THE NEW RELIGIONS OF JAPAN
HANDBOOKS/REFERENCE BOOKS:
GENERAL WORKS ON THE NEW RELIGIONS OF JAPAN:
BODIFORD William M., Chronology of Religion in Japan, in: Paul SWANSON
(ed.), Nanzan guide to Japanese religions, Honolulu 2007, 395-
432
CLARKE Peter B., Bibliography of Japanese New Religions. With Annotations and an
Introduction to Japanese New Religions at Home and Abroad
(plus an Appendix on Aum Shinriky) (Japan Library),
Richmond 1999
INOUE Nobutaka  u.a., Shinshky Jiten  [Dictionary of New
Religions], Tky 1990
INOUE Nobutaka (ed.), Neureligionen: Stand ihrer Erforschung in Japan. Ein
Handbuch (Studies in Oriental Religions 31), Wiesbaden 1995
SPECIFICALLY FOR BUDDHIST TERMINOLOGY:
INAGAKI Hisao, A Dictionary of Japanese Buddhist Terms, based on references in
Japanese literature, in collaboration with P. G. O'Neill, Kyoto
21985
MULLER, Charles u.a., Digital Dictionary of Buddhism/Dianzi fojiao cidian 
, on the CBETA CD-ROM  () (vgl.
http://www.cbeta.org)
SOOTHILL, William E./HODOUS, Lewis, A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms. With
Sanskrit and English Equivalents and a Sanskrit-Pali Index,
London 1937 (online: http://www.acmuller.net/soothill/)
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BOOKS/ARTICLES:
INOUE Nobutaka (ed.), Shinto - A Short History, translated and adapted by M.
Teewen and John Breen, London 2003
INOUE Nobutaka, Recent Trends in the Study of Japanese New Religions, in: INOUE
Nobutaka (Hg.), New Religions (Contemporary Papers on
Japanese Religion 2), online:
http://www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/cpjr/newreligions/in
oue.html
KISALA Robert, Prophets of Peace. Pacifism and Cultural Identity in Japan's New
Religions, Honolulu 1999
KISALA Robert/MULLINS Mark (Hg.), Religion and Social Crisis in Japan,
Understanding Japanese Society through the Aum Affair,
Basingstoke 2001
LOKOWANDT Ernst, Shint. Eine Einführung, München 2001
MULLINS Mark R. (ed.), Handbook of Christianity in Japan (Handbuch der
Orientalistik 5,10), Leiden u.a. 2003
NAUMANN Nelly, Die einheimische Religion Japans (Handbuch der Orientalistik
5/4/1), Bd. 1: Bis zum Ende der Heian-Zeit; Bd. 2:
Synkretistische Lehren und religiöse Entwicklungen von der
Kamakura- bis zum Beginn der Edo-Zeit , Leiden u.a. 1988­
1994
READER Ian, Religion in Contemporary Japan, London 1991
READER Ian/ TANABE, George J. Jr., Practically Religious. Worldly Benefits and the
Common Religion of Japan, Honolulu 1998
SHIMAZONO Susumu, From Salvation to Spirituality. Popular Religious Movements in
Modern Japan (Japanese Society Series), Melbourne 2004
DDr. Franz Winter, University of Vienna, February 2010