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RECOMMENDED BOOKS

Comparative Religions and Religious Studies

Bowker, J ohn (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. NY: Oxford University Press, 1997.Brandon, S.G.F. (ed.). Dictionary of Comparative Religion. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970.Earhart, H. Byron (ed.). Religious Traditions of the World. San Francisco. HarperSanFrancisco, 1993.Eliade, Mircea (ed.). Encyclopedia of Religion (16 Vols). NY: Macmillan, 1987.Eliade, Mircea, & I.P. Couliano (with Hillary S. Wiesner). The Eliade Guide to World Religions. San

Francisco. HarperSanFrancisco, 1991.Esposito, J ohn L., Darrell J . Fasching, and Todd Lewis. World Religions Today. NY: Oxford University

Press, 2d ed., 2006.Ferm, Vergilius (ed.).An Encyclopedia of Religion. NY: Philosophical Library, 1945.Fisher, Mary Pat. Living Religions. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice-Hall, 6th ed., 2005.Hastings, J ames (ed.). Encyclopedia of Religion & Ethics (13 Vols). NY: Scribner's, 1925.Hopfe, Lewis M., and Mark R. Woodward. Religions of the World. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice-

Hall, 9th ed., revised, 2005.Huston Smith, The World's Religions. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, paperback ed., 1991.

J ackson, S.M. (ed.). The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (13 Vols). GrandRapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1966.

J ames, William. The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902). NY: Modern Library, 1994.J aspers, Karl. Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus (fromThe Great Philosophers, Vol I). NY:

Harcourt, 1957.Komonchak, J .A., et al.. The New Dictionary of Theology. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, Inc., 1987.Livingston, J ames C..Anatomy of the Sacred. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice-Hall, 5th ed., 2005.Molloy, Michael. Experiencing the World's Religions. NY: McGraw-Hill, 3d ed., 2005.Macgregor, Geddes. Dictionary of Philosophy & Religion. NY: Paragon House, 1989.Noss, David S.A History of the World's Religions. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, 11th ed., 2003.Otto, Rudolph. The Idea of the Holy. NY: Oxford University Press, 1958.Parrinder, Geoffrey. Worship In the World's Religions. Savage, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1976.Smart, Ninian. The World's Religions. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1989.

Smith, Huston. Forgotten Truth. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1992.Stein, Gordon (ed.). Encyclopedia of Unbelief(2 Vols). Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1985.Sutherland, S., et al. (eds.). The World's Religions. Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1988.

Religion in America

Ahlstrom, Sydney.A Religious History of the American People. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1972.Albanese, Catherine L.America: Religions and Religion. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 3d ed., 1999.Bedell, George C., Leo Sanden, J r., and Charles T. Wellborn. Religion in America. NY: Macmillan, 1975.Corrigan, John, Winthrop S. Hudson, and J ohn S. Corrigan.Religion in America. Upper Saddle River,

NJ : Prentice Hall, 7th ed., 2003.Eck, Diana L.A New Religious America. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2001.

Gaustad, Edwin, and Leigh Schmidt. The Religious History of America. San Francisco,HarperSanFrancisco, Revised Ed., 2002.Lippy, Charles H., et al. Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience (3 Vols). NY: Charles

Scribner's Sons, 1988.Mead, Frank S., Samuel S. Hill, revised by Craig D. Atwood. Handbook of Denominations in the

United States. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 11th ed., 2001.Melton, J .G. (ed.). Encyclopedia of American Religion. Detroit: Gale Research, 1989.Mulder, John M., and John F. Wilson. Religion in American History: Interpretive Essays. Englewood

Cliffs, NJ : Prentice Hall, 1978.Neusner, J acob. World Religions in America. Louisville: Westminster J ohn Knox Press, 3d ed., 2003.

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Rosten, Leo. Religions of America. NY: Simon & Schuster, A Touchstone Book, 1975.Smith, T. Shelton, Robert T. Handy, and L.A. Loetscher.American Christianity: An Historical

Interpretation with Representative Documents. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1960.

History of Christianity

McManners, J ohn (ed.). The Oxford History of Christianity. NY: Oxford University Press, reissue ed., 2002.Pelikan, J aroslav. The Excellent Empire: The Fall of Rome. NY: Harper & Row, 1987.--------. Jesus Through the Centuries. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985.--------. The Christian Tradition (5 Vols). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1971-1989.Woodhead, Linda. Christianity: A Very Short Introduction. NY: Oxford, 2004.

Judaism

Baeck, Leo. The Essence of Judaism. NY: Schocken Books, 1948.Bamberger, Bernard J . The Story of Judaism. NY: Schocken, 1970.Browne, Lewis (ed.). The Wisdom of Israel. NY: Random House, Modern Library, 1945.Herberg, Will. Judaism and Modern Man: An Interpretation of Jewish Religion. NY: J ewish Lights

Publishing, reprint edition, 1997.Heschel, Abraham J . Between God and Man: An Interpretation of Judaism. NY: Free Press (Simon &

Schuster), 1997.--------. God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976.Matt, Daniel C. The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism. NY: Quality Paperback Book

Club (HarperSanFrancisco), 1998.Scholem, Gershom G. On the Kabbalah and Its Symbolism. Trans. Ralph Manheim. NY: Schocken

Books, 1965.Schultz, Samuel J . The Gospel of Moses. NY: Harper & Row, 1974,Schweitzer, Frederick M..A History of the Jews. NY: Macmillan, 1971.Solomon, Norman. Judaism: A Very Short Introduction. NY: Oxford, 2000.Steinberg, Milton. Basic Judaism. NY: Harcourt, Brace, 1947.Werblowski, R.J .Z., et al. Encyclopedia of the Jewish Religion. NY: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1965.

