LC Classification: B

B - Philosophy (General)

BC - Logic

BD - Speculative philosophy

BF - Psychology

BH - Aesthetics

BJ - Ethics

BL - Religions. Mythology. Rationalism

BM - Judaism

BP - Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc.

BQ - Buddhism

BR - Christianity

BS - The Bible

BT - Doctrinal Theology

BV - Practical Theology

BX - Christian Denominations

For more detailed information, visit the Library of Congress Classification Outline.

B - Philosophy (General)

• B69-99 General works
• B108-5802 By period (Including individual philosophers and schools of philosophy)
• B108-708 Ancient
• B720-765 Medieval
• B770-785 Renaissance
• B790-5802 Modern

BC - Logic

• BC11-39 History
• BC25-39 By period
• BC60-99 General works
• BC171-199 Special topics

BD - Speculative philosophy

• BD10-41 General philosophical works
• BD95-131 Metaphysics
• BD143-237 Epistemology. Theory of knowledge
• BD240-260 Methodology
• BD300-450 Ontology (Including being, the soul, life, death)
• BD493-701 Cosmology (Including teleology, space and time, structure of matter, plurality of worlds)

BF - Psychology

• BF1-990 Psychology
• BF173-175.5 Psychoanalysis
• BF180-198.7 Experimental psychology
• BF309-499 Consciousness. Cognition
• BF505-505 Motivation
• BF660-685 Comparative psychology
• BF698 Personality
• BF712-724 Developmental psychology
• BF1001-1389 Parapsychology
• BF1404-2055 Occult sciences

BH - Aesthetics

• BH1-301 Aesthetics
• BH81-208 History

BJ - Ethics

• BJ1-1725 Ethics
• BJ71-1185 History and general works (Including individual ethical philosophers)
• BJ1188-1295 Religious ethics
• BJ1395 Feminist ethics
• BJ1518-1697 Individual ethics. Character. Virtue
• BJ1801-2195 Social usages. Etiquette.

BL - Religions. Mythology. Rationalism

• BL1-50 Religion (General)
• BL51-65 Philosophy of religion. Psychology of religion. Religion in relation to other subjects
• BL70-71 Sacred books (General)
• BL175-265 Natural Theology
• BL300-325 The myth. Comparative mythology.
• BL350-385 Classification of religions
• BL425-490 Religion doctrines (General)
• BL500-547 Eschatalogy
• BL550-619 Worship. Cultus
• BL660-2680 History and principles of religions
• BL660 Indo-European. Aryan
• BL685 Ural-Altaic
• BL687 Mediterranean region
• BL689-980 European. Occidental
• BL1000-2370 Asian. Oriental
• BL2390-2490 African
• BL2420-2460 Egyptian
• BL2500-2592 American
• BL2600-2630 Pacific Ocean islands. Oceania
• BL2700-27990 Rationalism

BM - Judaism

• BM1-449 General
• BM495-532 Sources of Jewish religion. Rabbinical literature
• BM545-582 Principles of Judaism (General)
• BM600-645 Dogmatic Judaism
• BM648 Apologetics
• BM650-747 Practical Judaism
• BM656-657 Forms of worship
• BM700-720 Rites and customs
• BM723-729 Jewish way of life. Spiritual life. Mysticism. Personal religion. Moral theology
• BM750-755 Biography
• BM900-990 Samaritans

BP - Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc.

• BP1-253 Islam
• BP42-48 Study and teaching
• BP50-68 History
• BP70-80 Biography
• BP87-89 Islamic literature
• BP100-157 Sacred books
• BP100-134 Koran
• BP135-136 Hadith literature. Traditions. Sunna
• BP160-165 General works on Islam
• BP166 Theology
• BP170 Works in defense of Islam. Islam apologetics
• BP174-190 The practice of Islam
• BP191-253 Branches, sects, etc.
• BP300-395 Bahai Faith
• BP500-585 Theosophy
• BP595-597 Anthroposophy
• BP600-610 Other beliefs and movements

