KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS
AFR | Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience |
BCC | The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism |
BEC | Berkshire Encyclopedia of China |
BEWH | Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History |
CE | The Crusades: An Encyclopedia |
CEJ | The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan |
CIHR | The Cambridge Illustrated History of Religions |
DAH | Dictionary of American History |
DCA | Dictionary of Christianity in America |
DEM | Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement |
DMA | Dictionary of the Middle Ages |
EACH | The Encyclopedia of American Catholic History |
EAH | Encyclopedia of Asian History |
EAHC | Encyclopedia of African History and Culture |
EAMH | Encyclopedia of American History |
EARH | Encyclopedia of American Religious History |
EAWR | Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion |
ECRA | The Encyclopedia of Colonial and Revolutionary America |
ECST | Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy |
EDR | Encyclopedic Dictionary of Religion |
EEC | Encyclopedia of Early Christianity |
EFS | Europe 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World |
EI | Encyclopedia of India |
EJ | Encyclopaedia Judaica |
ELHC | Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture |
EM | Encyclopedia of Mormonism |
EMA | Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages |
ENAC | Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies |
EP | The Encyclopedia of Protestantism |
ER | Encyclopedia of Religion |
ERA | Encyclopedia of Religion in America |
ERR | The European Renaissance and Reformation, 1350-1600 |
ESN | Europe Since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction |
ESTN | Europe 1789 to 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire |
ETAH | Encyclopedia of twentieth-Century African History |
ETR | Encyclopedia of the Renaissance |
EUNC | Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century |
EWF | The Encyclopedia of World Faiths: An Illustrated Survey of the World's Living Religions |
EWR | Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America |
EWWR | Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion |
HBC | The HarperCollins Bible Commentary |
HDC | Historical Dictionary of Catholicism |
HDEC | Historical Dictionary of Ecumenical Christianity |
HEC | The HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism |
HLRE | Handbook to Life in Renaissance Europe |
HNAI | Handbook of North American Indians |
JIE | Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia |
KEJ | Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan |
MCE | The Modern Catholic Encyclopedia |
MEAR | Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions |
MEET | Medieval Europe, 814-1350 |
MFE | Medieval France: An Encyclopedia |
MGE | Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia |
MJC | Medieval Jewish Civilization: An Encyclopedia |
NBC | New Bible Commentary: 21st Century Edition |
NCE | New Catholic Encyclopedia |
NEA | New Encyclopedia of Africa |
NHLR | A New Handbook of Living Religions |
OCCT | The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought |
OCMH | The Oxford Companion to Military History |
OEIW | The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World |
OEMC | The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures: The Civilizations of Mexico and Central America |
OER | The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation |
PE | The Papacy: An Encyclopedia |
RW | Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices |
WRI | The World of Renaissance Italy |
Why Use a Reference Book?
Reference books are designed to provide you with an introduction to a given topic.
SELECTED INTRODUCTORY BOOK ARTICLES ABOUT CHRISTIAN HISTORY
All of the articles below are located in books in the library's reference collection (2nd floor). Reference books do not leave the library.
Each entry below is accompanied with an abbreviation for the book title and a call number. A key for book title abbreviations appears in the left-hand column of this page.
THE BIBLE
CHRISTIANITY (GENERAL)
CHRISTIANITY (GEOGRAPHICAL) — see also Christianity -- Mission(s) below
CHRISTIANITY -- ECUMENISM AND COUNCILS
CHRISTIANITY -- GREAT AWAKENINGS AND REVIVALISM
CHRISTIANITY -- MISSION(S) — see also Christianity (Geographical) above
CHRISTIANITY -- REFORMATION AND COUNTER-REFORMATION
CATHOLICISM
CATHOLICISM (AMERICAS)
CATHOLICISM -- CRUSADES
CATHOLICISM -- PAPACY
CATHOLICISM -- SCHISMS
PROTESTANTISM
MORMONISM