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1 World Religions: Select Reference Sources THL 565 (261) Thomas Byrne Memorial Library, Spring Hill College Compiled by Bret Heim, Instructional Librarian, MM, MSLIS Encyclopedias Civilizations of the Ancient Near East. New York : Scribner, DS57.C [4 Vols.] REFERENCE Encyclopedia of Asian. New York : Scribner, DS31.E [4 Vols.] REFERENCE Encyclopedia of World Cultures. Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, GN307.E [10 Vols.] REFERENCE The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. Oxford : Oxford University Press, BL31.O REFERENCE Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. New York : Routledge, B 51.R [10 Vols.] REFERENCE Histories The Cambridge Ancient, 3 rd ed. New York : Cambridge University Press, D57.C252 [18 Vols.] REFERENCE The New Cambridge Medieval. New York : Cambridge University Press, D117.N48 [5 Vols.] REFERENCE Dictionary of the Middle Ages. New York : Scribner, D114.D5 [13 Vols.] REFERENCE World Religions--General Oxtoby, Willard Gurdon. World Religions : Eastern Traditions. New York : Oxford University Press, BL80.2.W STACKS World Religions : Western Traditions. New York : Oxford University Press, BL80.2.W STACKS Smart, Ninian. Atlas of the World's Religions. New York : Oxford University Press, G1046.E4.A STACKS Indexes and Abstracts American Theological Library Association. ATLAS Full-Text Plus. Chicago : American Theological Library Association, [Available via EBSCO Host to authorized SHC users from the Library WWW site] This database is a collection of major religion and theology journals representing all major religious faiths, major denominations, and language groups. Information dates as far back as The database is approximately 33% fulltext and requires Internet Explorer.

2 Princeton Readings in Religions Lopez, Donald S. Religions of China in Practice. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, BL 1802.R STACKS Religions of India in Practice. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, BL R384 STACKS Religions of Tibet in Practice. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, BQ7620.R STACKS Tanabe, George J. Religions of Japan in Practice. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, BL 2202.R STACKS Judaism De Lange, Nicholas. An Introduction to Judaism. New York : Cambridge University Press, BM 561.D STACKS Tanakh : a New Translation of the Holy Scriptures According to the Traditional Hebrew Text. Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, BS895.J REFERENCE The Classic Midrash : Tannaitic Commentaries on the Bible. New York : Paulist Press, BM512.C REFERENCE The Mishnah: A New Translation. New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, BM E5 N REFERENCE Fields, Harvey J. A Torah Commentary for Our Times. New York, N.Y. : UAHC Press, BS F VOL.1-2 STACKS Halivni, David. A Commentary on the Palestinian Talmud : a Study of the Development of the Halakah and Haggadah in Palestine and Babylonia. New York : Jewish Theological Seminary of America, BM498.8.G Vols.1-4. STACKS Encyclopedias, Handbooks, and Bibliographies Neusner, Jacob. The Blackwell Companion to Judaism. Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, BM42.B54 REFERENCE Werblowsky, R.J. Zwi. The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion. New York : Oxford University Press, BM REFERENCE Davies, W. D. The Cambridge of Judaism. New York : Cambridge University Press, BM155.2.C35 VOL.2-3 REFERENCE World Religions: Select Resources THL 565 page 2

3 Giller, Pinchas. Reading the Zohar : the Sacred Text of the Kabbalah. New York : Oxford University Press, BM525.A59 G STACKS Green, Arthur, ed. Jewish I : From the Bible Through the Middle Ages. New York : Crossroad, BM 723.J Vol. 1 REFERENCE Green, Arthur, ed. Jewish II : the Sixteenth-Century Revival to the Present. New York : Crossroad, BM723.J Vol. 2 REFERENCE Islam Waines, David. An Introduction to Islam. New York : Cambridge University Press, BP W STACKS The Koran with Parallel Arabic Text. New York : Penguin, BP 109.D REFERENCE Robinson, Neal. Islam, a Concise Introduction. Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, BP161.2.R STACKS Taha, Mahmoud Mohamed. The Second Message of Islam. Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, BP163.T STACKS Encyclopedias, Handbooks, and Bibliographies Singh, N.K. ed. Encyclopaedia of the Holy Qur an. Delhi : Global Vision, BP 133.E Vols. 1-5 REFERENCE Esposito, John. The Oxford of Islam. New York : Oxford University Press, BP50.O95 REFERENCE The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. New York : Oxford University Press, DS35.53.O Vol REFERENCE Holt, P. M. The Cambridge of Islam. Cambridge : Cambrige University Press, DS35.6.C Vols. 1-4 STACKS Ernst, Carl W. Early Islamic Mysticism : Sufi, Qur*an, Miraj, Poetic and Theological Writings. New York : Paulist Press, BP E REFERENCE Lewisohn, Leonard. The Heritage of Sufism. Oxford : Oneworld, BP189.H Vols. 1-3 STACKS Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. Islamic I: Foundations. New York : Crossroad, BP I REFERENCE Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. Islamic II: Manifestations. New York : Crossroad, BP I REFERENCE World Religions: Select Resources THL 565 page 3