BQ - Buddhism

• BQ115-126 General collections. Collected works
• BQ128 Encyclopedias (General)
• BQ130 Dictionaries (General)
• BQ141-209 Religious education (General)
• BQ251-799 History
• BQ840-999 Biography
• BQ1001-1045 Buddhist literature
• BQ1100-3340 Tripitaka (Canonical literature)
• BQ4000-4060 General works
• BQ4061-4570 Doctrinal and systematic Buddhism
• BQ4600-4610 Relation to other religious and philosophical systems
• BQ4911-5720 Practice of Buddhism. Forms of worship
• BQ4965-5030 Ceremonies and rites
• BQ5360-5680 Religious life
• BQ6300-6388 Monasteries. Temples. Shrines. Sites
• BQ6400-6495 Pilgrims and pilgrimages
• BQ7001-9800 Modifications, schools, etc.

BR - Christianity

• BR60-67 Early Christian literature. Fathers of the Church, etc.
• BR115 Christianity in relation to special subjects
• BR130-133.5 Christian antiquities. Archaeology. Museums
• BR140-1510 History
• BR160-481 By period
• BR160-275 Early and medieval
• BR280 Renaissance. Renaissance and Reformation
• BR290-481 Modern period
• BR323.5-334.2 Luther, Martin
• BR500-1510 By region or country
• BR1600-1609 Persecution. Martyrs
• BR1609.5 Dissent
• BR1610 Tolerance and toleration
• BR1615-1617 Liberalism
• BR1620 Sacrilege (History)
• BR1690-1725 Biography

BS - The Bible

• BS11-115 Early Versions
• BS125-355 Modern texts and versions
• BS125-198 English
• BS199-313 Other European languages
• BS315-355 Non-European languages
• BS410-680 Works about the Bible
• BS500-534.8 Criticism and interpretation
• BS535-537 Bible as literature
• BS585-613 Study and teaching
• BS650-667 Bible and science
• BS701-1830 Old Testament
• BS1901-2970 New Testament

BT - Doctrinal Theology

• BT19-37 Doctrine and dogma
• BT98-180 God
• BT198-590 Christology
• BT595-680 Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ. Mariology
• BT695-749 Creation
• BT750-811 Salvation. Soteriology
• BT819-891 Eschatology. Last things
• BT990-1010 Creeds, confessions, covenants, etc.
• BT1029-1040 Catechisms
• BT1095-1255 Apologetics. Evidences of Christianity
• BT1313-1480 History of specific doctrines and movements. Heresies and schisms

BV - Practical Theology

• BV5-530 Worship (Public and private)
• BV590-1652 Ecclesiastical theology
• BV598-603 The Church
• BV629-631 Church and state
• BV700-707 Parish. Congregation. The local church
• BV800-873 Sacraments. Ordinances
• BV900-1450 Religions societies, associations, etc.
• BV2000-3705 Missions
• BV3750-3799 Evangelism. Revivals
• BV4000-4470 Pastoral Theology
• BV4019-4180 Education
• BV4200-4317 Preaching. Homiletics
• BV4485-5099 Practical religion. The Christian life
• BV4625-4780 Moral theology
• BV4800-4897 Works of meditation and devotion

BX - Christian Denominations

• BX1-9.5 Church unity. Ecumenical movement. Interdenominational cooperation
• BX100-189 Eastern churches. Oriental churches
• BX200-756 Orthodox Eastern Church
• BX800-4795 Catholic Church
• BX940-1745 History
• BX1958-1968 Creeds and catechisms
• BX1970-2175 Liturgy and ritual
• BX4800-9999 Protestantism
• BX4872-4924 Pre-Reformation
• BX4929-4951 Post-Reformation
• BX5011-5207 Church of England
• BX6101-9999 Other Protestant denominations (Alphabetical)
• BX6201-6495 Baptists
• BX6801-6843 Christian Reformed Church
• BX7101-7260 Congregationalism
• BX7601-7795 Friends. Society of Friends. Quakers
• BX8001-8080 Lutherans
• BX8201-8495 Methodism
• BX8601-8695 Mormons. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
• BX8762-8785 Pentacostal churches
• BX9401-9640 Reformed or Calvinistic Churches
• BX9801-9869 Unitarian Churches
• BX9999 Independent churches, parishes, societies, etc.