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Good bibliography on WORLD RELIGIONS for Pentecostals:
Miroslav Volf, Allah: A Christian Response
John S. Mbiti , Introduction to African Religion, Second Edition
Henry Chadwick, ‘The Early Church’
Ruthven, Authentic Christianity (forthcoming)
Yahiya Emerick, What Islam is All About
Ravi Zacharas, “Jesus Among Other Gods”
COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS
Burke, T. Patrick, The Major Religions; Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1996
Hinnells, John Red, A New Handbook of Living Religions; Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1997
Hinnells, John Red, A New Dictionary of Religions; Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1997
Hopfe, Lewis M, Religions of the World. 6th Ed.; New York: Macmillan College Publishing, 1994
Matthews, Warren, World Religions St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Company 1991
Markham, Ian S, Editor, A World Religions Reader; Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1996
Young, William A, The World’s Religions: Worldviews and Contemporary Issues; Engelwood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1995
Zaehner, R.C., Editor, The Concise Encyclopedia of Living Faiths; Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1959
RELIGION AND SCIENCE
Scientific Study of Religion
de Vries, Jan, The Study of Religion; New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc., 1967
Durkheim, Emile, Elementary Forms of Religious Life
Evans-Pritchard, Theories of Primitive Religion; New York: Oxford University Press, 1965.
Feuerbach, Ludwig, The Essence of Christianity
Freud, Sigmund. The Future of an Illusion; Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Anchor Books, 1964
Huchingson, James E, Religion and the Natural Sciences; Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1993
Otto, Rudolph, The Idea of the Holy; New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1950
Pals, Daniel L, Seven Theories of Religion; New York: Oxford University Press, 1996
Russell, Bertrand, Religion and Science; London: Oxford University Press, 1961
Tremmel, William Calloley, Religion: What is it? 3rd ed; Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt, Brace College Publishers, 1997
Science and Religion
Crick, Francis, The Astonishing Hypothesis
Davies, Paul, The Mind of God; New York: Touchstone, 1992
Davies, Paul, God and the New Physics; New York: Touchstone, 1983
Davies, Paul & Gribbin, John, The Matter Myth; New York: Simon & Shuster, 1992
Glynn, Patrick, GOD: The Evidence; Rocklin, CA: Prima Publishing, ForumBooks, 1997
Penrose, Roger, Shadows of the Mind; New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1994
Ross, Hugh, The Fingerprint of God
Tipler, Frank J, The Physics of Immortality, the Omega Point
Mike, Elemental Mind
Leon, The God Particle
Ward, Keith, Religion and Creation; Oxford: Claredon Press, 1996
Science
Barrow, John D & Tipler, Frank J, The Anthropic Cosmological Principle; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988
Capra, Fritjof, The Tao of Physics; New York, NY: Bantam Books, 1977
Hawking, Stephen, A Brief History of Time; New York, NY: Bantam Books, 1988
Horgan, John, The End of Science; New York: Broadway Books, 1997
Hoyle, Fred, The Origin of the Universe and the Origin of Religion; Wakefield, RI: Moyer Bell, 1993
Zukav, Gary, The Dancing Wu Li Masters; New York, NY: William Morrow and Company, 1979
Hofstadter, Godel, Escher, & Bach, An Eternal Golden Braid; New York, NY: Basic Books, 1979
Wilkinson, Denys, Our Universes; New York: Columbia University Press, 1991
Sources for Early Religion
Bhattacharya, Shaoni. “Elephants May Pay Homage to Dead Relatives.” New Scientist 26 Oct. 2006. Print.
Ehrlich, Paul R. Human Natures Genes, Cultures, and the Human Prospect. New York: Island, 2000. Print.
“Lieberman, Phhilip. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1993. Print.
Sources for Islam
F. Buhl; A. T. Welch. “Muhammad”. Encyclopaedia of Islam Online.
“Field Listings: Religions”, CIA World Factbook, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html
“Interactive Map: Sunni and Shi’a: The World of Islam” from PBS.org, http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/iran/map.html.
“Islam”, Encyclopedia of Religious Rites, Rituals, and Festivals(2004)
“Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet” film by Kikim Media & Unity Productions Foundation. Provided through PBS.org
Sources for Buddhism
Armstrong, Karen (2001). Buddha. Penguin Books. p. 187.
Donath, Dorothy C. (1971). Buddhism for the West: Theravāda, Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna; a comprehensive review of Buddhist history, philosophy, and teachings from the time of the Buddha to the present day. Julian Press.
Harvey, Peter (1990). An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices. Cambridge University Press.
Morgan, Kenneth W. (ed), The Path of the Buddha: Buddhism Interpreted by Buddhists, Ronald Press, New York, 1956; reprinted by Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi; distributed by Wisdom Books
Williams, Paul with Anthony Tribe (2000). Buddhist Thought (London: Routledge).
“Vedanta and Buddhism: A Comparative Study”. Buddhist Publication Society. Ed. Helmuth von Glasenapp. Kandy, Sri Lank: Buddhist Publication Society
Sources for Judaism
“Encyclopedia Judaica” online edition, http://www.gale.cengage.com/pdf/facts/EncyJudaica.pdf
“Talmud” online version, http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/talmud.htm
“Judaism 101: What Do Jews Believe?” from http://www.jewfaq.org/beliefs.htm
“Reform Judaism” from Religion Facts.com, http://www.religionfacts.com/judaism/denominations/reform.htm
“The JPS Guide to Jewish Traditions” Eisenberg, Ronald L. (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2004), pg 515.
“Introducing the Old Testament” Coggins, R.J. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990), pg 1.
Sources for Hinduism
Laderman, Gary (2003), Religion and American Cultures: An Encyclopedia of Traditions, Diversity, and Popular Expressions, Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 119
Monier-Williams, Monier (1974), Brahmanism and Hinduism: Or, Religious Thought and Life in India, as Based on the Veda and Other Sacred Books of the Hindus. Elibron Classics, Adamant Media Corporation
Werner, Karel (1994), “Hinduism”, in Hinnells, John (Ed.), A Popular Dictionary of Hinduism, Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press
Apte, Vaman S (1997), The Student’s English-Sanskrit Dictionary (New ed.), Delhi: Motilal Banarsidas
Sheed, Frank. “Theology and Sanity.” (Ignatius Press: San Francisco, 1993), pp. 276.
McGrath, Christianity: An Introduction, pp. 4-6.
Marthaler, Introducing the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Traditional Themes and Contemporary Issues (1994), preface.
Barry, One Faith, One Lord (2001), p. 71
McManners, Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity. pp. 251–59.
Cross/Livingstone. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, p. 1199.
“born-again.” Good Word Guide. London: A&C Black, 2007. Credo Reference. 30 July 2009
Sources for Confucianism
“Confucianism,” New Advent – Catholic Encyclopedia, at: www.newadvent.org (Year notation changed from BC to BCE.)
Fingerette, Herbert., “Confucius: The Secular as Sacred (Religious Traditions of the World)
Streng, Frederick, “Understanding Religious Life,” 3rd ed. (1985), p. 2
Taylor, Rodney L., “The Religious Dimensions of Confucianism” (1990);
