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Religion
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RELIGION
This section consists of subjects dealing with religions and religious topics, with several religions having topical subsubheadings. For cases where a topical subsubheading needed is not found under a specific religion, it is recommended that the topical subheading be assigned first, followed by the specific religion to which this topic pertains. 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
REL121000 RELIGION / African Diaspora Religions *
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
REL006880 RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament / Apocrypha & Deuterocanonical
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
REL006890 RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament / Apocrypha
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
REL012180 RELIGION / Christian Living / Afterlife
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
REL122000 RELIGION / Creation *
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
RELIGION / Evangelism see Christian Ministry / Evangelism
REL077000 RELIGION / Faith
REL123000 RELIGION / Faith Deconstruction *
REL029000 RELIGION / Folk & Tribal
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
REL124000 RELIGION / Indigenous / General *
REL124010 RELIGION / Indigenous / Ceremony & Spiritual Practice *
REL124020 RELIGION / Indigenous / Sacred Stories *
REL124030 RELIGION / Indigenous / Scripture & Prayerbooks *
REL124040 RELIGION / Indigenous / Spirituality *
REL124050 RELIGION / Indigenous / Teachings *
REL125000 RELIGION / Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island *
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 / Modern / 20th Century / 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 / LGBTQ+ 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
REL126000 RELIGION / Native American *
REL117000 RELIGION / Paganism & Neo-Paganism
RELIGION / Pastoral Counseling see Christian Ministry / Counseling & Recovery
RELIGION / Pastoral Ministry see Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources
REL051000 RELIGION / Philosophy
REL119000 RELIGION / Pilgrims & Pilgrimages
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
REL120000 RELIGION / Sacred Places
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
RELIGION / Shamanism see BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Shamanism
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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