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The Library uses the Dewey Decimal Classification scheme (Dewey for short) to arrange books and other resources on the shelves so you can locate them easily.
The vast majority of books relating to Religions and Theology and related subjects can be found in the Main Library
Subject Areas | Classmark(s) | Location |
Religion in general | 200 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Philosophy of religion | 201 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Psychology of religion | 201.5 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Bible, including the Apocrypha | 220 - 229 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Doctrinal theology | 230 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Jesus Christ | 232 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Ecclesiastical art | 246 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Pastoral theology | 250 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Church and civilization | 261.6 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Church and state | 261.7 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Liturgy | 264 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Church history | 279 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Ecumenism, Christian churches | 280-289 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Comparative religion | 291 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Classical religions | 292 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Indian religions | 294 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Zoroastrianism | 295.8 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Judaism (including Dead Sea Scrolls) | 296 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Islam | 297 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Other religions | 298-299 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Philosophy | 100-199 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 1 |
Ethics | 170 - 179 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 1 |
Sociology of religion | 301.452 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Political theory | 320.1 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Latin language | 470 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Greek languages | 480 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Indian languages | 491.1 - 491.4 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Semitic languages | 492 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
History of art | 709 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 4 |
Architecture of religious buildings | 726 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 4 |
Latin literature | 870 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Greek literature | 880 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Indian literatures | 891.1 - 891.4 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Archaeology | 913 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Ancient history | 930 - 939 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
For help with finding your way around the Main Library, please use our new Interactive Map.
The Library provides access to numerous e-book collections that host many titles relating to Religions and Theology and related subjects. Follow this link to browse different collections you can explore to find e-books relating to your studies.
If the Library doesn't already hold a copy of the book you need, fill in the Order a Book form and we will get it for you.
University staff should use the Order a Book (Staff) form.
Theses can be a valuable source of information for your research and are very useful points of reference for when you come to write your own thesis.
For detailed information on how to access theses from the University of Manchester, and from other universities in the UK and internationally, please visit our Theses Library Guide.
Doctoral/Research Theses
Theses from other UK/International Institutions
A searchable and browsable database of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day. It also offers full text for graduate works added since 1997, along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997. It contains a significant amount of new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text. Designated as an official offsite repository for the U.S. Library of Congress, PQDT Global offers comprehensive historic and ongoing coverage for North American works and significant and growing international coverage from a multiyear program of expanding partnerships with international universities and national associations.