westport, CT, London: Greenwood Press, 1988.
     Ref. BX7731.2.B37 1988

REFORMED/PRESBYTERIAN

Balmer, Randall and John R. Fitzmier. The Presbyterians. Westport, CT and London: Greenwood Press, 1993.
     Ref. BX8935.B355 1993

Benedetto, Robert, Darrell L. Guder, Donald K. McKim, eds. Historical Dictionary of Reformed Churches. Lanham, MD and London: The Scarecrow Press, Ltd., 1999.      Ref. BX9415.B46 1999

Dennison, James T., comp. An Index to the Periodicals of the Associate Presbyterian Church (1754-1858), Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1782-1858) and the United Presbyterian Church of North America (1858-1958). n.p., 1963.
     BX8935.I5 1983

Gasero, Russel L. Historical directory of the Reformed Church in America, 1628-1992. 3rd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1992
     BX9507.R42 1992

Hart, D. G., ed. Dictionary of the Presbyterian & Reformed Tradition in America. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1999.
     Ref. BX8909.D53 1999

Parker, Jr., Harold M., comp. Bibliography of Published Articles on American Presbyterianism, 1901-1980. Westport, CT and London: Greenwood Press, 1985.
     BX8935.P37 1985

Prince, Harold B., comp. and ed. A Presbyterian Bibliography: The Published Writings of Ministers Who Served in the Presbyterian Church in the United States During Its First Hundred Years, 1861-1961, and Their Locations in Eight SignificantTheological Collections in the U.S.A. Metuchen, NJ and London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. and The American Theological Library Association, 1983.
     BX8965.P83 1983

Witherspoon, E.D., comp. Ministerial Directory of the Presbyterian Church, U.S. 1861-1967. Doraville, GA: Foote & Davis, 1967.
     BX9220.P7 1967

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST

Bjorling, Joel. The Churches of God, Seventh Day: A Bibliography. New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1987.
     BX6126.B59 1987

Neufeld, Don F. et al, eds. Seventh-Day Adventist Encyclopedia. Washington, DC: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1966.
     Ref. BX6154.S39 1966

Seventh-Day Adventist Periodical Index. 1971- . Ref. BX6154.S483

UNITARIAN

Robinson, David. The Unitarians and the Universalists. Westport, CT and London: Greenwood Press, 1985.  
     Ref. BX9833.R63 1985

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Bradley, Martin B. et al. Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990: An Enumeration by Region, State and County Based on Data Reported for 133 Church Groupings. Atlanta, GA: Glenmary Research Center, 1992.
     Ref. BR526.C48 1992
There are companion volumes for 1970 and 1980.

Department of the Interior. Census Office. Report on Statistics of churches in the United States at the Eleventh Census: 1890. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1894.
     Ref. BR525.C4 1894a

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In addition to the standard theological indexes (ATLA Religion Database, Catholic Periodical & Literature Index, Religious & Theological Abstracts), the following sources contain information on periodicals relevant to research in American religious history.

Albaugh, Gaylord P. History and Annotated Bibliography of American Religious Periodicals and Newspapers Established from 1730 through 1830 With Library Locations and Microform Sources. 2 vols. Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1994.
     Ref. PN4888.R4A43 1994

America: History and Life.
    The main index for American history journals; indexes books and dissertations also, accessible to SLU faculty, staff, and students from the Pius Library web page.

Christian Periodical Index. 1956- .
      An index of fundamentalist or conservative Protestant magazines and journals; valuable for coverage of this type material nowhere else indexed.

Fackler, P. Mark and Charles H. Lippy, eds. Popular Religious Magazines of the United States. Westport, CT and London: Greenwood Press, 1995.
     Ref. PN4888.R4P67 1995

Lippy, Charles H., ed. Religous Periodicals of the United States: Academic and Scholarly Journals. New York, Westport, CT, London: Greenwood Press, 1986.
      Ref. PN4888.R4R4 1986

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The Internet is constantly changing and growing so the latest source of information about the Internet will always be the Internet itself. Using the Internet, it is possible to search the catalogs of other libraries, participate in e-mail discussion groups, search for web pages relating to a particular topic in American religious history, etc., etc.

H-Net, Humanities and Social Sciences On-line offers a number of discussion lists in the humanities as well as regular book reviews over the Internet.
There is a homepage which you can access using the following URL:
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/
The homepage for American religious history has the following URL:
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~amrel/

The American Catholic Historical Society has a website at the following URL:
    http://www.amchs.org/

The American Society of Church History website is at the followiing URL:
    http://www.churchhistory.org

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