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World Religions

Reference Sources

 

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 Taoism (called Daoism in the ER). TIU students click here to access.

Searching for Journal Articles

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

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

"Taoism" for general articles

"Taoism history"

"Taoism ritual"

"Taoism sacred books"

"Christianity and Taoism" for relations between the religions

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

You can also restrict by geography:

"Taoism Taiwan" 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:

"Taoism"

"Taoism doctrines"

"Taoism history"

"Taoism China"

"Taoism relations Christianity"

"Christianity and other religions Taoism"

"Christianity and other religions Chinese"

 

Finding Statistics

American Religion Data Archive

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

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