Use dictionaries to define discipline-specific terms and concepts. Below is a selective listing of print and electronic dictionaries.

A New Dictionary of Religions
Edited by John R. Hinnells
REF BL31 .P48 1995
An excellent one-volume dictionary of world religions with bibliographical references.

Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Edited by John Bowker
REF BL31 .O84 1997

The HarperCollins Dictionary of Religion
Edited by Jonathan Z. Smith
REF BL31 .H37 1995
Survey articles at an introductory level with suggested readings.

The Dictionary of Bible and Religion
REF BR95 .D46 1986
Survey articles at an introductory level with suggested readings.

Glossary for the Study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
From the University of Pennsylvania

Postmodern Bible Dictionary
For definitions and short articles with pictures of people, places and technical terms form biblical study use the alphabet below to get to the articles you need.

Dictionary of Theology
This list can help you learn what words mean and how they are used. Very helpful. There are 384 entries in the list that includes Christian, occult, and New Age terms.