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Books

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The Catalog
eBooks: Introductory Monographs Accessible Online
Librarian and Faculty Recommendations
1. Buddhism

The Catalog

The King Library's online catalog includes books, periodicals, maps, videos, government publications, CDs, music scores, and other materials located in the King Library and the branches of the San Jose Public Library. It does not include the text of journal articles. Need help using the catalog? See How to Find Books and Other Items in the Library.

Below is a sample of just a few Library of Congress subject headings that can be useed to find books on religious topics (perform a subject search in the King Library catalog by selecting the term):

eBooks: Introductory Monographs Accessible Online

Asian Religions

Ganeri, Jonardon. Philosophy in Classical India: An Introduction and Analysis. New York: Routledge, 2001. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Gethin, Rupert. The Foundations of Buddhism. Oxford [U.K.]; New York, Oxford University Press, 1998. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Hansen, Thomas Blom. The Saffron Wave: Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Hawkins, Bradley K. Buddhism. London: Routledge, 1999. [ebrary http://site.ebrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/lib/sjsu/Doc?id=10062962]
Keown, Damien. Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford [U.K.]; New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
King, Richard. Indian Philosophy: An Introduction to Hindu and Buddhist Thought. Edinburgh [U.K.]: Edinburgh University Press, 1999. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Knott, Kim. Hinduism: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Prebish, Charles S. and Damien Keown. Buddhism: The Ebook: An Online Introduction, 2nd Ed. [S.l.] Journal of Buddhist Ethics Online Books, 2005. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Reynolds, Frank and Jason A. Carbine. The Life of Buddhism. Berkeley University of California Press, 2000. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Shattuck, Cybelle T. Hinduism [Religions of the World]. London: Taylor & Francis, 1999. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]

Christianity

Wilson, Brian. Christianity. New York: Routledge, 1999. [ebrary http://site.ebrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/lib/sjsu/Doc?id=10062957]

Islam

Clarke, Peter. The World's Religions: Islam. London: Routledge, 2002. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Nigosian, S. A. Islam: Its History, Teaching, and Practices. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Ruthven, Malise. Islam: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Smith, Jane I. Islam in America [Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series]. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]

Judaism

Cohn-Sherbok, Dan. Judaism: History, Belief, and Practice. New York: Routledge, 2003. [ebrary http://site.ebrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/lib/sjsu/Doc?id=10062967]
Fishman, Sylvia Barack. Jewish Life and American Culture [SUNY Series in American Jewish Society in the 1990s]. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2000. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Goldberg, Harvey E. Life of Judaism. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2001. [ebrary http://site.ebrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/lib/sjsu/Doc?id=10058518]
Solomon, Norman. Judaism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford [UK]: Oxford University Press, 1996. [NetLibrary http://0-www.netlibrary.com.mill1.sjlibrary.org/]