Subject: Religion

Dacheng Modern China Journal Database

Dacheng Modern China Journal Database covers c. 7,000 Chinese periodicals published from late Qing to 1949 covering a wide field of disciplines. humanities, social sciences, exact sciences, as well as popular journals. Examples include the Shidianzhai huabao, Xiandai, Shaonian Zhongguo, Dazhong shenghuo, Guocui xuebao, Qingnian Zhongguo, Minfeng. Contents are regularly updated. Searching is by keyword […]

Korea Open Access Journals KOAJ

Provided by the National Research Foundation of Korea this website gives access to (at present) 1250 journals  of which 53 are available in fulltext. Subjects covered Humanities (334) Social Science (476) Natural Science (48) Engineering (69) Medicine and Pharmacy (150) Marine Agriculture, Fishery (23) Arts and Kinesiology (71) Interdisciplinary Studies (78)

Hong Kong Journals Online (archives)

Archive of older Hong Kong Journals from Hong Kong Digital Repository: “Hong Kong Journals Online (HKJO) is a full-text image database providing access to selected academic and professional journals, both in English and Chinese, published in Hong Kong. Titles included in this database cover a wide range of disciplines including law, medicine and education. The […]

China Academic Journals (CAJ) & Century Journals Project (CJP)

China Academic Journals Full-text Database (CAJ) & Century Journals Project (CJP) together provide access to full-text and full-image inter-disciplinary Chinese journals from 1915 to present. The content available to NNC members is from 5 sections: * Literature/history/philosophy, * Politics/military affairs/law, * Education & social sciences * Electronic Technology & Information Science * Economics & Management In […]

Deities and Divas: Queer Ritual Specialists in Myanmar, Thailand and Beyond

Edited by Peter A. Jackson & Benjamin Baumann  In central Thailand, a flamboyantly turbaned gay medium for the Hindu god of the underworld posts Facebook selfies of himself hugging and kissing a young man. In Myanmar’s largest city Yangon, a one-time member of a gay NGO dons an elaborate wedding dress to be ritually married […]

States and Societies in Motion: Essays in Honour of Takashi Shiraishi

edited by Khoo Boo Teik and Jafar Suryomenggolo   With contributions from leading scholars in their field, this collection of fourteen essays offers wide-ranging but incisive perspectives on East and Southeast Asian Studies. Apart from informing and enlightening the reader, the essays offer a tribute to Professor Takashi Shiraishi, the renowned Japanese scholar, for his many […]

Salafism and the State: Islamic Activism and National Identity in Contemporary Indonesia

by Chris Chaplin  Recent studies of Indonesian Islam have pointed to the growing prominence of ‘conservative’ and globally expansive Islamic doctrines. Salafism is one such doctrine, and it has gained increasing popularity in Indonesia over the past several decades. Aiming to propagate a ‘literalist’ interpretation of Islam, Salafi activists argue that many local Islamic traditions, […]

Spirit Possession in Buddhist Southeast Asia: Worlds Ever More Enchanted

Edited by Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière & Peter A. Jackson In dramatic contrast to the reported growing influence of doctrinal and fundamentalist forms of religion in some parts of Southeast Asia, the predominantly Buddhist societies of the region are witnessing an upsurge of spirit possession cults and diverse forms of magical ritual. This is […]

KSI e-books

KSI e-book is a full-text database  of approx  9,000 e-books published by KSI (Korean Studies Information) on philosophy, religion, social science, natural science, engineering, arts, linguistics, literature, and history.

Indonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies