BISAC Subject Headings List, Religion
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RELIGION
This section consists of subjects dealing with religions and religious topics, with several religions having topical subsubheadings. For cases where a topical subsubheading needed is not found under a specific religion, it is recommended that the topical subheading be assigned first, followed by the specific religion to which this topic pertains. For example, "RELIGION / Fundamentalism" would be assigned first, followed by "RELIGION / Christianity / General" or "RELIGION / Islam / General" (as appropriate).Use subjects in the BIBLES section for versions of the Bible and use subjects beginning with "RELIGION / Biblical Biography", "RELIGION / Biblical Commentary", "RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation", "RELIGION / Biblical Meditations", "RELIGION / Biblical Reference", or "RELIGION / Biblical Studies" for works about the Bible.
| REL000000 | RELIGION / General |
| REL001000 | RELIGION / Agnosticism |
| REL114000 | RELIGION / Ancient |
| REL072000 | RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology |
| RELIGION / Archaeology see Antiquities & Archaeology | |
| REL004000 | RELIGION / Atheism |
| REL005000 | RELIGION / Baha'i |
| REL006020 | RELIGION / Biblical Biography / General |
| REL006030 | RELIGION / Biblical Biography / Old Testament |
| REL006040 | RELIGION / Biblical Biography / New Testament |
| REL006050 | RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / General |
| REL006060 | RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / Old Testament |
| REL006070 | RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / New Testament |
| REL006080 | RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General |
| REL006090 | RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament |
| REL006100 | RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament |
| REL006110 | RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / General |
| REL006120 | RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / Old Testament |
| REL006130 | RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / New Testament |
| REL006160 | RELIGION / Biblical Reference / General |
| REL006650 | RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Atlases |
| REL006660 | RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Concordances |
| REL006670 | RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Dictionaries & Encyclopedias |
| REL006680 | RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Handbooks |
| REL006410 | RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Language Study |
| REL006150 | RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Quotations |
| REL006000 | RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General |
| REL006700 | RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Bible Study Guides |
| REL006400 | RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics |
| REL006630 | RELIGION / Biblical Studies / History & Culture |
| REL006710 | RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts |
| REL006210 | RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament |
| REL006220 | RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament |
| REL006720 | RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Paul's Letters |
| REL006140 | RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Prophecy |
| REL006730 | RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Prophets |
| REL006740 | RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Wisdom Literature |
| REL115000 | RELIGION / Blasphemy, Heresy & Apostasy |
| REL007000 | RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist) |
| REL007010 | RELIGION / Buddhism / History |
| REL007020 | RELIGION / Buddhism / Rituals & Practice |
| REL007030 | RELIGION / Buddhism / Sacred Writings |
| REL007040 | RELIGION / Buddhism / Theravada |
| REL007050 | RELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan |
| REL092000 | RELIGION / Buddhism / Zen (see also PHILOSOPHY / Zen) |
| RELIGION / Canon & Ecclesiastical Law see Christian Church / Canon & Ecclesiastical Law | |
| RELIGION / Catechisms see Christianity / Catechisms or specific non-Christian religions | |
| REL108000 | RELIGION / Christian Church / General |
| REL014000 | RELIGION / Christian Church / Administration |
| REL008000 | RELIGION / Christian Church / Canon & Ecclesiastical Law |
| REL108010 | RELIGION / Christian Church / Growth |
| REL108020 | RELIGION / Christian Church / History |
| REL108030 | RELIGION / Christian Church / Leadership |
| REL011000 | RELIGION / Christian Education / General |
| REL095000 | RELIGION / Christian Education / Adult |
| REL091000 | RELIGION / Christian Education / Children & Youth |
| REL012000 | RELIGION / Christian Life / General |
| REL012010 | RELIGION / Christian Life / Death, Grief, Bereavement |
| REL012020 | RELIGION / Christian Life / Devotional |
| REL012030 | RELIGION / Christian Life / Family |
| REL012040 | RELIGION / Christian Life / Inspirational |
| REL012050 | RELIGION / Christian Life / Love & Marriage |
| REL012060 | RELIGION / Christian Life / Men's Issues |
| REL012070 | RELIGION / Christian Life / Personal Growth |
| REL012080 | RELIGION / Christian Life / Prayer |
