Religious studies
XA General I
a Resources
b Dictionaries
c Bibliographies, indices
d Periodicals, acts, journals
e Substantive lexicons, compendia, handbooks
f Complete overviews, collected volumes
XB General II
a History and methodology of the religious studies
| 3500-4499 | Cultural studies | |
| 4500-5499 | Gender | |
| 5200-5499 | Homosexuality and religion | |
| 5500-6499 | Globalization | |
| 6500 ff | Media |
b Phenomenology of religion
| 1200-2999 | Ritual | |
| 3000 ff | Orientalism |
c Theology of religion
d Philosophy of religion
e Sociology of religion
f Psychology of religion
| 320-499 | Mysticism |
g Religion and art
| 1000 ff | Esthetics of religion |
h Christianity and non-Christian religion
i Study of Christianity
k Theories of myths
l Religion and science
m Religion and media
n Religion and ethics
o Religions and food
XC The religion in prehistoric era
a Complete overviews
(incl. also ethnological researches, that overall related to the ethnology)
b Prehistory and parahistory of Middle East, North Africa, Europe
c Prehistory of Africa (southern Sahara)
d Prehistory of India
e Prehistory of Indonesia, South East Asia, and Australia
f Prehistory of China
g Prehistory of Japan
h Prehistory of Inner Asia
i Prehistory of America
XD The religions of Central Asia, Northern Eurasia and the American Arctic
a Complete overviews
b North Asian peoples
c Finnish peoples
d Sami peoples
e Arctic peoples
f Turks
g Mongols
h Tibet, Nepal
XE The religions in South Pacific, Indonesia, Indochina Peninsula and Australia
a Complete overviews
b The religions in South Pacific
c The religions in Indonesia
d The religions in Indochina Peninsula
| 1-49 | General/lexicons | |
| 50-79 | Translations | |
| 80 ff | Monographs |
e The religions in Australia
f Other religions
XF The religion in Africa
a Comprehensive (excavations, etc.)
b Complete overviews
c West India
d West Atlantic Littoral States
e East Atlantic Littoral States
f Cameroon and Equatorial Africa
g Congo
h East Africa
i Madagascar
j South Africa
k Other religions
XG The religions in Old America
a complete overviews
b North America
c Central America
d Southern Central America, northern and middle Andean region
e South America and West Indies
XH The Egyptian religion
a supporting material, complete overviews, texts, series
b Old Kingdom and the first interim period (1th - 10th dynasties)
c Middle Kingdom and the second interim period (11th - 14th dynasties)
d Hycsos period (15th - 16th dynasties)
e New Kingdom (17th - 24th dynasties)
f Late Period (25th - 30th dynasties)
XJ The religion in Middle East and Asia Minor
a Complete overviews
b Sumerians
c Akkadians
d Babylonians
e Assyrians
f old Asia Minor incl. Urartians
g Hitites
i old Syrian
k Phoenicians
l Canaanites
m Arameans
n Old North Arabia
o Old South Arabia
p Ethiopians
XK The religions in India
a Supporting material
b Complete overviews
c Primitive religions
d Indo-Germanic
e Vedism
f Brahmanism
g Jainism
h Older Buddhism/Sikhism
i Younger Buddhism
k Syncretism and modernism
l Other religions
m Philosophy
XL The religion in Iran
a Supporting material (linguistic supporting material, historical complete overviews)
b Complete overviews of the religion
c Prehistorical incl. contact with the Mesopotamian high culture and Elam
d Indo-Iranian immigration (incl. Cimmerians, Scythians, Medes, etc.)
e Folk religion, fire cult, etc.
