21 Aug 2000

Working on religious culture in China
Barend J. ter Haar, Leiden University, the Netherlands
Self-description: "Unlike many Internet resources, this bibliography aims to incorporate both traditional style printed works and on-line resources.[...] Religious culture in China is taken by me to refer to those activities (includin g writing) in sinitic (or sinitic influenced) culture that give meaning to birth, disease, life and death, or that provide explanations and solutions to all kinds of problems by invoking an extra-human referent or dimension. It does not include early 'Daoist' works such as the Daodejing or the Zhuangzi, except when they have been incorporated in a larger religious context."
Site contents: Finding Internet resources; Finding books and articles (Raw bibliographies, Annotated bibliographies, Book reviews); Finding information (General introductions to Chinese religious culture Finding information on Chinese religious culture Introductions to Daoist traditions, Research guides on Daoist traditions, Introductions to Buddhist traditions, Research guides on Buddhist traditions); Words and terms: dictionaries and encyclopedias (Buddhist, Daoist, General); Finding texts (Dunhuang texts, Buddhist texts, Daoist texts, Precious Scrolls) Sourcebooks, anthologies, translations (General, Daoist, Buddhist); Journals on Chinese religious culture; On bibliographical work.
URL http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/bth/chinrelbibl.htm
Link suggested by: Hanno Lecher (lecher@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful