Religion & Culture
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REL 2708: Religion & Japanese Life
This page features reference books, scholarly journals, and databases that are generally helpful for studies in East Asian Languages and Cultures. You can find more by searching the Library catalogue, or look up databases and journals by title.
Suggested Keywords:
- Japan religion
- Japan social life and customs
- Zen Buddhism Japan
- Buddhism Japan history
- Religion and state Japan
- Religion and politics Japan
- Religion and sociology Japan
Books
Scholarly Journals
- Asian PhilosophyAn international journal covering Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Buddhist, and Islamic philosophic traditions. Topics include metaphysics, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, moral and social philosophy, aesthetics, jurisprudence, and comparison of Eastern and Western philosophical traditions.
- Japanese Journal of Religious StudiesThe Japanese Journal of Religious Studies is a semi-annual journal dedicated to the academic study of Japanese religions, first published in 1960 as Contemporary Religions in Japan. JJRS seeks to deepen understanding, and further the pursuit of the academic study, of Japanese religions.
Databases
- Bloomsbury Cultural History This link opens in a new windowBloomsbury Cultural History is a digital reference tool comprising curated and illustrated reference works alongside extensive eBook and image collections. It offers an authoritative survey of a wide range of subjects throughout history. Each subject is looked at in Antiquity, the Medieval Age, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Age of Empire and the Modern Age and thematic coverage is consistent across all periods so that users can either gain a broad overview of a period or follow a theme through the ages.
- eHRAF World Cultures This link opens in a new windoweHRAF World Cultures contains ethnographic collections covering all aspects of cultural and social life. eHRAF is unique in having subject indexing at the paragraph level. This allows detailed and precise searching for concepts not easily found with keywords.
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