RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY OR RESEARCH

PHIL 339: CONTEMPORARY WORDLVIEWS AND CHRISTIANITY

Joseph A. Buijs, Ph.D .

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RESERVE

These resources have been put on reserve in the St. Joseph's College Library. Other resources may be added during the course.

Weston, Anthony. A Rulebook for Arguments. 4th ed. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing, 2009.

Rejai, Mostafa. Political Ideologies. A Comparative Approach . 2nd  ed. Armonk NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1995.

Smart, Ninian. World Philosophies. London and New York: Routledge, 2000.

Smith, Huston. The World's Religions. New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 1991.

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REFERENCE.

Unless indicated otherwise, these resources are available in the Rutherford Library Reference section.

Philosophy

Craig, Edward, ed. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. London and New York: Routledge, 1998. 10 volumes.
Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. London and New York: Routledge, 2000. (An abridged version of the Routledge Encyclopedia)
Edwards, Paul, editor-in-chief. The Encyclopedia of Philosophy . 8 Volumes. New York: Macmillan and The Free Press, 1967.

Religions

Diagram Group. Religions on File. New York: Facts on File, 1990. [Education]
Parrinder, Edward Geoffrey, ed. World Religions: From Ancient History to the Present. New York: Facts on File, 1983.
Richards, Chris, ed. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Religions . Rockport MA: Element, 1997.
Swatos Jr., William H., ed. Encyclopedia of Religion and Society . Walnut Creek CA: AltaMaria Press, 1998.

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ON-LINE

Periodical Indexes and e-Journals
 
Academic Search Complete . A database of electronic journal articles in philosophy, religious studies and other humanities disciplines, available through U of A Library Services.

ATLA Religion Database . A database of periodical articles in religious studies, available through U of A Library Services.

Catholic Periodical and Literature Index . A database of periodical articles from selected journals in theology, philosophy, and religion, available through U of A Library Services.

The Philosopher's Index . A database of periodical articles in philosophy, available through U of A Library Services.


General Philosophy Resources

A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names and Major Figures in Western Philosophy . Sponsored by Garth Kemerling, Newberry College. The dictionary has mostly short entries for philosophical terms; discussions of philosophers are more detailed.

The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy . Sponsored by James Fieser, General Editor, University of Tennessee at Martin, and Bradley Dowden, Assistant General Editor, California State University Sacramento. Encyclopedia articles on specific philosophers and philosophical themes. Some of the entries extensive and written by specialists in the field; others are brief entries written by section editors or drawn from public domain sources.

The Ism Book . Sponsored by Peter Saint-André. A dictionary of philosophical views, such as theism, deism, Buddhism and the like.

Meta-Encyclopedia of Philosophy , a particularly useful resource maintained by Andrew Chrucky. It comprises an index of terms, views, and philosophers with links to articles and discussions in other on-line dictionaries or encyclopedias. Of special interest for a quick characterization of specific 'worldviews' are links to The Ism Book and to A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names . The latter includes a current and useful bibliography for each of the terms defined.

Philosophy Resource Center . Sponsored by The Radical Academy. A variety of resources that tends to favour a realist or thomistic perspective on issues. (It is 'radical' in the sense of appealing to 'root' principles.)

Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Line . Edited by Edward Craig and sponsored by Routledge Publishing, this encyclopedia contains an extensive list of entries not only in the area of philosophy of religion but all other areas of philosophy as well.

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy . Sponsored by the Metaphysics Research Lab at the Center for Study of Language and Information, Stanford University. The Encyclopedia is a dynamic encyclopedia still under development. All of the current and anticipated entries are written by specialists.


Worldviews

The Ism Book . Sponsored by Peter Saint-André. This dictionary is useful for brief definitions and related concepts.

A dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names . Sponsored by Garth Kemerling, Newberry College. This dictionary is useful for short characterizations and several current bibliographical resources.

Religious Studies 101. Developed by Prof. Ehud ben Zvi, University of Alberta, the site contains links to on-line resources for all of the major religions. Of particular interest are the links to christianity and buddhism for a more detailed understanding of the beliefs and practices that comprise their respective worldviews and the links to sites dealing with humanism, agnosticism and atheism.

Religious Tolerance . Sponsored by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance. Includes very informative overview discussions, on-line critical resources and links dealing with agnosticism , atheism , christianity , buddhism , Islam , Judaism , humanism , and other views.

The Secular Web Library . Sponsored by Internet Infidels. The site contains detailed information, articles, and links dealing with theism, non-theism--including atheism, materialism, naturalism, and secular humanism, and related issues. The focus of the on-line articles and debates tend, of course, towards a non-theist's position.

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