Missions Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Ref BR 95 .W67 2001
World Christian Encyclopedia: A Comparative Survey of Churches and Religions in the Modern World. Barrett, et al., eds.
Statistics updated in the January issues of International Bulletin of Missionary Research.

Ref BV 2040 .E5 1891
Encyclopedia of Missions: Descriptive, Historical, Biographical, Statistical. 2 vols., 1891. Useful for researching the history of missions.

Ref BV 2040 .E92 2000
Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions. A. Scott Moreau, ed.

Ref BV 2040 .J64 1995
Philosophy, Science, and Theology of Mission in the 19th and 20th Centuries: A Missiological Encyclopedia Part 1: The Philosophy and Science of Mission. 1995. Jan A.B. Jongenell. First of 2 vols.

Ref BV 2040 .N44
Concise Dictionary of the Christian World Mission. 1971.
Signed articles, includes some non-Christian missions.

Ref BV 3700 .B56 1999
Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. 1999
Articles on 2,400 individuals from the post-New Testament period down to the present. Contains bibliographies.

Ref G 1 .C88 2000
Countries of the World 2000.

Ref G 133 .L3 1993
Lands and Peoples A brief introduction to countries, including information about the land, people, economy, and history.

Ref GN 307 .E53x 1991
Encyclopedia of World Cultures.
Published with the support of HRAF

Ref HC 59.7 .K87 1987
Encyclopedia of the Third World 3 vols.
Articles with bibliographies on 122 countries.