MISSIONS RESEARCH
Summer 2000

        Missions research involves many different types of reference and research tools a number of which are selectively listed here. Call numbers and locations are added to help locate the material in Regent University Library.

I.    BIBLIOGRAPHIES

AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE BIBLE AND THE CHURCH. Deerfield, IL: Trinity
        Evangelical Divinity School, 1986. Ref Z 7751 .A56 1986x

Barber, Cyril J. THE MINISTER'S LIBRARY. Chicago: Moody Press, 1974- Ref Z 675 .T4 B3

Bollier, John A. THE LITERATURE OF THEOLOGY: A GUIDE FOR STUDENTS AND PASTORS.
        Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1979. Ref Z 7751 .B67

EVANGELISATION AND MISSION: INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 1975-1982=

EVANGELISATION ET MISSION: BIBLIOGRAPHIE INTERNATIONALE 1975-1982.
        Strasbourg, France: Cerdic Publications, 1982. BV 3790 .E82 1982x

Jones, Charles Edwin. A GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF THE PENTECOSTAL MOVEMENT.
        Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. and the American Theological Library Association,
        1981- . Ref Z 7845 .P4 J66 1983

Kepple, Robert J. REFERENCE WORKS FOR THEOLOGICAL RESEARCH. Lanham, MD:
        University Press of America, 1991. Ref Z 7751 .K46 1992

MISSIONS AND EVANGELISM: A BIBLIOGRAPHY SELECTED FROM THE ATLA RELIGION
        DATABASE, JANUARY 1985. Chicago, IL: American Theological Library Association,

Religion Indexes, 1985. Ref Z 7817 .M578x

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. ESSENTIAL BOOKS FOR CHRISTIAN MINISTRY:
        BASIC READING FOR PASTORS, CHURCH STAFF LEADERS AND LAYMEN.
        Fort Worth, TX: Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1972. Ref Z 7751 .S6x

Sugg, Martha Aycock and John Boone Trotti. BUILDING A PASTOR'S LIBRARY. Richmond, VA:
        Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, 1991. Ref Z7751 .R5 1991x

Thorsen, Donald A. THEOLOGICAL RESOURCES FOR MINISTRY: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF
        WORKS IN THEOLOGICAL STUDIES. Nappanee, IN: Evangel Publishing House, 1996
        BR 118 .T56 1996x

Vriens, Livinus. CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MISSIOLOGY. Nijmegen: Bestelcentrale der
        V.S.K.B. Publications, 1960. Z 7838 .M6 V7

II.    DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS

A DICTIONARY OF ANTHROPOLOGY. London: The Anchor Press Ltd., 1972.
        Ref GN 11 .D38 1972

DICTIONARY OF ANTHROPOLOGY. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall & Co., 1986. Ref GN 11 .D48 1986

ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA; A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE, AND
        GENERAL INFORMATION. 11^th ed. New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 1910-1922.
        Ref AE 5 .E363 1910

ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ISLAM. New Edition. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1986 Ref DS 37 .E523 1960x

ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA. Danbury, CT: Grolier. Ref AE 5 .E333

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MISSIONS. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1904. Ref BV 2040 .E5

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION. New York: Macmillan, 1987. Ref BL 31 .E46 1987

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MODERN CHRISTIAN MISSIONS: THE AGENCIES. Camden, NJ:
        T. Nelson, 1967. Ref BV 2040 .E53

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD CULTURES. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall & Co., 1991.
        Ref GN 307 .E53 1991

GLOSSARY OF THE THIRD WORLD: WORDS FOR UNDERSTANDING THIRD WORLD
        PEOPLES & CULTURES. New York: Facts on File, 1989. Ref GN 307 .K87 1984

THE OXFORD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE MODERN ISLAMIC WORLD. New York: Oxford
        University Press, 1995. Ref DS 35.53 .O95 1995

WORLD CHRISTIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CHURCHES AND
        RELIGIONS IN THE MODERN WORLD, A.D. 1900 – 2000. Nairobi, Kenya; Oxford:
        Oxford University Press, 1982. Ref BR 95 .W67 1982

WORLDMARK ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CULTURES AND DAILY LIFE.  Detroit:
        Gale Research,1998.
        Ref GN 333 .W67 1998 


III.   HANDBOOKS, DIRECTORIES AND ATLASES

BAKER'S DICTIONARY OF PRACTICAL THEOLOGY. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House,
        1967. Ref BV 3 .B3

THE CHINA MISSION HANDBOOK: A PORTRAIT OF CHINA AND ITS CHURCH. Hong Kong:
        Chinese Church Resource Center, 1989. Ref BV 3415.2 .C53 1989x

THE CULTURAL ATLAS OF ISLAM. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1986.
        Ref DS 36.85 .A39 1986

DICTIONARY OF PENTECOSTAL AND CHARISMATIC MOVEMENTS. Grand Rapids, MI:
        Zondervan Publishing House, 1988. Ref BR 1644 .D53 1988

EAST EUROPEAN MISSIONS DIRECTORY. Wheaton, IL: Institute for the Study of Christianity
        and Marxism, Wheaton College, 1989. Ref Desk BV 2050 .E27 1989

