Skip to Main Content

World Religions

Reference Sources

Print Reference Books in the Library

Yao, Xinzhong, ed. RoutledgeCurzon Encyclopedia of Confucianism. 2 vols. New York: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003. Ref BL1840 .R68 2003

 

Online Reference Book

Jones, Lindsay, ed. Encyclopedia of Religion. 15 vols. 2nd ed. Gale Virtual Reference Ebook. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. Has many articles on Confucianism. TIU students click here to access.

Searching for Journal Articles

The Atla Religion Database  includes many journal articles related to Confucianism.

These are some of the subject headings that will be most helpful in Atla:

"Confucianism" for general articles

"Confucianism/Taoism"

"Confucianism ritual"

"Christianity and Confucianism" for relations between the religions

"Missions to Chinese" for evangelism and outreach to Chinese peoples

You can also restrict by geography:

"Confucianism Japan" etc.

Searching Atla

To search Atla, use the search box below.

Searching for Books

These are some of the subject headings that will be most helpful in Rolfing Search and I-Share:

"Confucianism"

"Philosophy, Confucian"

"Philosophy, Chinese"

"Confucianism China"

"Confucianism relations Christianity"

 

Finding Statistics

American Religion Data Archive

Available at http://www.thearda.com/

Includes data and statistics on Confucianism in the U.S. and around the world.