f Achaeimenid Period
g Zarathustra
h Comprehensive and younger Avesta
i Avestan and non-avestan Zoroastrianism, Zoroastrian vibrancies, i.a. to the West
k East Iranian peoples
l Sasanid period
m the offshoots in Islamic time
n
XM The religions in Greece and the Aegeans
a Supporting material
b Complete overview
c Pre-deism and Indo-Germanic, beliefs on the spirits, the deaths and the demons
d Cretan-Mycenaean religion
f Greek world of gods and mythology
g Dionysus, Asclepius, Orpheus, `mythical´, cults and feasts
h religion of the polis
i skepticism and enlightenment
XN The Roman religion
a complete overviews
b pre-deism
c old Roman gods
d cult and temple
e communities
f Etruscan heritage
g hellenization and philosophy by August
h era of August
XO The Hellenism
a texts
b political history
c complete overviews
d Empire of Alexander the Great
e early Hellenism
f Seleucid Empire
g Greco-Bactrian Empire
h Parthian Empire
i Asia Minor
k Ptolemaic Empire
l Greece
m Italy
n North Africa
o Spain and South Africa
p Balkan and Black Sea region
XP The Roman Imperial Era
a historical supporting material
b complete overviews, series
c Syria, Palestine
d Asia Minor
e Egypt
f Greece
g Italy
h North Africa
i Spain
k Gaul and Germania
l Balkan
XQ Late antique syncretism, mysteries, gnosis and philosophy
a Supporting material
b Complete overviews
c Hellenistic Christianity
d Mysteries
e Hermeticism and related
f Gnosis
| 1-399 | complete overviews and individual overviews | |
| 400-899 | Egyptian gnosis, incl. Nag Hammadi | |
| 900-999 | Samaritan and Jewish gnosis, incl. mysticism | |
| 1000-1299 | Asia-Minor gnosis, Syrian, Mesopotamian and Iranian gnosis |
g Manichaeism
h Mandaens
i philosophy
XR North Europe
a general, lexicons, supporting material
b complete overviews
c Edda
d Central Europe
e Scandinavian
f Vikings
g islands
h migration of peoples
i European ethnology
n Celts
| 1-999 | general, lexicons, supporting material | |
| 1000-1999 | Celts in Irland | |
| 2000-2999 | Celts and Germanic peoples | |
| 3000-3999 | Celts in other countries |
u North East Europe
| 1-999 | general, lexicons, supporting material | |
| 1000-1999 | Slavic peoples | |
| 2000-2999 | Latvia and Estonia |
XS Asia
a general
| 1-999 | lexicons, supporting material | |
| 1000-1999 | translations, anthologies | |
| 2000-2999 | overviews and introduction works | |
| 3000-3999 | history | |
| 4000-4999 | philosophy, ethics | |
| 5000-5999 | art | |
| 6000-6999 | meditation/mysticism | |
| 7000-7999 | mythology |
XT China
a Chinese religions in general
| 1-999 | lexicons, supporting material | |
| 1000-1999 | translations, anthologies | |
| 2000-2999 | overviews and introduction works | |
| 3000-3999 | history | |
| 4000-4999 | philosophy, ethics | |
| 5000-5999 | art | |
| 6000-6999 | meditation/mysticism |
b old ancestral religions
| 1-999 | prehistorical | |
| 1000-1999 | Shang | |
| 2000-2999 | Zhou |
c Daoism
| 1-999 | Lexicons, supporting material | |
| 1000-1999 | resources, translations | |
| 2000-2999 | introductions |
| 2100 ff | history |
| 3000-3999 | Lao-Tze |
| 3000-3199 | person | ||
| 3200 ff | book |
