Lura Sanborn February 24th, 2010
Encyclopedia of Modern Ethnic Conflicts edited by Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr., Greenwood, 2003.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 305.8 R83
A one-volume guide concerning the study of global ethnic conflict during the 20th Century. Each of the thirty-eight individual entries discusses the historical background of a particular ethnic conflict, how the conflict was managed, and the impact of the conflict.
Examples include:
- Canada: The Nationalist Movement in Quebec
- China: Ethnic Conflict and the International System
- France: The “Foreigner” Issue
- Middle East: The Arab-Jewish Struggle for Palestine to 1948
- Rwanda: Hutu-Tutsi Conflict and Genocide in Central Africa
- United States: The United States – Puerto Rico Relationship
Helpful for: Literature of Witness, Middle Eastern Voices, Gender Studies, International Studies, Social History, World Politics, Humanities
Tags: Conflict, gender studies, Genocide, History, Humanities, Literature of Witness, Middle Eastern Voices, New Reference Book, Politics, reference, Religion, Religion and Ethics, Research, Social History
Lura Sanborn October 1st, 2009
Lura Sanborn – Reference Librarian
Encyclopedia of Women in Religious Art by Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Continuum Publishing Co., 1996.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 704.9424
A quick, specialized dictionary focused on images, roles and symbols related to women in religious art. Over 2,000 brief entries focus on the world’s major religions.
Examples include: Bestiary, Golden Legend, Saint Mary Magdalene, and Willow.
An appendix lists variant names of “historical and legendary” women (Contents, iii).
Helpful for: Humanities, Religious Studies, Women’s Studies, Humanities V Art Paper
Tags: Art, Humanities, Humanities V, New Reference Book, reference, Religion, Religious Art, Religious Studies, Research, Women, Women's Studies
Lura Sanborn September 24th, 2009
Lura Sanborn – Reference Librarian
The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture edited by Jonathan M. Bloom and Sheila S. Blair, Oxford U. Press, 2009.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 709.17 G911
Islamic art and techniques, as well as related people and places from Asia, Europe and Africa provide the focus of this 3-volume set.
A sampling from the 1,600 entries: Fulani, Body Art; Jade; Carpets and Flatweaves; Metalwork; and Banknotes.
Helpful for: Middle Eastern Voices, Humanities III, Art, Art, Islamic Studies
Tags: Art, Humanities, Humanities III, Introduction to Islam, Islam, Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Voices, New Reference Book, reference, Research
Lisa Laughy May 26th, 2009
Lura Sanborn – Reference Librarian
The Encyclopedia of Taoism edited by Fabrizio Pregadio, Routledge, 2008.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 299.51 P91T
This 2-volume set describes the history, traditions and principles of Taoism. The encyclopedia is divided into 5 main thematic sections:
- Overview – including entries related to: Scriptures and Texts, Deities and Spirits, Sacred Sites
- The Taoist Universe – including entries related to: Doctrinal Notions, Transcendence and Immortality, Mountains and Mountain Monographs
- History- including entries related to: Pre-Han and Han Background, Shangqing, Contemporary Taoism
- Forms of Religious Practice and Experience – including entries related to: Meditation, Alchemy, Ritual
- Taoism and Chinese Buddhism- including entries related to: Persons, Texts
Two additional, shorter, sections are included at the end of volume two: Miscellaneous Terms Related to Religious Ideas and Practices and Associations.
Helpful for: Chinese Studies, Religious Studies, Asian Studies, Humanities
Tags: Asian Studies, Buddhism, Chinese Studies, Humanities, New Reference Book, reference, Religious Studies, Research, Taoism
Lisa Laughy May 7th, 2009
Lura Sanborn – Reference Librarian
The Oxford Companion to the Year by Bonnie Blackburn & Leofranc Holford-Strevens, Oxford, 2003.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 529.3 B560
The first half of this volume offers a day-by-day listing of associated events and people. The focus is on British and U.S. events with some non-western celebrations included.
The second half of the volume describes the history of the Christian calendar and major non-Christian calendars.
Helpful for: Celebrations, Browsing, History of the Calendar
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Tags: calendar, calendrics, Gregorian calendar, holidays, holy days, Humanities, Humanities IV, Humanities V, Julian calendar, lunar calendar, New Reference Book, reference, Research, solar calendar
