The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization

摘要

Despite that fact that in many countries, especially in Western Europe, there is claimed to be a diminishing interest in religion in general and Christianity in particular, there is no shortage of new reference works dealing with this topic, most of which are of the highest quality and will provide reliable and sound sources for researchers for many years to come. This latest offering from Wiley-Blackwell stands in this tradition alongside other substantial works from the same publisher together with the dictionaries and companions produced by both Oxford and Cambridge University Presses. Fortunately these different reference works tend to complement each other rather than compete so that the librarian (and it has to be said that few of these works are within the reach of the pocket of the individual researcher or clergy) is faced with fewer challenges as to where to spend their hard-won budget.