SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS IN RELIGION

 


I. REFERENCE

Eliade, Mircea, ed. Encyclopedia of Religion.

Hastings. Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics.

Adams. Reader's Guide to the World Religions, 2nd ed.

GOPHER periodical indices.

 

II. GENERAL

Needleman, Jacob. Heart of Philosophy.

___________. New Religions.

Eliade, Mircea. Cosmos and History.

___________. Sacred and the Profane.

Smith, Huston. Forgotten Truth.


III. HINDUISM

Basham, A.L. The Wonder That Was India.

Bharati, Agehananda. Ochre Robe. (autobiography)

Lapierre, D. City of Joy.

Sharma, Andradhar. A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy.

Zimmer, Heinrich. Philosophies of India. Campbell, Joseph, ed.

 

IV. BUDDHISM

Asvaghosa. Buddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha, Johnston, tr.

Epstein, R., ed. Basic Buddhism from A to Z (on reserve).

Hua. Listen to Yourself,; Think Everything Over, 2 vols.

Heng Sure and Heng Chau. Letters from True Cultivators.

Rahula. What the Buddha Taught.

Bechert and Gombrich, eds. World of Buddhism.

Conze, Edward. Short History of Buddhism.

Streng, Frederick. Emptiness: a Study in Religious Meaning.

 

V. JUDAISM

Singer, Isaac Bashevis. Satan of Goray. (novel)

Potok, Chaim. The Chosen. (novel)

Prager, Dennis, and Telushkin, Joseph. Nine Basic Questions People Ask About Judaism.

Steinberg, Milton. Basic Judaism.

Maimonides, Moses. Guide of the Perplexed.

Scholem, Gershom. Origins of the Kabbalah.

Eisenman and Wise. Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered.

 

VI. CHRISTIANITY

Pagels, Elaine. Gnostic Gospels.

__________. Adam, Eve, and the Serpent.

Tyson, Joseph B. A Study of Early Christianity.

Merton, Thomas. Wisdom of the Desert.

Ware, Timothy. The Orthodox Church.

Robinson, James M., ed. Nag Hammadi Library in English.

Kadloubovsky, tr. Writings from the Philokalia on the Prayer of the Heart.

 

VII. ISLAM

Pickthall. Meaning of the Glorious Koran.

Schuon, F. Understanding Islam.

Burkhardt, Titus. An Introduction to Sufi Doctrine.

Schimmel, Anna Marie. Islam: an Introduction.

Moojan, Momen. An Introduction to Sh'i Islam.

Muhaiyaddeen, M.R. Bawa. Islam and World Peace

 


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