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 in the Small Hall, Ground Floor North Block
All items available on open access will display the location RELIGION, with the classmark prefix 3 eg RELIGION North Block Ground Floor (3) PWRY Hop
Most periodicals are located on the periodicals open shelves (PS) on the 3rd floor South Block
Recent issues of periodicals are on display bays in the Goldsmiths Library – 4th floor South Block. 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 South Block
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 Goldsmiths Library 4th floor South Block

Classmarks for Religious Studies

All classmarks in this collection have a numerical prefix of 3 eg RELIGION North Block Ground 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.