Religious Studies/AMES 257 Four Funerals and a Wedding: Introduction to Chinese Religious Life

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• Buddhism -- China
• Taoism -- China
• Confucianism -- China
• Confucianism -- East Asia
• Islam -- China
• Christianity -- China

Selected books:

• CJKV - English Dictionary of Confucian, Daoist, and intellectual historical terms
• Digital Dictionary of Buddhism: A compilation of Buddhist terms, texts, temple, schools, persons, etc., found in Buddhist canonical sources.
• The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism:  encyclopedic coverage of the most important terms, concepts, texts, authors, deities, schools, monasteries, and geographical sites from across the history of Buddhism.
• A Dictionary of Buddhism: Oxford reference covers beliefs, doctrines, major teachersand scholars, place names, and artefacts.
• Encyclopedia of Buddhism: Buddhist scriptures, art, architecture, saints, demons, monastic orders, festivals, rites, ceremonies, the different forms it has taken in different parts of the world, and how Buddhism has blended with other religions like Shinto, Confucianism, Taoism and Christianity.
• Tao te ching, translation by David Hinton

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