Wigoder, Geoffrey (ed.). Encyclopedia of Judaism. NY: Macmillan, 1989.

Islam

Ali, Abdullah Yusuf (translation and commentary). The Holy Qur'an. Elmhurst, NY: Tahrike TarsileQur'an. 2001.

An-Nawawi. Forty Hadith. Cambridge, UK: Islamic Texts Society, 1997.Emerick, Tahiya. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Islam. NY: Alpha Books (Penguin

Group), 2d ed., 2004.Irving, T.B. (translation and commentary). The Holy Qur'an. Cedar Rapids, IA: The Mother Mosque

Foundation, 1993.Maqsood, Ruqaiyyah. Islam. Chicago: NTC Publishing Group, Teach Yourself Books, 1994.

Mir, Muntansir. Dictionary of Qur'anic Terms & Concepts. NY: Garland, 1987.Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. Ideals & Realities of Islam. Boston: Beacon Press, 1972.Pickthall, Mohammed Marmaduke (an explanatory translation). The Meaning of the Glorious Qur'an.The

Government of H.E.H. Mir Osman Ali Kahn, the Late Nizam of Hyderabad-Deccan, India, 1930.Rahman, Fazlur. Islam. NY: Doubleday Anchor, 1968.Ruthven, Malise. Islam: A Very Short Introduction. NY: Oxford, 2000.

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Eastern (Asian) Thought

Coogan, Michael D. Eastern Religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto. NY:Oxford, 2005.

Hackett, Stuart C. Oriental Philosophy: A Westerners' Guide to Eastern Philosophy. Madison, WI:University of Wisconsin Press, 1979.

Kim, Yong Choon. Oriental Thought. Savage, MD. Rowman & Littlefield, 1973.Koller, J ohn M. Oriental Philosophies. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, 4th ed., 2001.Kupperman, J oel J . Learning from Asian Philosophy. NY: Oxford University Press, 1999.McGreal (ed.). Great Thinkers of the Eastern World. NY: HarperCollins, 1995.Schumacher, S., & W. Gert. The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy & Religion. Boston: Shambhala, 1986.Stevenson, J ay. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eastern Philosophy. NY: Alpha Books (Penguin

Group), 2000.

Chinese Religion and Philosophy

Allinson, Robert B. Understanding the Chinese Mind: The Philosophical Roots. NY: Oxford UniversityPress, 1990.

Bresnan, Patrick S.Awakening: An Introduction to the History of Eastern Thought. Upper SaddleRiver, NJ : Prentice Hall, 2d ed., 2002.

Brannigan, Michael C. The Pulse of Wisdom: The Philosophies of India, China, and Japan. Belmont CA:Wadsworth Publishing, 2d ed., 1999.

Chan, Wing-Tsit.A Sourcebook In Chinese Philosophy. Princeton. Princeton University Press, 1969.Clarke, J .J . Oriental Enlightenment : The Encounter Between Asian and Western Thought. London:

Routledge, 1997.Creel, Herrlee Glessner. Chinese Thought, from Confucius to Mao Tse-Tung. Chicago: University of

Chicago Press, 1971.Fung, Yu-Lan.A Short Hitory of Chinese Philosophy. NY: Free Press; reissue edition, 1997.Graham, A.C.. Disputers of the Tao. La Salle, IL. Open Court, 1989.Hoff, Benjamin. The Tao of Pooh. NY: Penguin Books, 1982.--------. The Te of Piglet. NY: Penguin Books, 1992.

Waley, Arthur. Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China. NY: Doubleday Anchor, 1939.

Hinduism

Ganeri, J onardon. Philosophy in Classical India: The Proper Work of Reason. London: Routledge, 2001.King, Ricgard, Indian Philosophy: An Introduction to Hindu and Buddhist Thought. Washington, DC:

Georgetown University Press, 1999.Mohanty, J .N. Classical Indian Philosophy: An Introductory Text. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield

Publishers, Inc., 2000.Phillips, Stephen H. Classical Indian Metaphysics. La Salle, IL: Open Court, 1995.Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli. Indian Philosophy. 2 vols. NY: Oxford University Press, 1997.--------.A Sourcebook In Indian Philosophy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1973.

Walker, Benjamin. The Hindu World (2 Vols). NY: Praeger, 1968.Zimmer, Heinrich. Philosophies of India. Ed. J oseph Campbell. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1971.

Buddhism

Garfield, J ay L. Empty Words: Buddhist Philosophy and Cross-Cultural Interpretation. NY: OxfordUniversity Press, 2001.

Ling, T.O..A Dictionary of Buddhism. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972.

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Mythology

Campbell, J oseph. The Masks of God:--------. Primitive Mythology (Vol 1). NY: Viking Press, 1959.--------. Oriental Mythology (Vol 2). NY: Viking Press, 1962.--------. Occidental Mythology (Vol 3). NY: Viking Press, 1964.--------. Creative Mythology (Vol 4). NY: Viking Press, 1968.Graves, Robert. The Greek Myths. NY: George Braziller, 1955.Hamilton, Edith. Mythology. NY: Mentor, 1969.

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