4 Buddhism Lopez, Donald S. Buddhism in Practice. Princeton, Nj : Princeton University Press, BQ 1012.B STACKS Bodhi, Bhikkhu. The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha. : a New Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya. Boston : Wisdom Publications, BQ1312.E5 N REFERENCE The Connected Discourses of the Buddha : a New Translation of the Sa myutta Nik aya. Somerville, MA : Wisdom Publications, BQ1332.B63 E VOL.1-2. REFERENCE Heine, Steven. The Koan: Texts and Context in Zen Buddhism. New York: Oxford University Press, BQ K STACKS Walshe, Maurice O'C. The Long Discourses of the Buddha : a Translation of the Digha Nikaya. Boston : Wisdom Publications, BQ1292.E53 W REFERENCE Crosby, Kate. The Bodhicary avat ara. New York : Oxford University Press, BQ3142.E5 C STACKS [Mahayana Buddhism] Machida, Soho. Renegade Monk : Honen and Japanese Pure Land Buddhism. Berkeley : University of California Press, BQ8649.H667 M STACKS Suzuki, Shunry u. Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness : Zen Talks on the Sandokai. Berkeley : University of California Press, BQ9268.S563 S STACKS Broughton, Jeffrey L. The Bodhidharma Anthology : the Earliest Records of Zen. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, BQ9299.B623 E STACKS Dumoulin, Heinrich. Zen Buddhism : a. New York : Macmillan, BQ D Vols. 1-2 STACKS Prebish, Charles S. Historical Dictionary of Buddhism. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, BQ130.P REFERENCE Takeuchi, Yoshinori. Buddhist : Indian, Southeast Asian, Tibetan, and Early Chinese. New York : Crossroad, BQ266.B REFERENCE Takeuchi, Yoshinori. Buddhist : Later China, Korea, Japan, and the Modern World. New York : Crossroad, BQ266.B REFERENCE World Religions: Select Resources THL 565 page 4

5 Hinduism Flood, Gavin. An Introduction to Hinduism. New York : Cambridge University Press, BL 1202.F STACKS Scripture and Commentary Goodall, Dominic, ed. Hindu Scriptures. Berkeley : University of California, BL E5 H STACKS Dasgupta, Surendranath. A of Indian Philosophy. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, B131.D3 Vols. 1-5 STACKS Klostermaier, Klaus K. Hinduism : a Short. Oxford : Oneworld, BL1202.K STACKS McLeod, W. H. Historical Dictionary of Sikhism. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, BL2018.M REFERENCE Sivaraman, Krishna. Hindu I: Vedas Through Vedanta. New York: Crossroad, BL H REFERENCE Sundararajan, K.R. Hindu II : Postclassical and Modern. New York : Crossroad Publishing, BL H REFERENCE Taoism Bokenkamp, Stephen R. Early Daoist Scriptures. Berkeley : University of California Press, BL 1920.B STACKS The Taoist Classics : the Collected Translations of Thomas Cleary. Boston : Shambhala, BL1920.T , Vols. 1-4 STACKS Pas, Julian F. Historical Dictionary of Taoism. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, BL1923.P REFERENCE Confucianism Bahm, Archie J. The Heart of Confucius : Interpretations of Genuine Living and Great Wisdom. Fremont, CA. : Jain Publishing, PL2473.Z7 B STACKS Nivison, David S. The Ways of Confucianism : Investigations in Chinese Philosophy. Chicago : Open Court, BL1840.N STACKS Yao, Xinzhong. An Introduction to Confucianism. New York : Cambridge University Press, BL 1852.Y STACKS World Religions: Select Resources THL 565 page 5

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