This updated edition covers historical and doctrinal developments, biographies, and definitions of terms and customs in Christianity. Entries are cross-referenced and include bibliographies. Although it claims to have an international scope, the dictionary devotes much of its attention to Great Britain and the Church of England. An earlier edition of this work can be found in the Mugar Library Reference collection under XBR95 .O8 1983. Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation .
Entries cover a wide range of events, religious and secular, of the sixteenth century.
Entries are signed and are arranged alphabetically. Cross-references are provided at the end of each entry. A general index of words not included in headings and an outline of the encyclopedia's contents are included in the fourth volume. A Reference Handbook . Sections include a chronology, biographical sketches, survey data and quotes, a directory of organizations, bibliographies of print and non-print resources, a glossary and an index.