Guides: REL 520 The Christian Faith : Finding Background Information & Online Bibles

Bible Reference Resources

Encyclopedia of Religion (2nd edition) This link opens in a new window
Access to cross-cultural approach that emphasizes religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture.
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Access to reference works such as Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture, Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages, and The Oxford Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology.

Oremus Bible Browser
This online Bible offers the NRSV in both American and Anglicized (British) editions. It also provides access to the books included in a Catholic Old Testament that are not in a Protestant Old Testament.

Encyclopaedia Judaica (2d ed. 2007) This link opens in a new window
Overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel.
Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive survey of the full range of historical, political, theoretical and philosophical issues relating to peace and conflict.
Biblical Archaeology Society Online Archive This link opens in a new window
Contains the Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR) dating back to 1985.
Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Access to encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR) This link opens in a new window
Entries on the Bible and its origins, development, and influence.

Bible Gateway
The Bible Gateway is a tool for reading and researching scripture online, in the language or translation of your choice. It provides advanced searching capabilities, which allow readers to find and compare particular passages in scripture based on keywords, phrases, or scripture reference. It offers versions such as the ESV, HCSB, NIV, and many other translations in various languages, but not the NRSV.
YouVersion
This online Bible offers the ESV, HCSB, NIV, and other versions in multiple languages, but not the NRSV. YouVersion also allows registered users to add notes and comments.
Oxford Biblical Studies Online
In addition to valuable references sources, Oxford Biblical Studies Online includes the texts of several versions of the Bible, including the Oxford Annotated Bible and the New Revised Standard Version.

Bible in English This link opens in a new window
Twenty different versions of the English Bible, including 12 full Bibles, five New Testament texts, two versions of the Gospels only, and William Tyndale's translations of the Pentateuch, Jonah, and the New Testament.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions by John Bowker (Editor)
Call Number: * Available as E-Book
ISBN: 9780192800947
Publication Date: 2003
Contains entries on all the major and many minor religions, including Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Shinto, Sikhism, and Taoism.
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to World Christianity by Lamin Sanneh (Editor); Michael McClymond (Editor)
Call Number: * Available as E-Book
ISBN: 9781405153768
Publication Date: 2016
Features contributions from renowned scholars of history and religion from around the world, addresses the origins and global expansion of Christianity over the course of two millennia, covers a wide range of themes relating to Christianity, including women, worship, sacraments, music, visual arts, architecture, and explores the development of Christian traditions over the past two centuries across several continents and the rise in secularization
Christianity and World Religions: Disputed Questions in the Theology of Religions by Gavin D'Costa
Call Number: * Available as E-Book
ISBN: 9781405176743
Publication Date: 2009
Introduction to Christianity’s relationship with other world religions, addressing the questions of why the reality, and vitality, of other religions has become a challenge, and showing how Christianity is equipped to deal with religious plurality at both the doctrinal and social level.