Books and e-books
Encyclopedia of Hinduism by Call Number: ONLINEISBN: 9781787851689Publication Date: 2016The Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Second Edition focuses on the most significant groups within this religion, noteworthy teachers and their contributions, the religions and cultural movements that enriched its history, and the spread of Hindu thought and practice around the world.
Jehovah's witnesses and the secular world : from the 1870s to the present by Call Number: ONLINEISBN: 9781137396051Publication Date: 2018This book examines the tensions between Jehovah's Witnesses and government authorities, civic organisations, established churches and the broader public generated by the Watch Tower Society's teachings. Witnesses originated in the 1870s as small, loose-knit groups calling themselves Bible Students. Today, there are some eight million Witnesses worldwide, all actively engaged in evangelism.
Confucianism As a World Religion by Call Number: ONLINEISBN: 9780691155579Publication Date: 2013-04-21From ancient Confucian temples, to nineteenth-century archives, to the testimony of people interviewed by the author throughout China over a period of more than a decade, this book traces the birth and growth of the idea of Confucianism as a world religion.
Buddhism and Jainism by Call Number: ONLINEISBN: 9789402408522Publication Date: 2017This volume focuses on Buddhism and Jainism, two religions which, together with Hinduism, constitute the three pillars of Indic religious tradition in its classical formulation. It explores their history and relates how the Vedic period in the history of Hinduism drew to a close around the sixth century BCE and how its gradual etiolation gave rise to a number of religious movements.
Global Sufism: A Historical and Chronological Overview by Call Number: ONLINEISBN: 9781536177756Publication Date: 2020-05-07This book analyzes the enduring appeal of the Sufi movement. Its first chapter deals with origins of the Sufi movement and then discusses of the various definitions attached to what came to define what would later be called the mystical dimension of Islam. The succeeding chapters deal with its historical development.
Mormon History by Call Number: DML 3rd Floor Books BX8611 .W34 2001ISBN: 0252026195Publication Date: 2001-04-18Mormon History offers an interpretive survey of Mormon historical writings, from the partisan and often ephemeral history of the nineteenth century through the shift in the twentieth toward a more balanced and professional approach and an emphasis on how the Mormons helped settle the American West.- Shinto : A Short History by Call Number: ONLINEISBN: 9780203350591Publication Date: 2003Shinto - A Short History provides an introductory outline of the historical development of Shinto from the ancient period of Japanese history until the present day. Shinto does not offer a readily identifiable set of teachings, rituals or beliefs; individual shrines and kami deities have led their own lives, not within the confines of a narrowly defined Shinto, but rather as participants in a religious field that included Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian and folk elements. Thus, this book approaches Shinto as a series of historical'religious systems'rather than attempting to identify a timeless'Shinto essence'.
Dao Companion to Daoist Philosophy by Call Number: ONLINEISBN: 9789048129270Publication Date: 2014-10-27This is the first comprehensive companion to the study of Daoism as a philosophical tradition. It provides a general overview of Daoist philosophy in various thinkers and texts from 6th century BCE to 5th century CE and reflects the latest academic developments in the field.
Open Internet Collections
- Overview Of World ReligionsThe Overview of World Religions site is the outcome of a collaborative project undertaken by the Museum of World Religions in Taiwan and the Department of Religion and Social Ethics at St.Martins's College, Lancaster. Its purpose is to provide a systematic interactive resource of religions of the world that will be of use to both the specialist scholar and the non-specialist who wishes to develop his or her knowledge of religion. The site consists of an Introductory Essay on the issues involved in classifying religions plus two extensive sections: one on trans-cultural religions and one on religions specifically characteristic of major regions of the world. The user can access the introductory essay simply by clicking on the Introduction.