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World Religions

This guide will help you find reliable information on World Religions, in both print and online sources.

Overviews of Major Religions

The following lists are comprised of overviews of each religion, available online through the databases or for checkout from St. Louis Community College libraries. The categories were combined from:

Overview of the World's Major Religions
"Overview of the World's Major Religions." Cultural Studies: Holidays Around the World, edited by Pearline Jaikumar, Omnigraphics, Inc., 6th edition, 2018. Credo Reference.

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World Religions includes articles—including more than 5,000 new articles on ancient religions/mythology and faith in America—tablet/mobile-friendly videos, and images on the beliefs, practices, and history of religions across the world. Topic Centers feature content on 15 living religions—including African Traditional Religion, Baha’i Faith, Buddhism, Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity, Confucianism, Daoism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Native American Religions, New Religious Movements, Protestantism, Shinto, Sikhism, and Zoroastrianism—with links to core essays, key primary sources, complete sacred texts, fact files, glossary terms, timelines, images, videos, and more.

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African Traditional Religion by Bender Richardson White; Aloysius M. Lugira; Joanne O'Brien (Contribution by); Martin Palmer
Call Number: eBook (World Religions Database)
Publication Date: 2009, updated 2021
African Spirituality by Jacob K. Olupona
Call Number: 200.899 A2584
Publication Date: 2001
The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to African Religions by Elias Kifon Bongmba (Editor)
Call Number: eBook (World Religions Database)
Publication Date: 2012, updated 2019
Encyclopedia of African Religion by Molefi Kete Asante (Editor); Ama Mazama (Editor)
Publication Date: 2009

Baha'i Faith by Bender Richardson White; Paula R. Hartz; Joanne O'Brien (Contribution by); Martin Palmer
Call Number: eBook (World Religions Database)
ISBN: 9781604131048
Publication Date: 2009, updated 2021
The Baha'i Faith by Moojan Momen
Call Number: 297.93 M732b
ISBN: 9781851685639
Publication Date: 2008-02-01
The Baha'i Faith in America by William Garlington; Jeffrey John Kripal (Foreword by)
Call Number: 297.93 M732b
ISBN: 0275984133
Publication Date: 2005-08-30

Buddhism by Alexander Wynne
Call Number: 294.3 W988b
ISBN: 9781848853973
Publication Date: 2014-12-23
Buddhism by Joan Duncan Oliver
Call Number: 294.3 O486b
ISBN: 9781250313683
Publication Date: 2019-04-30
Buddhism by Bender Richardson White; Joanne O'Brien (Contribution by); Martin Palmer; Madhu Bazaz Wangu
Call Number: eBook (World Religions Database)
ISBN: 9781604131055
Publication Date: 2009, updated 2021

A Short History of Christianity by Geoffrey Blainey
Call Number: 270 B634s
Publication Date: 2013
Catholicism: a Very Short Introduction by Gerald O'Collins
Call Number: 282 O17c
ISBN: 9780199545919
Publication Date: 2008-12-15
Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity by Bender Richardson White; Khaled Anatolios; Stephen F. Brown; Joanne O'Brien (Contribution by); Martin Palmer
Call Number: eBook (World Religions Database)
ISBN: 9781604131062
Publication Date: 2009, updated 2021
Protestantism by Bender Richardson White; Stephen F. Brown; Joanne O'Brien (Contribution by); Martin Palmer
Call Number: eBook (World Religions Database)
ISBN: 9781604131123
Publication Date: 2009, updated 2022

Confucianism by Bender Richardson White; Dorothy Hoobler; Thomas Hoobler; Joanne O'Brien (Contribution by); Martin Palmer
Call Number: eBook (World Religions Database)
ISBN: 9781604131079
Publication Date: 2009, updated 2021

Daoism by Bender Richardson White
Call Number: eBook (World Religions Database)
ISBN: 9781604131154
Publication Date: 2009, updated 2021
Tao Te Ching by John Minford (Translator); Lao Lao Tzu
Call Number: 299.514 L298t2
ISBN: 9780670024988
Publication Date: 2018-12-04

Greek and Roman Mythology A to Z by Kathleen Daly
Call Number: eBook (World Religions Database)
ISBN: 9780816021512
Publication Date: Updated 2019
Oh My Gods by Philip Freeman
Call Number: 398.209 F8556o
ISBN: 9781451609974
Publication Date: 2012-01-03

Hinduism by Bender Richardson White
Call Number: eBook (World Religions Database)
Publication Date: 2009
Hinduism: the Basics by Neelima Shukla-Bhatt
ISBN: 9781315303338
Publication Date: 2023-03-07
On Hinduism by Wendy Doniger
Call Number: 294.5 D683o
ISBN: 9780199360079
Publication Date: 2014-03-03

Islam: An American Religion by Nadia Marzouki; C. Jon Delogu (Translator)
Publication Date: 2017
Islam by Bender Richardson White; Matthew S. Gordon; Joanne O'Brien (Contribution by); Martin Palmer
Call Number: 297 R976i2
ISBN: 9781604131093
Publication Date: 2009-05-01

Basic Beliefs of Judaism by Lawrence J. Epstein
Call Number: ProQuest eBook Central
Publication Date: 2013
An Introduction to Judaism by Nicholas de Lange
Call Number: 296 D337i 2010
Publication Date: 2009-12-03
Judaism by Bender Richardson White
Call Number: eBook (World Religions Database)
Publication Date: 2009 (updated 2021)

Native American Religions by Bender Richardson White; Paula R. Hartz; Joanne O'Brien (Contribution by); Martin Palmer
Call Number: eBook (World Religions Database)
Publication Date: 2009, updated 2021
The Encyclopedia of Native American Religions by Arlene B. Hirschfelder; Paulette Fairbanks Molin; Walter R. Echo-Hawk (Foreword by)
Call Number: 299.703 H669e
ISBN: 0816039496
Publication Date: 1999-12-01

Shinto by Bender Richardson White
Call Number: eBook (World Religions Database)
Publication Date: 2009 (updated 2021)
Shinto by Jeff Hay (Editor)
Call Number: 299.561 S556f
Publication Date: 2006

Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs in America by Gurinder Singh Mann; Paul Numrich; Raymond Williams
Call Number: 294.097 M281b 2008
Publication Date: 2008
Hindu, Jain, and Sikh: Faiths in America by Gail M. Harley; Constance A. Jones
Call Number: eBook (World Religions Database)
Publication Date: 2013
Sikhism by Bender Richardson White; Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh; Joanne O'Brien (Contribution by); Martin Palmer
Call Number: eBook (World Religions Database)
Publication Date: 2009

Zoroastrianism by Bender Richardson White; Paula R. Hartz; Joanne O'Brien (Contribution by); Martin Palmer
Call Number: eBook (World Religions Database)
Publication Date: 2009
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism by Michael Stausberg (Editor); Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina (Editor); Anna Tessmann (As told to)
Call Number: eBook (World Religions Database)
Publication Date: 2015 (updated 2019)

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