| REL012090 | RELIGION / Christian Life / Professional Growth |
| REL012100 | RELIGION / Christian Life / Relationships |
| REL012110 | RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues |
| REL012120 | RELIGION / Christian Life / Spiritual Growth |
| REL099000 | RELIGION / Christian Life / Spiritual Warfare |
| REL063000 | RELIGION / Christian Life / Stewardship & Giving |
| REL012130 | RELIGION / Christian Life / Women's Issues |
| RELIGION / Christian Literature see Christianity / Literature & the Arts | |
| REL109000 | RELIGION / Christian Ministry / General |
| REL109010 | RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Adult |
| REL109020 | RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Children |
| REL050000 | RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Counseling & Recovery |
| REL023000 | RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Discipleship |
| REL030000 | RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Evangelism |
| REL045000 | RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions |
| REL074000 | RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources |
| REL080000 | RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Preaching |
| REL109030 | RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Youth |
| REL055000 | RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General |
| REL055010 | RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / Sacraments |
| REL055020 | RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / Worship & Liturgy |
| REL067000 | RELIGION / Christian Theology / General |
| REL067010 | RELIGION / Christian Theology / Angelology & Demonology |
| REL067020 | RELIGION / Christian Theology / Anthropology |
| REL067030 | RELIGION / Christian Theology / Apologetics |
| REL067040 | RELIGION / Christian Theology / Christology |
| RELIGION / Christian Theology / Doctrinal see Christian Theology / Systematic | |
| REL067050 | RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ecclesiology |
| REL067060 | RELIGION / Christian Theology / Eschatology |
| REL067070 | RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics |
| REL067080 | RELIGION / Christian Theology / History |
| REL067120 | RELIGION / Christian Theology / Liberation |
| REL104000 | RELIGION / Christian Theology / Mariology |
| REL067090 | RELIGION / Christian Theology / Pneumatology |
| REL067130 | RELIGION / Christian Theology / Process |
| REL067100 | RELIGION / Christian Theology / Soteriology |
| REL067110 | RELIGION / Christian Theology / Systematic |
| REL070000 | RELIGION / Christianity / General |
| REL002000 | RELIGION / Christianity / Amish |
| REL003000 | RELIGION / Christianity / Anglican |
| REL073000 | RELIGION / Christianity / Baptist |
| REL093000 | RELIGION / Christianity / Calvinist |
| REL009000 | RELIGION / Christianity / Catechisms |
| REL010000 | RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic |
| REL083000 | RELIGION / Christianity / Christian Science |
| REL046000 | RELIGION / Christianity / Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) |
| RELIGION / Christianity / Congregational see Christianity / United Church of Christ | |
| REL094000 | RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations |
| REL027000 | RELIGION / Christianity / Episcopalian |
| RELIGION / Christianity / Friends see Christianity / Quaker | |
| REL015000 | RELIGION / Christianity / History |
| RELIGION / Christianity / Holidays see headings under Holidays | |
| RELIGION / Christianity / Holy Spirit see Christian Theology / Pneumatology | |
| REL096000 | RELIGION / Christianity / Jehovah's Witnesses |
| REL013000 | RELIGION / Christianity / Literature & the Arts |
| REL082000 | RELIGION / Christianity / Lutheran |
| REL043000 | RELIGION / Christianity / Mennonite |
| REL044000 | RELIGION / Christianity / Methodist |
| RELIGION / Christianity / Mormon see Christianity / Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) | |
| REL049000 | RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox |
| REL079000 | RELIGION / Christianity / Pentecostal & Charismatic |
| RELIGION / Christianity / Prayerbooks see Prayerbooks / Christian | |
| REL097000 | RELIGION / Christianity / Presbyterian |
| REL053000 | RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant |
| REL088000 | RELIGION / Christianity / Quaker |
| RELIGION / Christianity / Roman Catholic see Christianity / Catholic | |
| REL110000 | RELIGION / Christianity / Saints & Sainthood |
| RELIGION / Christianity / Sermons see Sermons / Christian | |
| REL098000 | RELIGION / Christianity / Seventh-Day Adventist |
| REL059000 | RELIGION / Christianity / Shaker |
| RELIGION / Christianity / Society of Friends see Christianity / Quaker | |
| RELIGION / Christianity / Unitarian Universalism see Unitarian Universalism | |
| REL111000 | RELIGION / Christianity / United Church of Christ |
| RELIGION / Church Administration see Christian Church / Administration | |
| RELIGION / Church & State see Religion, Politics & State | |
| RELIGION / Church Institutions & Organizations see Institutions & Organizations | |
| REL081000 | RELIGION / Clergy |
| REL017000 | RELIGION / Comparative Religion |
| REL018000 | RELIGION / Confucianism |
| REL019000 | RELIGION / Counseling |
| REL020000 | RELIGION / Cults |
| REL021000 | RELIGION / Deism |
