REL 329: Buddhism & Politics

Reference works are useful for orienting yourself to a given topic and for pointing you toward other resources that can help with your research.

• Individual Works on Buddhism

  • Encyclopedia of Buddhism
    • Learn the landscape of a particular topic on the study, practice, and history of Buddhism.
  • A Dictionary of Buddhism 
    • Learn about key terms in Buddhist discourse.
  • Oxford Bibliographies Online: Buddhism
    • Annotated bibliographies by experts in the field about particular topics on Buddhism.
    • Tip: Use the "Jump to" search bar to find a keyword for your topic, e.g. Buddhism and gender.
  • Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Buddhism
    • Tip: This resource is partially organized by geographic region.
  • Routledge Handbooks Online
    • ​See all the search results for Buddhism.
    • Tip: See in particular the chapter "Buddhism and Politics" in the Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics, which gives brief descriptions of the intersection of Buddhism and politics in different geographic regions. A great place to start if you're not sure which polity to focus on!

• Individual Works on Religion

  • Brill Dictionary of Religion
  • Encyclopedia of Religion

• Individual Works on Politics and History

  • Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Politics
    • Tip: On the left side of the page under "Narrow Your Choices", try a Boolean search to narrow down the results for your topic, e.g. Buddhism AND Sri Lanka.
  • Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Asian History
    • Tip: On the left side of the page under "Narrow Your Choices", search for Buddhism to see what is available in the Asian History module.
  • Oxford Handbooks Online: Political Science

• Collections of Reference Works on different subjects

  • Routledge Handbooks Online
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library
  • Oxford Reference