Religious Studies

Collection overview

The collection focus is primarily on Christian theology. Coverage includes:

Biblical studies
Church doctrine
Comparative religion
Mysticism
Religious ethics

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Collection location

Most books are located on the 7th floor
All items available on open access will display the location RELIGIOUS STUDIES, with the classmark prefix 3 eg RELIGIOUS STUDIES 7th floor (3) PWRY Hop
Most periodicals are located on the periodicals open shelves (PS) on the 5th floor
Recent issues of periodicals are on display bays in the Periodicals Room – 4th floor. For more information on finding journals, see our journals resources page
Some items are held in the closed access stacks. These will display the location Stack Service. Please request at the Stack Service desk on the 4th floor
To locate individual titles use the online catalogue

Related collections

Map collection – maps and atlases of South America, Central America and the Caribbean
History collection – European Church History, Islamic history
Music collection – ecclesiastical music
Palaeography collection – key sources eg Corpus Christianorum, Patriologia Graecae and Patriologia Latinae
Philosophy collection – ethics and religious thought
Special Collections – the Porteus Library and the Gravely Parish Library
Dictionaries, encyclopedias and reference works in the Information Centre, 4th floor

Classmarks for Religious Studies

All classmarks in this collection have a numerical prefix of 3 eg RELIGIOUS STUDIES 7th floor (3) PWRY Hop

Atheism	PCL
Bible	PM
Buddhism	PJ
Christianity	PN
Church: Anglican	PS
Church: Roman Catholic	PR
Comparative religion	PF
Hinduism	PIA
History of the Christian religion	PO
Islam	PK
Judaism	PL
New religious movements	PY
Protestantism	PT
Theology	PB

For a more detailed explanation of classmarks see the Library's leaflet 'A guide to the classification scheme'.

Other libraries

For more information about Religious Studies holdings in other academic libraries in the London area, please consult the M25 Consortium of Higher Education Libraries website: www.m25lib.ac.uk. For elsewhere in the UK, consult the ABTAPL website: www.abtapl.org.uk/database/contents.html or the Consortium of University and Research Libraries catalogue: www.copac.ac.uk.