| 4000-4999 | Daoist philosophy |
| 4010-4019 | Chuang-Tzu | ||
| 4020 ff | Lie-Tzu |
| 5000-5999 | Daoist religion |
| 5400 ff | Daoist `school´ |
| 6000-6999 | Daoist folk religion |
| 7000-7999 | alchemy/ritual/`theurgy´ |
| 7500-7699 | ritual | ||
| 7700 ff | theurgy |
| 8000-8999 | mediation/mystic |
| 9000-9999 | medicine and body |
d Confucianism
| 1-999 | lexicons, supporting material | |
| 1000-1999 | resources, translations |
| 1100 ff | secondary literature on the classics |
| 2000-2999 | introductions, history |
| 2500 ff. | history |
| 3000-3999 | philosophy, ethics, ritual, religion |
| 3500-3699 | ethics | ||
| 3700-3799 | ritual | ||
| 3800 ff | religion |
| 4000-4999 | Confucius | |
| 5000-5999 | early Confucian philosophy | |
| 6000-6999 | neo-Confucianism (from 19th century up) | |
| 7000-7999 | new Confucianism (present time) |
e Chinese folk religion
| 1-999 | lexicons, supporting material | |
| 1000-1999 | resources, translations | |
| 2000-2999 | general descriptions | |
| 3000-3999 | individual studies | |
| 4000-4999 | institutions, secret societies, popular sects |
| 4100-4499 | secret societies | ||
| 4500 ff. | popular sects |
| 5000-5999 | mysticism | |
| 6000-6999 | divination | |
| 7000-7999 | feasts, customs and practices |
f religious geography/holy sites
| 1-999 | general works | |
| 1000-1999 | individual researches |
g Christianity
| 1-999 | resources, translations | |
| 1000-1999 | mission internal perspective | |
| 2000-2999 | mission external perspective |
h other religious movements (Taiping, boxer, Judaism, etc.)
j modern era
| 1-999 | republic era (1911-1949) | |
| 1000-1999 | people`s republic |
| 1000-1009 | general | ||
| 1010-1099 | resources, translations | ||
| 1010-1029 | Christianity |
| 3000-3999 | Taiwan |
XU The religions in Japan and Korea
a complete overviews
b Shinto mythology and theology
c ancestral cult, priests, holy objects
s Shinto feasts
f Chinese influences
g sects
h further other religions and new establishments
| 600 ff | Christianity |
j individual overviews
k Korea
XV Buddhism
a general
| 1-499 | lexicons, supporting material | |
| 480-499 | introductory literature to Buddhist cannon | |
| 500-999 | resources, translations | |
| 1000-1499 | introductions, overviews literature | |
| 1500-1999 | history | |
| 2000-2999 | philosophy, ethics, logic | |
| 3000-3499 | art, ritual | |
| 3500-3999 | sociology | |
| 4000-4499 | comparison, interreligious dialogue | |
| 4500-4999 | meditation | |
| 5000-5999 | (Hinayana) Theravada | |
| 6000-6999 | Mahayana | |
| 7000-7499 | Tantrism | |
| 7500-8499 | Chan, Zen | |
| 8500-8999 | other schools | |
| 9000-9499 | folk Buddhism, holy sites | |
| 9500-9999 | modern Buddism |
b Buddha and Buddhist biographic
| 1-999 | supporting material | |
| 1000-1999 | general works | |
| 2000-2999 | Buddha | |
| 3000-3999 | monks biographies | |
| 4000-4999 | women in Buddhism |
c India
| 1-499 | supporting material | |
| 500-999 | resources, translations | |
| 1000-1999 | history | |
| 1000-2999 | philosophy, ethics, logic | |
| 3000-3999 | earlier Sangha | |
| 4000-4999 | Hinayana | |
