Chinese Studies
A list of research guides to Chinese Studies in all primary subject areas in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Research Guide to Chinese Studies: Religion and Philosophy (For Course: Chinese Religion)
Guide content supports the teaching and research goals of multiple departments on campus. Content represents a non-exhaustive selection of essential resources and tools for engaging a wide range of backgrounds and viewpoints.
This guide provides an introduction to resources on Studies in Chinese Religion and Philosophy. In addition to these resources, users can search materials on Chinese Religion and Philosophy studies from UI Library online catalog, InfoHawk+
Resources
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Chinese Religion in Western Languages by Laurence G. Thompson (Compiled by)
Call Number: Z7757.C6 T55ISBN: 9780816509263Publication Date: 1985-01-01A comprehensive and classified bibliography of publications in English, French, and German through 1980. -
Chinese Religion by Gary Seaman (Editor); Laurence G. Thompson (Compiled by)
Call Number: Z7757.C6 T556ISBN: 0924304138Publication Date: 1993-06-01A supplementary volume to Chinese religion in Western languages. -
Chinese Religions: Publications In Western Language, Vol. 3: 1991 Through 1995 by Laurence G. Thompson (Compiled by); Gary Seaman (Editor)
Call Number: Z7757.C6 T557ISBN: 9780924304392Publication Date: 1998-12-01A supplement to Chinese religions: publications in Western languages, 1981 through 1990, 1993. -
Religion in Postwar China by David C. Yu
Call Number: Z7757.C6 Y83ISBN: 9780313267321Publication Date: 1993-11-22A critical analysis and annotated bibliography of works on religion in postwar China. -
Studies of Chinese Religion by Laurence G. Thompson (Compiled by)
Call Number: Z7757.C6 T56ISBN: 9780822101871Publication Date: 1976-01-01A comprehensive and classified bibliography of publications in English, French, and German through 1970.
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Dao Companion to Classical Confucian Philosophy by Vincent Shen (Editor)
ISBN: 9048129354Publication Date: 2013-11-07This volume presents both a historical and a systematic examination of the philosophy of classical Confucianism. Taking into account newly unearthed materials and the most recent scholarship, it features contributions by experts in the field, ranging from senior scholars to outstanding early career scholars. -
Dao Companion to Neo-Confucian Philosophy by John Makeham (Editor)
ISBN: 9789048129294Publication Date: 2010-07-15This is the first volume in English to provide a comprehensive introduction to the philosophical thinking of representative Neo-Confucian thinkers from the eleventh to eighteenth centuries.
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Academic Search Elite This link opens in a new windowThis multi-disciplinary database offers full text for nearly 2,000 scholarly journals, including more than 1,500 peer-reviewed titles. Covering virtually every area of academic study, Academic Search Elite offers full text information dating as far back as 1985. This database is updated on a daily basis.
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ATLA Religion Database + ATLAS This link opens in a new windowRECOMMEND USING CHROME; Contains the complete contents of Religion Index One (journal literature in religion from 1949-present), Religion Index Two (multi-author works, such as Festschriften, conference proceedings, and other volumes of collected articles and essays, 1960-present), and Index to Book Reviews in Religion. Included are article citations from some 650 journals and essay citations from over 14,000 multi-author works as well as book review citations.
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Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) This link opens in a new windowRECOMMEND USING CHROME; This on-line version of the Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) contains more than 410,000 records on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present.
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China Academic Journals (CAJ): Series A, F, G, & H This link opens in a new windowThis database covers journal articles published in China in almost all the subject areas of the Humanities and Arts.The U of Iowa subscribes to Series A (Physics/Astronomy/Mathematics), Series F (Literature/History/Philosophy), Series G (Politics/Military Affairs/Law), and Series H (Education and Social Sciences), including back files dating back to 1994. It is part of the electronic project of the CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure). The database provides full texts in CAJ and PDF formats.
