Finding Books & eBooks - Theology
The vast majority of the Library's books are now available online as eBooks; see below for some key titles in Theology. You can search for both print and eBooks using UR Library Search; see How to search UR Library Search for guidance on this.
See Request an Item for more information on services such as Scan & Send (to request scans from print books or journals) and Interlibrary loans.
Most print books in Theology can be found on the first floor of the Library at the following Shelfmark locations (also known as a Call Number).
Bible Commentaries: You can find a handy list of many Bible Commentaries held in the Library here: Bible Commentaries Resource List.
| Subjects | Shelfmark(s) |
| Bible | 220 to 229 |
| Christianity and Christian theology | 230 to 239 |
| Christian denominations and sects | 280 to 289 |
| Christian ethics | 241 |
| Christian orders and local church | 250 |
| Doctrinal controversies & heresies | 273 |
| Doctrines | 202 |
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Gospels & Acts |
226 |
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Islam |
297 |
| Judaism | 296 |
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Philosophy and theory of religion |
210 to 219 |
| Religions of Indic origin | 294 |
eBooks and Online Reference books
Most Essential texts, and many more, are provided as eBooks and can be found via UR Library Search. The following eBook collections and reference works are particularly useful for Theology.
Online reference works:
- Brill's New Pauly Online This link opens in a new window
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A recognised standard reference work for students and scholars of the ancient world.
- Encyclopaedia of Islam This link opens in a new window
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A comprehensive and diverse reference guide to current knowledge of the Islamic World, including details of Islamic history, religion and the global Muslim diaspora.
- Encyclopaedia Judaica 2007 This link opens in a new window
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Overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel.
- American National Biography Online This link opens in a new window
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Profiles of nearly 20,000 Americans from all eras who have influenced and shaped the USA's history and culture. From missionaries to musicians, social workers to statisticians, cowboys to chemists, and Vikings to astronauts. Includes people from pre-colonial times to those who have died in the last 5 years.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography This link opens in a new window
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50,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2000.
- Who's Who and Who Was Who This link opens in a new window
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The leading source of up to date information about over 90,000 influential people from all walks of life, worldwide, who have left their mark on British public life.Who Was Who is an archive of people included in previous editions of Who's Who.
- Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
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This collection of reference works allows cross searching of over 100 dictionaries and encyclopedias published by Oxford University Press.
- Oxford Bibliographies: Classics This link opens in a new window
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Each article is a guide to current scholarship in Classics, written and reviewed by academic experts to guide users through the subject. Combines the features of an annotated bibliography with a high-level encyclopedia.
eBook collections:
- Bloomsbury Collections This link opens in a new window
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A collection of arts and humanities eBooks, with a strong focus on Philosophy.
- Cambridge Companions This link opens in a new window
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Includes the Companions in: Philosophy, Religion and Culture, Literature and the Classics and Music.
- Cambridge Histories This link opens in a new window
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American and British history, economic and scientific history, philosophy, religious studies, theatre studies, warfare and literary studies.
- Charles Sanders Peirce: Collected Papers (Past Masters) This link opens in a new window
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Comprises the complete eight volume edition of The Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce.
- Charles Sanders Peirce: Published Works I (Past Masters) This link opens in a new window
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Contains Charles Sanders Peirce: Contributions to the Nation, as well as A Comprehensive Bibliography of the Published Works of Charles Sanders Peirce, 2nd edition.
- Digital Karl Barth Library This link opens in a new window
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The entire corpus of Barth's work.
- Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts This link opens in a new window
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An exhaustive resource for historians, theologians, political scientists, and sociologists studying the religious and social upheavals of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window
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The Oxford Handbooks series brings together the world’s leading scholars to write articles that survey the current state of scholarship in their field. The articles review the key issues, reveal original arguments and concepts, and set the agenda for new research.
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InteLex's Past Masters provides full-text electronic editions in philosophy and humanities with additional works in political thought, religious studies, sociology, the history of science, economics, and classics. It includes published and unpublished works, articles and essays, reviews and correspondence.