| 5000-5999 | Mahayana | |
| 6000-6999 | meditation | |
| 7000-7999 | individual schools, institution | |
| 8000-8999 | folk Buddhism | |
| 9000-9999 | modern Buddhism |
d South East Asia (excl. India, incl. Nepal)
| 1-999 | history and resources | |
| 1000-1999 | philosophy, ethics | |
| 2000-2999 | individual overviews | |
| 3000-3999 | biographies |
e Tibet
| 1-499 | supporting material | |
| 500-999 | resources and translation | |
| 1000-1999 | history | |
| 2000-2999 | biographies | |
| 3000-3999 | philosophy, ethics, symbolic | |
| 6000-6499 | meditation | |
| 6500-6999 | Buddhist art and culture | |
| 7000-7999 | travelogues | |
| 8000-8999 | modern religion policy |
f Central Asia (incl. Mongolia)
| 1-999 | history and resources | |
| 1000-1999 | philosophy, ethics |
g China
| 1-499 | supporting material | |
| 500-999 | resources, translations | |
| 1000-1999 | history | |
| 1000-2999 | philosophy, ethics | |
| 3000-3999 | earlier Buddhism | |
| 4000-4499 | Tang/Song Buddhism | |
| 4500-4999 | Yuan/Ming/Qing | |
| 5000-5999 | meditation | |
| 6000-6999 | Chan | |
| 7000-7999 | other schools | |
| 8000-8999 | folk Buddhism | |
| 9000-9999 | modern Buddhism |
h Korea
| 1-499 | supporting material | |
| 500-999 | resources, translations | |
| 1000-1999 | history | |
| 1000-2999 | philosophy, ethics | |
| 3000-3999 | meditation | |
| 4000-4999 | Zen | |
| 5000-5999 | other schools | |
| 6000-6999 | folk Buddhism | |
| 7000-7999 | modern Buddhism |
j Japan
| 1-499 | supporting material | |
| 500-999 | resources, translations | |
| 1000-1999 | history | |
| 1000-2999 | philosophy, ethics | |
| 3000-3999 | meditation | |
| 4000-4999 | Zen | |
| 5000-5999 | other schools | |
| 6000-6999 | folk Buddhism | |
| 7000-7999 | modern Buddhism |
k Europe
| 1-999 | supporting material | |
| 1000-1999 | history, forms of reception | |
| 2000-2999 | philosophy, ethics | |
| 3000-3999 | sociology | |
| 4000-4999 | Theravada | |
| 5000-5999 | Zen | |
| 6000-6999 | Tibetian Buddhism | |
| 7000-7999 | meditation | |
| 8000-8999 | New Age, self-awareness, psychology, drugs |
l USA, Australia
| 1-999 | supporting material | |
| 1000-1999 | history, forms of reception | |
| 2000-2999 | philosophy, ethics | |
| 3000-3999 | sociology | |
| 4000-4999 | Theravada | |
| 5000-5999 | Zen | |
| 6000-6999 | Tibetian Buddhism | |
| 7000-7999 | meditation, New Age, self-awareness | |
| 8000-8999 | psychology, drugs |
m other countries
XW Islam
a history of literature and supporting material
b complete overviews
c Mohammed
d Quran
e sunnah
f theology
g law
h philosophy and science
i art
j Shia and mysticism
k sects
l folk belief
m modernism
n history of Islamic peoples
o intercultural dialogues; comparison
p Islam in Europe
q Islam in Africa
r women in Islam
XY teaching materials
m materials
| 1-999 | Hinduism | |
| 1000-1999 | Buddhism | |
| 2000-2999 | Judaism | |
| 3000-3999 | Christianity | |
| 4000-4999 | Islam | |
| 5000-5999 | Chinese religions | |
| 6000-6999 | religions in Africa |
XZ modern history of religion
a general: complete and individual overviews, reference works, lexicons, anthologies, etc.