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China: Culture and Society This link opens in a new windowSpanning three centuries (c1750-1929), this resource makes available extremely rare pamphlets from Cornell University Library’s Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia. The resource is full-text searchable, allowing for the collection to be comprehensively explored and studied. In addition, China: Culture and Society features a host of secondary resources, including scholarly essays, an interactive chronology, mini guides, and editors’ choices from the collection.
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Chinese Periodical Full-Text Database (1833-1949) This link opens in a new windowChinese Periodical Full-text Database (1833-1949) covers around 10,000,000 pieces of writing in over 20,000 different kinds of periodicals published between 1833 and 1949. As an important part of the historical archive, this database has significant academic and historical value.
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Diao long: Zhong Ri gu ji quan wen jian shuo shu ji ku This link opens in a new windowDiaolong Full-text Database of Chinese & Japanese Ancient Books.
Requires software installation on user workstation.
雕龙 [電子資源] : 中日古籍全文检索数据库 -
Shen Bao digital archive, 1872-1949 This link opens in a new windowEstablished in 1872, Shen Bao (historically transliterated as Shun Pao or Shen-pao) was the most influential and longest lasting commercial newspaper of before the establishment of the People’s Republic. Published in Shanghai until 1949, Shen Bao was founded by Englishman Ernest Major, but, uniquely, as a newspaper for Chinese readers, written by Chinese reporters. During its existence, Shen Bao gradually shifted from a conservative to a more liberal perspective, and played a pivotal role in the formation of public opinion in the imperial period and into the tumultuous beginnings of modern China.
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A dictionary of Chinese Buddhist termsLondon, 1937
Call number: BQ130 .S65
Entries of Chinese Buddhist terms with Sanskrit and English equivalents and a Sanskrit-Pali index. Old but still useful.
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Dictionary of Philosophy and Religion by William L. Reese
Call Number: B41 .R43ISBN: 9780391006881Publication Date: 1981-12-01A comprehensive reference work covering philosophical and religious thought in the East and the West.
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Fo guang da ci dian 佛光大辭典Taiwan Gaoxiong Shi: Fo guang chu ban she
Call number: BQ130 .F63
A dictionary of Buddhism in 7 volumes. -
Fo xue da ci dian 佛學大辭典Beijing: Wen wu chu ban she, 1984 / 北京: 文物出版社
Call number: BQ130 .T52
A dictionary of Buddhist studies. -
Shi yong fo xue ci dian 實用佛学辞典Call number: BQ130 .S52
A practical dictionary of Buddhist studies.
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The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions by John Bowker (Editor)
Call Number: BL31 .O9ISBN: 9780192139658Publication Date: 1997-05-08Covering all aspects of world religions, including Chinese religions.
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Zhongguo ge min zu zong jiao yu shen hua da ci dian 中国各民族宗教与神話大词典Beijing: Xue yuan chu ban she, 1990/北京: 学苑出版社
Call number: BL1802 .C53
A comprehensive dictionary of religions and myths of all Chinese nationalities. Including indexes. -
Zong jiao ci dian 宗教词典Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she, 1981/上海: 上海辞书出版社, 1981
Call number: BL31 .T7
A dictionary of religions.
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China Review InternationalUniversity of Hawaii Press
This international journal features articles and book reviews in all subjects about China. -
History of ReligionsUniversity of Chicago Press
Also covers Chinese religions. -
International Journal for Philosophy of ReligionDordrecht : Springer Netherlands
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Journal of Chinese PhilosophyThe International Society for Chinese Philosophy
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The China JournalContemporary China Center, Australian National University
The China Journal provides informed and insightful commentary from China scholars around the world, in a wide range of articles and book reviews.
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Encyclopedia of Buddhism by Robert E. Buswell (Editor)
Call Number: BQ128 .E62ISBN: 9780028657189Publication Date: 2005-06-01A comprehensive reference work on Buddhism in six volumes. -
Encyclopedia of Religion by Mircea Eliade (Editor); Charles J. Adams (Editor)
Call Number: BL31 .E39ISBN: 9780029094808Publication Date: 1986-12-01The most comprehensive work on religion in 16 volumes, featuring scholarly essays covering religions of all nations and all areas of religious studies.
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