EUROPEAN CHURCHES HANDBOOK PART 1. London: MARC Europe, 1991
        Ref BV 2470 .E8 1991x

Freitag, Anton. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ATLAS OF THE CHRISTIAN WORLD; THE
        EXPANSION OF CHRISTIANITY THROUGH THE CENTURIES. New York:
        Hawthorne Books, 1963. Ref BV 2100 .F713

THE GO MANUAL. Kailua-Kona, HI: Youth With a Mission International, 1985-
        Ref BV 2360 .Y7384

Johnstone, P.J. OPERATION WORLD: A HANDBOOK FOR WORLD INTERCESSION.
        Bromley, Eng.: STL Publications. Ref BV 2050 .J632

MISSION HANDBOOK. Washington, D.C.: United States Catholic Mission Association, 1981-
        Ref BV 2190 .M57

MISSION HANDBOOK: NORTH AMERICAN PROTESTANT MINISTRIES OVERSEAS.
        Monrovia, CA: Missions Advanced Research and Communications Center.
        Ref BV 2050 .D55

OVERVIEW OF THE U.S. CENTER FOR WORLD MISSION. Pasadena, CA: U.S. Center for
        World Mission, 1984. Ref BV 2360 .U553 083 1984x

Pate, Larry D. FROM EVERY PEOPLE: A HANDBOOK OF TWO-THIRDS WORLD MISSIONS,
        WITH DIRECTORY, HISTORIES, ANALYSIS. Monrovia, CA: MARC, 1989.
        Ref BV 2050 .P37 1989x

SOUTH AMERICAN HANDBOOK. Chicago, IL: Passport Books, 1998. Ref F 1401 .S71 1998

THE STATESMAN'S YEARBOOK. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1864- . Ref Desk JA 51 .S7

STEPPING OUT: A GUIDE TO SHORT TERM MISSIONS. Seattle, WA: YWAM, 1992.
        Ref BV 2061 .S73 1992

THE WORLD FACTBOOK. Washington, D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 1981-
        Ref G 1021 .T563 1995

WORLD MISSIONARY ATLAS. New York: Institute of Social and Religious Research, 1925.
        Ref BV 2045 .I57 1925x


IV.    PEOPLE GROUP RESEARCH

AFRICA. Harpers Ferry, WV: Stryker-Post Publications, 1966- . Ref DT 1 .D6

THE ATLAS OF MANKIND. Chicago, IL: Rand McNally, 1982. Ref GN 378 .A74x

ATLAS OF THE WORLD'S LANGUAGES. New York: Routledge, 1994.
        Ref Atlas Stand P 375 .A84 1994x

Bates, Daniel G. PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF THE MIDDLE EAST. Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
        Prentice-Hall, 1983. DS 57 .B34 1983

THE CAMBRIDGE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INDIA, PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH, SRI LANKA,
        NEPAL, BHUTAN, AND THE MALDIVES. New York: Cambridge University Press,
        1989. Ref DS 334.9 .C36 1989

THE CAMBRIDGE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RUSSIA AND THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.
        New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Ref DS 334.9 .C36 1989

CARIBBEAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN DATABOOK. Washington, D.C.: Caribbean/Central
        American Action, 1984- . Ref F 2155 .C363

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD AND THEIR LEADERS YEARBOOK. Detroit, MI: Gale
       Research Co., 1980- . Ref G 1 .C88

CULTURAL ATLAS OF AFRICA. New York: Facts on File, 1981. Ref DT 14 .C83

CULTURAL ATLAS OF CHINA. New York: Facts on File, 1983. OVER DS 721 .B56 1983

DEMOGRAPHIC YEARBOOK=ANNUAIRE DEMOGRAPHIQUE. New York: Dept. of Economic
        and Social Affairs, Statistical Office, United Nations, 1948- . Ref HA 17 .D45

DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLICATION. BACKGROUND NOTES SERIES. Washington, D.C.:
        U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Public Communication, Editorial
        Division, 1980- . Ref G 59. U512

EAST, SOUTHEAST ASIA, AND THE WESTERN PACIFIC. Harpers Ferry, WV: Stryker-Post
        Publications, 1968- . Ref DS 502 .H53

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD CULTURES. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall & Co., 1991.
        Ref GN 307 .E53 1991

ETHNOLOGUE. Dallas, TX: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1951- . Ref BS 450 .B523x

Grieb, Kenneth J. CENTRAL AMERICA IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES:
        AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall, 1988x.
        Ref F 1428 .G74 1988x

ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MANKIND.  New York:  M. Cavendish, [1984].
        Curr Ref GN 307 .I44 1984

Kurian, George. ATLAS OF THE THIRD WORLD. New York: Facts on File, 1983.
        Ref G 1046 .G1 K8 1983

____________. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE THIRD WORLD. New York: Facts on File,
        1987. Ref HC 59.7 .K87 1987

LATIN AMERICA. Harpers Ferry, WV: Stryker-Post Publications, 1967- .
        Ref F 1401 .L3252

Milner-Gulland, R.R. CULTURAL ATLAS OF RUSSIA AND THE SOVIET UNION.
        New York: Facts on File, 1989. Ref DK 32 .M62 1989

MUSLIM PEOPLES: A WORLD ETHNOGRAPHIC SURVEY. Wesport, CT: Greenwood
        Press, 1984. Ref DS 35.625 .A1 M37 1984

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC INDEX, 1888-. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society.
        In Abstract and Index area.

