"If I went back to college today, I think I would probably major in comparative religion, because that's how integrated it is in everything...
-John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State
Religious studies is a multidisciplinary field, borrowing techniques and concepts from humanities and social sciences. Research materials include print and electronic books, archives, journals,, and media.
The Albert S. Cook Library supports the Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies through books, journals, articles, multimedia and web resources. Thousands of in-depth resources lie within reach using the left-hand sidebar.
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Cook Library has a very extensive collection of print material in Religious Studies. Collections are shelved by Library of Congress Classification on the 5th floor. Catalog records are marked STACKS
The Baltimore Hebrew Institute (BHI) Meyerhoff Collection on the 2nd floor specializes in Judaism, but has material every subject.
Material will be shelved by initial letters, according to the table below:
| B - Philosophy | BJ - Ethics | BR - Christianity |
| BC - Logic | BL - Religions-Mythology-Rationalism | BS - Bible |
| BD - Speculative Philosophy | BM - Judaism | BT - Doctrinal Theology |
| BF - Psychology | BP - Islam-Bahaism-Theosophy | BV - Practical Theology |
| BH - Aesthetics | BQ - Buddhism | BX - Christian Denominations |
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