Encyclopaedias are a useful starting point for an introduction to a topic or to find factual information. Although the examples below are credible, scholarly sources, encyclopaedias are not generally referenced in academic essays.
Covers a wide range of topics including ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, logic, aesthetics, philosophy of literature, art, and music, political philosophy, and philosophy of law.
It contains numerous articles of special interest to Catholic thought and culture covering such areas as the philosophical aspects of love, hope, wisdom, marriage, friendship, death, pain and suffering, the human person and the human soul, and the philosophy of God and religion.
Focuses on the Church in modern history, particularly WWII and after. It also includes entries on the men and women who have been beatified or canonized since 2003.
Covers the areas of art, music and literature. It includes articles written by specialists and scholars, biographies of the beatified and canonized since 2010 as well as entries on other relevant current Catholic issues, events and topics, such as: Internet and the Church, Pope Benedict XVI, popular culture, sex abuse crisis, television and Catholicism, and women artists and Catholic art.
Focuses on the pontificate of John Paul II and includes thematic essays presenting the man and his work, including: The Papacy of John Paul II; Church Documents; People and Places; Institutions and Events, Saints and Blessed.