| REL100000 | RELIGION / Demonology & Satanism |
| REL022000 | RELIGION / Devotional |
| RELIGION / Discipleship see Christian Ministry / Discipleship | |
| REL024000 | RELIGION / Eastern |
| RELIGION / Ecclesiastical Law see Christian Church / Canon & Ecclesiastical Law | |
| REL107000 | RELIGION / Eckankar |
| REL025000 | RELIGION / Ecumenism |
| REL026000 | RELIGION / Education |
| REL085000 | RELIGION / Eschatology |
| REL113000 | RELIGION / Essays |
| REL028000 | RELIGION / Ethics |
| REL029000 | RELIGION / Ethnic & Tribal |
| RELIGION / Evangelism see Christian Ministry / Evangelism | |
| REL077000 | RELIGION / Faith |
| RELIGION / Freemasonry see SOCIAL SCIENCE / Freemasonry & Secret Societies | |
| REL078000 | RELIGION / Fundamentalism |
| REL112000 | RELIGION / Gnosticism |
| REL032000 | RELIGION / Hinduism / General |
| REL032010 | RELIGION / Hinduism / History |
| REL032020 | RELIGION / Hinduism / Rituals & Practice |
| REL032030 | RELIGION / Hinduism / Sacred Writings |
| REL032040 | RELIGION / Hinduism / Theology |
| REL033000 | RELIGION / History |
| REL034000 | RELIGION / Holidays / General |
| REL034010 | RELIGION / Holidays / Christian |
| REL034020 | RELIGION / Holidays / Christmas & Advent |
| REL034030 | RELIGION / Holidays / Easter & Lent |
| REL034040 | RELIGION / Holidays / Jewish |
| REL034050 | RELIGION / Holidays / Other |
| RELIGION / I Ching see BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / I Ching | |
| REL036000 | RELIGION / Inspirational |
| REL016000 | RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations |
| REL037000 | RELIGION / Islam / General |
| REL037010 | RELIGION / Islam / History |
| REL041000 | RELIGION / Islam / Koran & Sacred Writings |
| REL037020 | RELIGION / Islam / Law |
| REL037030 | RELIGION / Islam / Rituals & Practice |
| REL037040 | RELIGION / Islam / Shi'a |
| REL090000 | RELIGION / Islam / Sufi |
| REL037050 | RELIGION / Islam / Sunni |
| REL037060 | RELIGION / Islam / Theology |
| REL038000 | RELIGION / Jainism |
| RELIGION / Jewish Life see Judaism / Rituals & Practice | |
| REL040000 | RELIGION / Judaism / General |
| REL040050 | RELIGION / Judaism / Conservative |
| REL040030 | RELIGION / Judaism / History |
| RELIGION / Judaism / Holocaust see HISTORY / Holocaust | |
| REL040060 | RELIGION / Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism |
| REL040070 | RELIGION / Judaism / Orthodox |
| RELIGION / Judaism / Prayerbooks, Prayers, Liturgy see Prayerbooks / Jewish | |
| REL040080 | RELIGION / Judaism / Reform |
| REL040010 | RELIGION / Judaism / Rituals & Practice |
| REL040040 | RELIGION / Judaism / Sacred Writings |
| REL064000 | RELIGION / Judaism / Talmud |
| REL040090 | RELIGION / Judaism / Theology |
| RELIGION / Koran see Islam / Koran & Sacred Writings | |
| REL071000 | RELIGION / Leadership |
| REL042000 | RELIGION / Meditations |
| REL101000 | RELIGION / Messianic Judaism |
| REL086000 | RELIGION / Monasticism |
| RELIGION / Muslim see headings under Islam | |
| REL047000 | RELIGION / Mysticism |
| RELIGION / Mythology see headings under BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality | |
| REL117000 | RELIGION / Paganism & Neo-Paganism * |
| RELIGION / Pastoral Counseling see Christian Ministry / Counseling & Recovery | |
| RELIGION / Pastoral Ministry see Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources | |
| REL051000 | RELIGION / Philosophy |
| REL087000 | RELIGION / Prayer |
| REL052000 | RELIGION / Prayerbooks / General |
| REL052010 | RELIGION / Prayerbooks / Christian |
| REL052030 | RELIGION / Prayerbooks / Islamic |
| REL052020 | RELIGION / Prayerbooks / Jewish |
| REL075000 | RELIGION / Psychology of Religion |
| REL054000 | RELIGION / Reference |
| REL106000 | RELIGION / Religion & Science |
| REL084000 | RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State |
| REL116000 | RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict |
| RELIGION / Rituals & Practice see specific religions | |
| RELIGION / Rosicrucianism see BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Hermetism & Rosicrucianism | |
| RELIGION / Satanism see Demonology & Satanism | |
| REL089000 | RELIGION / Scientology |
| REL058000 | RELIGION / Sermons / General |
| REL058010 | RELIGION / Sermons / Christian |
| REL058020 | RELIGION / Sermons / Jewish |
| REL105000 | RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies |
| REL060000 | RELIGION / Shintoism |
| REL061000 | RELIGION / Sikhism |
| RELIGION / Sociology of Religion see SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion | |
| REL062000 | RELIGION / Spirituality |
| RELIGION / Stewardship see Christian Life / Stewardship & Giving | |
| RELIGION / Sufi see Islam / Sufi | |
| RELIGION / Talmud see Judaism / Talmud | |
| REL065000 | RELIGION / Taoism (see also PHILOSOPHY / Taoist) |
| REL066000 | RELIGION / Theism |
| REL102000 | RELIGION / Theology |
| REL068000 | RELIGION / Theosophy |
| REL103000 | RELIGION / Unitarian Universalism |
| REL118000 | RELIGION / Wicca (see also BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Witchcraft) * |
| RELIGION / Youth Ministries see Christian Education / Children & Youth | |
| RELIGION / Zen Buddhism see Buddhism / Zen | |
| REL069000 | RELIGION / Zoroastrianism |
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