World Religions: Chinese and Japanese Religion

Translations of various Chinese texts that have formed or shaped religious practice.

A translation and commentary of the Tao Te Ching or Dao De Jing, the sacred text of Taoism.

A commentary on Confucius's Analects.

Has variants from multiple translations and interpretations of Japanese sacred text.

Looks at various Eastern religions and the ways that ideas, beliefs, and traditions shaped the culture of several regions and countries in the East and how the culture shaped the religion.

Overview of various philosophical traditions.

An introduction to early Chinese religion and its cultural contexts.

Looks at archaeology, especially of burial sites, and what it says about the historical context and belief system in pre-imperial to imperial China.

A text focusing on an emerging subfield of gender studies in Chinese religion.

Looks at the way that geography and place impacted religion and practice in Japan.

Looks at the imperial context of early Japan by looking at court life, literature, and more.

Looks at translated texts about Shinto and the influence it had on Shinto.

Looks at the role of women in Japanese religions from fertility cults to feminist philosophy.