BISAC Subject Headings List, Religion |
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For example, "RELIGION / Fundamentalism" would be assigned first, followed by "RELIGION / Christianity / General" or "RELIGION / Islam / General" (as appropriate). Use subjects in the BIBLES section for versions of the Bible and use subjects beginning with "RELIGION / Biblical Biography", "RELIGION / Biblical Commentary", "RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation", "RELIGION / Biblical Meditations", "RELIGION / Biblical Reference", or "RELIGION / Biblical Studies" for works about the Bible. REL000000 RELIGION / General REL001000 RELIGION / Agnosticism REL114000 RELIGION / Ancient REL072000 RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology RELIGION / Archaeology see Antiquities & Archaeology REL004000 RELIGION / Atheism REL005000 RELIGION / Baha'i REL006020 RELIGION / Biblical Biography / General REL006030 RELIGION / Biblical Biography / Old Testament REL006040 RELIGION / Biblical Biography / New Testament REL006050 RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / General REL006060 RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / Old Testament / General REL006750 RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / Old Testament / Pentateuch REL006760 RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / Old Testament / Historical Books REL006770 RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / Old Testament / Poetry & Wisdom Literature REL006780 RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / Old Testament / Prophets REL006790 RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / Old Testament / Apocrypha & Deuterocanonical REL006070 RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / New Testament / General REL006800 RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / New Testament / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts REL006810 RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / New Testament / Paul's Letters REL006820 RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / New Testament / General Epistles REL006830 RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / New Testament / Revelation REL006080 RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General REL006090 RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament REL006100 RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament REL006110 RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / General REL006120 RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / Old Testament REL006130 RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / New Testament REL006160 RELIGION / Biblical Reference / General REL006650 RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Atlases REL006660 RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Concordances REL006670 RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Dictionaries & Encyclopedias REL006680 RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Handbooks REL006410 RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Language Study REL006150 RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Quotations REL006000 RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General REL006700 RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Bible Study Guides REL006400 RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics REL006630 RELIGION / Biblical Studies / History & Culture REL006210 RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament / General REL006840 RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament / Pentateuch REL006850 RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament / Historical Books REL006740 RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament / Poetry & Wisdom Literature REL006730 RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament / Prophets REL006220 RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament / General REL006710 RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts REL006720 RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament / Paul's Letters REL006860 RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament / General Epistles REL006870 RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament / Revelation REL006140 RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Prophecy REL115000 RELIGION / Blasphemy, Heresy & Apostasy REL007000 RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist) REL007010 RELIGION / Buddhism / History REL007020 RELIGION / Buddhism / Rituals & Practice REL007030 RELIGION / Buddhism / Sacred Writings REL007040 RELIGION / Buddhism / Theravada REL007050 RELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan REL092000 RELIGION / Buddhism / Zen (see also PHILOSOPHY / Zen) RELIGION / Canon & Ecclesiastical Law see Christian Church / Canon & Ecclesiastical Law RELIGION / Catechisms see Christianity / Catechisms or specific non-Christian religions REL108000 RELIGION / Christian Church / General REL014000 RELIGION / Christian Church / Administration REL008000 RELIGION / Christian Church / Canon & Ecclesiastical Law REL108010 RELIGION / Christian Church / Growth REL108020 RELIGION / Christian Church / History REL011000 RELIGION / Christian Education / General REL095000 RELIGION / Christian Education / Adult REL091000 RELIGION / Christian Education / Children & Youth REL012000 RELIGION / Christian Living / General REL012140 RELIGION / Christian Living / Calling & Vocation REL012010 RELIGION / Christian Living / Death, Grief, Bereavement REL012020 RELIGION / Christian Living / Devotional REL012150 RELIGION / Christian Living / Devotional Journal REL012030 RELIGION / Christian Living / Family & Relationships REL012040 RELIGION / Christian Living / Inspirational REL108030 RELIGION / Christian Living / Leadership & Mentoring REL012050 RELIGION / Christian Living / Love & Marriage REL012060 RELIGION / Christian Living / Men's Interests REL012160 RELIGION / Christian Living / Parenting REL012070 RELIGION / Christian Living / Personal Growth REL012170 RELIGION / Christian Living / Personal Memoirs REL012080 RELIGION / Christian Living / Prayer REL012090 RELIGION / Christian Living / Professional Growth REL012110 RELIGION / Christian Living / Social Issues REL012120 RELIGION / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth REL099000 RELIGION / Christian Living / Spiritual Warfare REL063000 RELIGION / Christian Living / Stewardship & Giving REL012130 RELIGION / Christian Living / Women's Interests RELIGION / Christian Literature see Christianity / Literature & the Arts REL109000 RELIGION / Christian Ministry / General REL109010 RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Adult REL109020 RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Children REL050000 RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Counseling & Recovery REL023000 RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Discipleship REL030000 RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Evangelism REL045000 RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions REL074000 RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources REL080000 RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Preaching REL109030 RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Youth REL055000 RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General REL055010 RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / Sacraments REL055020 RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / Worship & Liturgy REL067000 RELIGION / Christian Theology / General REL067010 RELIGION / Christian Theology / Angelology & Demonology REL067020 RELIGION / Christian Theology / Anthropology REL067030 RELIGION / Christian Theology / Apologetics REL067040 RELIGION / Christian Theology / Christology RELIGION / Christian Theology / Doctrinal see Christian Theology / Systematic REL067050 RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ecclesiology REL067060 RELIGION / Christian Theology / Eschatology REL067070 RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics REL067080 RELIGION / Christian Theology / History REL067120 RELIGION / Christian Theology / Liberation REL104000 RELIGION / Christian Theology / Mariology REL067090 RELIGION / Christian Theology / Pneumatology REL067130 RELIGION / Christian Theology / Process REL067100 RELIGION / Christian Theology / Soteriology REL067110 RELIGION / Christian Theology / Systematic REL070000 RELIGION / Christianity / General REL002000 RELIGION / Christianity / Amish REL003000 RELIGION / Christianity / Anglican REL073000 RELIGION / Christianity / Baptist REL093000 RELIGION / Christianity / Calvinist REL009000 RELIGION / Christianity / Catechisms REL010000 RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic REL083000 RELIGION / Christianity / Christian Science REL046000 RELIGION / Christianity / Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) RELIGION / Christianity / Congregational see Christianity / United Church of Christ REL094000 RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations REL027000 RELIGION / Christianity / Episcopalian RELIGION / Christianity / Friends see Christianity / Quaker REL015000 RELIGION / Christianity / History RELIGION / Christianity / Holidays see headings under Holidays RELIGION / Christianity / Holy Spirit see Christian Theology / Pneumatology REL096000 RELIGION / Christianity / Jehovah's Witnesses REL013000 RELIGION / Christianity / Literature & the Arts REL082000 RELIGION / Christianity / Lutheran REL043000 RELIGION / Christianity / Mennonite REL044000 RELIGION / Christianity / Methodist RELIGION / Christianity / Mormon see Christianity / Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) REL049000 RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox REL079000 RELIGION / Christianity / Pentecostal & Charismatic RELIGION / Christianity / Prayerbooks see Prayerbooks / Christian REL097000 RELIGION / Christianity / Presbyterian REL053000 RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant REL088000 RELIGION / Christianity / Quaker RELIGION / Christianity / Roman Catholic see Christianity / Catholic REL110000 RELIGION / Christianity / Saints & Sainthood RELIGION / Christianity / Sermons see Sermons / Christian REL098000 RELIGION / Christianity / Seventh-Day Adventist REL059000 RELIGION / Christianity / Shaker RELIGION / Christianity / Society of Friends see Christianity / Quaker RELIGION / Christianity / Unitarian Universalism see Unitarian Universalism REL111000 RELIGION / Christianity / United Church of Christ RELIGION / Church Administration see Christian Church / Administration RELIGION / Church & State see Religion, Politics & State RELIGION / Church Institutions & Organizations see Institutions & Organizations REL081000 RELIGION / Clergy REL017000 RELIGION / Comparative Religion REL018000 RELIGION / Confucianism REL019000 RELIGION / Counseling REL020000 RELIGION / Cults REL021000 RELIGION / Deism REL100000 RELIGION / Demonology & Satanism REL022000 RELIGION / Devotional RELIGION / Discipleship see Christian Ministry / Discipleship REL024000 RELIGION / Eastern RELIGION / Ecclesiastical Law see Christian Church / Canon & Ecclesiastical Law REL107000 RELIGION / Eckankar REL025000 RELIGION / Ecumenism & Interfaith REL026000 RELIGION / Education REL085000 RELIGION / Eschatology REL113000 RELIGION / Essays REL028000 RELIGION / Ethics REL029000 RELIGION / Ethnic & Tribal RELIGION / Evangelism see Christian Ministry / Evangelism REL077000 RELIGION / Faith RELIGION / Freemasonry see SOCIAL SCIENCE / Freemasonry & Secret Societies REL078000 RELIGION / Fundamentalism REL112000 RELIGION / Gnosticism REL032000 RELIGION / Hinduism / General REL032010 RELIGION / Hinduism / History REL032020 RELIGION / Hinduism / Rituals & Practice REL032030 RELIGION / Hinduism / Sacred Writings REL032040 RELIGION / Hinduism / Theology REL033000 RELIGION / History REL034000 RELIGION / Holidays / General REL034010 RELIGION / Holidays / Christian REL034020 RELIGION / Holidays / Christmas & Advent REL034030 RELIGION / Holidays / Easter & Lent REL034040 RELIGION / Holidays / Jewish REL034050 RELIGION / Holidays / Other RELIGION / I Ching see BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / I Ching REL036000 RELIGION / Inspirational REL016000 RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations REL037000 RELIGION / Islam / General REL037010 RELIGION / Islam / History REL041000 RELIGION / Islam / Koran & Sacred Writings RELIGION / Islam / Law see LAW / Islamic * REL037030 RELIGION / Islam / Rituals & Practice REL037040 RELIGION / Islam / Shi'a REL090000 RELIGION / Islam / Sufi REL037050 RELIGION / Islam / Sunni REL037060 RELIGION / Islam / Theology REL038000 RELIGION / Jainism RELIGION / Jewish Life see Judaism / Rituals & Practice REL040000 RELIGION / Judaism / General REL040050 RELIGION / Judaism / Conservative REL040030 RELIGION / Judaism / History RELIGION / Judaism / Holocaust see HISTORY / Holocaust REL040060 RELIGION / Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism REL040070 RELIGION / Judaism / Orthodox RELIGION / Judaism / Prayerbooks, Prayers, Liturgy see Prayerbooks / Jewish REL040080 RELIGION / Judaism / Reform REL040010 RELIGION / Judaism / Rituals & Practice REL040040 RELIGION / Judaism / Sacred Writings REL064000 RELIGION / Judaism / Talmud REL040090 RELIGION / Judaism / Theology RELIGION / Koran see Islam / Koran & Sacred Writings REL071000 RELIGION / Leadership RELIGION / LGBT see Sexuality & Gender Studies REL042000 RELIGION / Meditations REL101000 RELIGION / Messianic Judaism REL086000 RELIGION / Monasticism RELIGION / Muslim see headings under Islam REL047000 RELIGION / Mysticism RELIGION / Mythology see SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology REL117000 RELIGION / Paganism & Neo-Paganism RELIGION / Pastoral Counseling see Christian Ministry / Counseling & Recovery RELIGION / Pastoral Ministry see Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources REL051000 RELIGION / Philosophy REL087000 RELIGION / Prayer REL052000 RELIGION / Prayerbooks / General REL052010 RELIGION / Prayerbooks / Christian REL052030 RELIGION / Prayerbooks / Islamic REL052020 RELIGION / Prayerbooks / Jewish REL075000 RELIGION / Psychology of Religion REL054000 RELIGION / Reference REL106000 RELIGION / Religion & Science REL084000 RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State REL116000 RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict RELIGION / Rituals & Practice see specific religions RELIGION / Rosicrucianism see BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Hermetism & Rosicrucianism RELIGION / Satanism see Demonology & Satanism REL089000 RELIGION / Scientology REL058000 RELIGION / Sermons / General REL058010 RELIGION / Sermons / Christian REL058020 RELIGION / Sermons / Jewish REL105000 RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies REL060000 RELIGION / Shintoism REL061000 RELIGION / Sikhism RELIGION / Sociology of Religion see SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion REL062000 RELIGION / Spirituality RELIGION / Stewardship see Christian Living / Stewardship & Giving RELIGION / Sufi see Islam / Sufi RELIGION / Talmud see Judaism / Talmud REL065000 RELIGION / Taoism (see also PHILOSOPHY / Taoist) REL066000 RELIGION / Theism REL102000 RELIGION / Theology REL068000 RELIGION / Theosophy REL103000 RELIGION / Unitarian Universalism REL118000 RELIGION / Wicca (see also BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Witchcraft) RELIGION / Youth Ministries see Christian Education / Children & Youth RELIGION / Zen Buddhism see Buddhism / Zen REL069000 RELIGION / Zoroastrianism
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