Research Guides: Religious Studies & Theology: South East Religions

Articles

ATLA Religion Database The ATLA Religion Database is a great resource to begin exploring for peer-reviewed, scholarly articles in religious studies. It contains a wide scope of material concerning both Eastern and Western religions.

Oxford Bibliographies Online: Buddhism An in-progress work that aims to provide comprehensive bibliographies for a variety of subjects in the field of Buddhism. Subjects arranged alphabetically with a short description followed by a list of resources. New entries will be continually added over the next few years.

Buddhist Moral Philosophy: an Introduction
Publication Date: 2014
Contemporary philosophical interpretations and analyses of Buddhist ethics. Includes recent debates about karma, rebirth and nirvana, well-being, normative ethics, moral objectivity, moral psychology, and the issue of freedom, responsibility and determinism.
Agents of Uncertainty
Call Number: BL625 .D368 2012
Publication Date: 2012
Buddhism and American Cinema
Call Number: PN1995.9.B795 B79 2014
Publication Date: 2014
Discusses both depictions of Buddhism in film and Buddhist takes on a variety of films.

The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism
Call Number: BQ130 .P75 2014
Publication Date: 2013
Authoritative dictionary of Buddhism covering all of the canonical Buddhist languages and traditions: Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
A Dictionary of Buddhism
Publication Date: 2003
Covers historical and contemporary issues in Buddhism and includes all Buddhist schools and cultures. Covers topics such as human rights, abortion, euthanasia, and the role of women in Buddhist teachings.