Published as a two-volume set in 2008, this resource contains entries up to 1,500 words in length on the First Amendment's freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition in American history, politics, law, and culture.

Four-volume set (2010) examines "the origins, development, adaptation, influence, and interrelations of the many faiths practiced, including major world religions, new religious sects, cults, and religious movements that originated or had an influence in the United States."

Edited by Mircea Eliade, this 2005 fifteen-volume set is the most important encyclopedic work on religion.

2011 volume consists of two parts: a set of essays surveying the outline, form, and content of twelve key biblical books; a series of in-depth case studies of the interpretation of particular key biblical passages or books with due regard for the specificity of their social, cultural or aesthetic context.

2011 volume is an edited collection of essays by scholars in theology, religious studies, philosophy, and the sciences, addressing the ways in which science intersects with the major religions of the world. [ preview ]

"Discussion of the way in which law engages with religious difference often takes place within the context of a single jurisdiction... drawing on examples from across key Anglophone jurisdictions." [ preview ]

Overview of current issues in state-religion relations, covering recent developments in key countries and regions, as well as particular issues that are currently debated all over the world. [ preview ]

Five-volume set, published in 2006, contains about 1,000 signed entries that "focus on topics in physical/biological anthropology, archaeology, cultural/social anthropology, linguistics, and applied anthropology. Also included are relevant articles on geology, paleontology, biology, evolution, sociology, psychology, philosophy, and theology." You may preview a list of entries.

Edited by Deborah Pearsall and first published as a three-volume set in 2007, this title "encompasses all aspects of archaeology, including the nature and diversity of archaeology as a scientific discipline, the practice of archaeology, archaeology in the everyday world, and the future of the discipline."

Four-volume set (2005) contains hundreds of signed essays on "both the professional ethics of science and technology, and the ethical and political issues raised by science and technology in an increasingly complex and global society." [ preview ]

"[Summarizes existing theories of jury decision making and identifies what we have learned about jury behavior, including the effects of specific courtroom practices, the nature of the trial, the characteristics of the participants, and the evidence itself." preview ]

Findings include the implication "that an educational background in science and math is important. The present study has shown the negative impact that low levels of science and math courses have on perceptions of scientific evidence."