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REFERENCE BOOKS AVAILABLE IN THE LIBRARY (2nd floor)
KEY RESOURCE
The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Ecology (2006)
Ref BL 65 .E36 O94 2006
CATHOLICISM
Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy (2007, 2012, 3 vols.)
Ref BX 1753 .E595 2007
notable entry: ECOLOGY
The HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism (1995)
Ref BX 841 .H37 1995
notable entry: ECOLOGY
The Modern Catholic Encyclopedia (rev. and exp. ed., 2004)
Ref BX 841 .M63 2004
notable entry: ECOLOGY/ENVIRONMENT
New Catholic Encyclopedia (2003, 15 vols.)
Ref BX 841 .N44 2002
notable entry: ECOLOGY; ECOFEMINISM AND ECOFEMINIST THEOLOGY
The New Dictionary of Catholic Social Thought (1994)
Ref BX 1753 .N497 1994
notable entry: ECOLOGY
JUDAISM
Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed., 2007, 22 vols.)
Ref DS 102.8 .E496 2007
notable entries: CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion (2nd ed., 2011)
Ref BM 50 .O94 2011
notable entry: ECOLOGY
The Jewish Religion: A Companion (1995)
Ref BM 50 .J28 1995
notable entry: ECOLOGY
RELIGION (general)
Dictionary of Feminist Theologies (1996)
Ref BT 83.55 .D53 1996
notable entry: ECOFEMINISM
Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement (1991)
Ref BX 8.2 .D53 1991
notable entries: POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY
Encyclopedia of Religion (2nd ed., 2005, 15 vols.)
Ref BL 31 .E46 2005
notable entry: ECOLOGY AND RELIGION (pp. 2604-68)
Encyclopedia of Religion in America (2010, 4 vols.)
Ref BL 2520 .E52 2010
notable entries: ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY:
COLONIAL ERA THROUGH THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY;
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY: CURRENT ETHICAL ISSUES;
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY: NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES;
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY: SINCE THE MID-NINETEENTH
CENTURY
Encyclopedia of Religious and Spiritual Development (2006)
Ref BV 4571.3 .E53 2006
notable entries: ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
Encyclopedia of Science and Religion (2003, 2 vols.)
Ref BL 240.3 .E43 2003
notable entries: ECOFEMINISM; ECOTHEOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ECOLOGY, ETHICS OF;
ECOLOGY, RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS
Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America (2006, 3 vols.)
Ref BL 458 .E52 2006
notable entry: ECOFEMINISM (vol. 3, pp. 1110-17)
Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion (1999, 2 vols.)
Ref BL 458 .E53 1999
notable entry: ENVIRONMENTALISM
The New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible (2006-09, 5 Vols.)
Ref BS 440 .N443 2006
notable entry: ECOLOGY
ETHICS
Bioethics (4th ed., 2014, 6 vols.)
Ref QH 332 .E52 2014
notable entries: CLIMATE CHANGE; SUSTAINABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS;
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ETHICS
The Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics (2012, 4 vols.)
Ref BJ 63 .E44 2012
notable entries: CLIMATE CHANGE; SUSTAINABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS;
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics (2005, 4 vols.)
Ref Q 175.35 .E53 2005
notable entries: ECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION;
ENVIRONMENTALISM; ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS; POLLUTION;
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS;
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
The International Encyclopedia of Ethics (2013, 9 vols.)
Ref BJ 63 .I58 2013
notable entries: CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY IN RELIGIONS;
ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS; ENVIRONMENTAL VIRTUE ETHICS;
ECOFEMINISM
SOCIAL ISSUES / PROBLEMS
Battleground: Environment (2008, 2 vols.)
Ref GE 105 .C65 2008
Encyclopedia of American Social Movements (2004, 4 vols.)
Ref HN 57 .E594 2004
Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Social Issues (2011, 4 vols.)
Ref HN 59.2 .E343 2011
Encyclopedia of Social Problems (2008, 2 vols.)
Ref HN 28 .E55 2008
Environmental Movements Around the World: Shades of Green in Politics and Culture (2014, 2 vols.)
Ref GE 195 .E584 2014
Social Issues in America: An Encyclopedia (2006, 7 vols. + index)
Ref HN 57 .S624 2006
SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY / ENVIRONMENT
Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather (2nd ed., 2011, 3 vols.)
Ref QC 854 .E523 2011
Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues (rev. ed., 2011, 4 vols.)
Ref GE 10 .E523 2011
Encyclopedia of Global Change: Environmental Change and Human Society (2002, 2 vols.)
Ref GE 149 .E47 2002
The Encyclopedia of Global Warming Science and Technology (2009, 2 vols.)
Ref QC 981.8 .G56 J638 2009
The Encyclopedia of Global Warming Science and Technology (2009, 2 vols.)
Ref QC 981.8 .G56 J638 2009
Encyclopedia of Human Ecology (2003, 2 vols.)
Ref GF 4 .E53 2003
Encyclopedia of Science and Religion (2003, 2 vols.)
Ref BL 240.3 .E43 2003
Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics (2005, 4 vols.)
Ref Q 175.35 .E53 2005
Encyclopedia of Sustainability (2010, 3 vols.)
Ref GE 10 .C65 2010
Encyclopedia of the Biosphere (1999, 11 vols.)
Ref GF 75 .B5613 1999
Encyclopedia of the Biosphere (1999, 11 vols.)
Ref GF 75 .B5613 1999
Environmental Encyclopedia (4th ed., 2011, 2 vols.)
Ref GE 10 .E58 2011
The Global Water Crisis: A Reference Handbook (2016)
Ref TD 348 .N49 2016
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy (2001, 3 vols.)
Ref TJ 163.28 .M33 2001
REFERENCE BOOKS AVAILABLE ONLINE (owned by the library)
CATHOLICISM
JUDAISM
RELIGION (GENERAL)
ETHICS (GENERAL AND RELIGIOUS)
SOCIAL ISSUES / PROBLEMS
SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY / ENVIRONMENT