Practical Theology and Religious Practices  Tags: theology practical_theology religious_practices audiovisual_resources ethnography sociology  

If you're seeking to browse resources in the stacks or reference sections of Pitts or Woodruff, here are some helpful call number ranges:

BL -- Religions.  Mythology.  Rationalism
BL 1100 - BL 1295      Hinduism
BL 1300 - BL 1380      Jainism
BL 1500 - BL 1590      Zoroastrianism
BL 1600- BL 1695       Semitic Religions
BL 1830- BL 1883       Confucianism
BL 1899 -  BL 1942.85  Taoism
BL 2017 - BL 2018.7    Sikhism
BL 2216 - BL 2227.8    Shinto
BL 2390 - BL 2490      Religions of Africa

BM                      Judaism
BP 1 - BP 253        Islam 
BP 300 - BP 395   Bahai Faith
BP 500 - BP 585     Theosophy
BQ                      Buddhism

Native American religions are in subclasses E and F.

The full list of Library of Congress Call Numbers for Subclass B is available.

Library of Congress subclass BV is dedicated to Practical Theology.  Some of the subdivisions of this class that might be helpful are listed below.  The full list is available at: http://www.loc.gov/aba/cataloging/classification/lcco/lcco_b.pdf

BV 1-5099        Practical Theology
BV 5-530          Worship (Public and private)
BV 169-199       Liturgy and ritual
BV 205-287       Prayer
BV 301-530       Hymnology
BV 590-1652     Ecclesiastical theology
BV 598-603       The Church
BV 629-631       Church and state
BV 637-637.5    City churches
BV 638-638.8    The rural church.  The church and country life
BV 646-651       Church polity
BV 652.95-657   Mass media and telecommunication in religion
BV 700-707       Parish. Congregation.  The local church
BV 800-873       Sacraments.  Ordinances
BV 895-896       Shrines. Holy places
BV 900-1450      Religious societies, associations, etc.
BV 1460-1615    Religious education (general)
BV 1620-1652    Social life, recreation, etc., in the church
BV 2000-3705    Missions
BV 4000-4470    Pastoral theology
BV 4019-4180    Education (for ordained ministry: BV 4019- 4167, and for lay workers: BV 4168-4180)
BV 4200-4317    Preaching. Homiletics
BV 4390-4399    Personal life of the clergy
BV 4400-4470    Practical church work.  Social work.  Work of the lay
BV 4485-5099    Practical religion.  The Christian life (includes religious duties, moral theology, works of meditation and devotion, works of consolation and cheer, conversion literature, asceticism, mysticism, and quietism)

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