National Geographic Society. NOMADS OF THE WORLD. Washington, D.C.: National
        Geographic Society, 1971. GN 387 .N3

THE NEW ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA. Chicago, IL: Encyclopaedia Britannica.
        Ref AE 5 .E363

THE NEW YORK TIMES INDEX. New York: New York Times Co., 1913-
        Located in the Microforms Room.

PEOPLESFILE INDEX. Pasadena, CA: Global Mapping Project, Inc., 1986- .
        Ref BV 3790 .P56x 1986

Price, David H. ATLAS OF WORLD CULTURES; A GEOGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO
        ETHNOGRAPHIC LITERATURES.  Newbury Park, CA:  Sage Publications, 1989.
        Ref G 1046 .E1 P7 1989

RESTRICTED WORLD MINISTRY HANDBOOK: A SPECIAL REPORT ON THE NATIONS
        OF THE RESTRICTED-ACCESS WORLD. Lynnwood, WA: Issachar Frontier Missions
        Strategies, 1989. Ref BV 2061 .R47 1989x

RUSSIA, EURASIAN STATES, AND EASTERN EUROPE. Harpers Ferry, WV: Stryker-Post
        Publications, 1985- . Ref F 1414.2 .S68x

SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, THE CARIBBEAN. London: Europa
        Publications, 1985-  .  Ref F 1414.2 .S68x

STATISTICS SOURCES. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1962- .
        Ref HA 36 .S84

TARGET EARTH:  THE NECESSITY OF DIVERSITY IN A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE.
        Kailua Kona, HI:  University of the Nations, 1989.   OVERSIZE  BV 2045 .T37 1989x

THE TIMES ATLAS OF THE WORLD. New York: Times Books, 1995.
        Ref G 1021 .T563 1995

UNREACHED PEOPLES. Elgin, IL: D.C. Cook, 1979- . Ref BV 3795 .U57

Unreached Peoples Consultation. INTER-AGENCY CONSULTATION FOR RESOURCES
        AND INFORMATION ON REACHING THE UNREACHED: IRVING, TEXAS,
        FEBRUARY 9-11, 1988. Monrovia, CA: MARC, 1988. Ref BV 2020 .D29 1988x

WORLDMARK ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CULTURES AND DAILY LIFE.  Detroit:
        Gale Research,1998.
        Ref GN 333 .W67 1998 

VI.    PERIODICALS

Some of the journals for missions studies held by Regent University Library:

AD 2025 GLOBAL MONITOR

ASIA JOURNAL OF THEOLOGY

BUDDHIST-CHRISTIAN STUDIES

CURRENTS IN THEOLOGY AND MISSION

EAST ASIAN REVIEW

EAST-WEST CHURCH & MINISTRY REPORT

EVANGELICAL MISSIONS QUARTERLY

FRONTIER: RELIGION EAST & WEST

GLOBAL CHURCH GROWTH

GREAT COMMISSION HANDBOOK

INTERNATIONAL BULLETIN OF MISSIONARY RESEARCH

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRONTIER MISSIONS

INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF MISSION

LATIN AMERICAN EVANGELIST

MISSIOLOGY

MISSION FRONTIERS/BULLETIN OF THE U.S. CENTER FOR WORLD

MISSION

MISSION STUDIES/JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION

FOR MISSION STUDIES/IAMS

MISSION TODAY

MISSIONALIA/THE SOUTH AFRICAN MISSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY

MISSIONS UPDATE

THE MUSLIM WORLD

STUDIES IN WORLD CHRISTIANITY

TOGETHER: A JOURNAL OF WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL

URBAN MISSION

WORLD VISION

VII.  DATABASES

Some databases useful for missions research available through the Regent Library web pages include:

ACADEMIC UNIVERSE

ASSOCIATIONS UNLIMITED

ATLA RELIGION DATABASE

CHRISTIAN PERIODICAL INDEX

DOW JONES INTERACTIVE

EXPANDED ACADEMIC INDEX   (IN INFOTRAC/SEARCHBANK)

GLOBAL NEWSBANK

NEWSBANK

PC GLOBE MAPS N' FACTS

RELIGIOUS & THEOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS

TREN

WORLDCAT

VIII.  SUBJECT HEADINGS

Some useful subject headings for missions research include:

CHURCH DEVELOPMENT, NEW

CHURCH GROWTH

CHURCH WORK

ETHNOLOGY

EVANGELISTIC WORK

MISSIONARIES

MISSIONS

MISSIONS, FOREIGN

SHORT-TERM MISSIONS

WOMEN IN MISSIONARY WORK