| 1-2999 | general lexicons, handbooks and individual overviews | |
| 3000-3499 | special to the context of Europe | |
| 3500 ff | special to the context of Germany |
b systematic acceses to the spectrum of modern religiosity
| 1-399 | to the discussion on concepts as sects, brainwashing, etc. | |
| 400-599 | polemic/apolemic, skeptics and Counter-Cult Movement (see also under Qh) | |
| 600-699 | juridical aspects and political decisions | |
| 700-799 | dialogue of the religions | |
| 800-999 | religio-sociological and economical aspects | |
| 1000-1099 | syncretism | |
| 1100-1199 | nativism | |
| 1200-1299 | revival | |
| 1300-1499 | millenarism (apocalyptic, chiliasm) | |
| 1500-1599 | belief on reincarnation | |
| 1600-1799 | fundamentalism | |
| 1800-1999 | meditation | |
| 2000-2199 | particular reference to the new media (religion and internet, religion and music culture and popular culture, etc.) | |
| 2200 ff | technology, scientific worldview and religion |
c new religions, spiritual currents and new religious movement (NRM) from Western contexts (primarily Europe and America) ->see also study of confession Q
| 1-499 | general introductions to the history of religion | |
| 500-999 | NRM within and in the milieu of Christianity - assorted samples (cf. to the study of confession: primarily Q f-h) | |
| 1000-1499 | Church of Jesus Christ Latest Day Saints (Mormonism) |
| 1200-1499 | reorganized |
| 1500-1599 | spiritism | |
| 1600-1799 | theosophy | |
| 1800-1999 | esoteric, New Age, Atlantis | |
| 2300-2399 | anthroposophy | |
| 2400-2999 | secret societies and deceived-like communities | |
| 3000-3399 | scientology | |
| 3400-3799 | UFO-movements and astronauts gods-mythology | |
| 3800-3999 | universal life | |
| 4000-4099 | Neo-Shamanism | |
| 4100-4299 | new paganism, sibyls | |
| 4300-4999 | Satanism, occultism | |
| 5000-5499 | therapeutic-oriented movements | |
| 5500-5999 | other worldviews | |
| 6000 ff | political ideologies |
d new religions and NRM with Islamic background
| 1-299 | introductions, general overviews | |
| 300-599 | Baha`i (incl. Babism) | |
| 600-1999 | Ahmadis | |
| 2000 ff. | other new religious movements in Islamic origin |
e NRM with Indian resp. Hindu background
| 1-399 | general introductions to the history of religion of Indian NRM | |
| 400-799 | (new Hindu) groups and gurus from the colonial era | |
| 800-999 | post-colonial groupings and gurus individually | |
| 1000-1199 | yoga and Western reception of yoga | |
| 1200-1399 | ISKCON (Hare Krishna movement) | |
| 1400-1599 | transcendental meditation | |
| 1600-1699 | Ananda Marga | |
| 1700-1999 | Sai Baba | |
| 2000 ff. | Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh/Osho |
f NRM and spiritual currents with East-Asia background
-> Japan
| 1-299 | general introductions and complete overviews to the NRW in Japan | |
| 300-1999 | individual (smaller) groups |
especially:
| 300-399 | Tenrikyo | |
| 400-499 | Omotokyo | |
| 500-699 | Soka Gakkai | |
| 700-799 | Reiyukai, Rissho Kosei Kai | |
| 800 ff. | Aum Shinrikyo |
-> China
| 2000-2199 | general introductions to the Chinese NRM | |
| 2200-2999 | individual (smaller) groups |
especially:
| 2400-2599 | Tai Chi movement/Qi Gong movement (incl. Western reception) | ||
| 2600-2699 | Falun Gong | ||
| 2700-2999 | Feng Shui |
-> Korea
| 3000-3199 | general introductions to NRM in Korea | |
| 3200-3799 | Unification Church (Mun movement) | |
| 3800-4999 | others |
-> Vietnam/Laos/Cambodia
| 5000-5199 | general introductions and overviews | |
| 5200 ff. | Cao Dai |
g NRM from Africa resp. with clear African elements (incl. Afro-Carribean new religions - excl. America)
| 1-299 | general introductions to the African NRM | |
| 300-999 | descriptions from African independent churches | |
| 1000-1199 | Voodoo | |
| 1200-2499 | Rastafari | |
| 2500 ff. | Black Hebrew |
h Religious new establishments in American contexts with Indian, African or syncretistic backgrounds
-> North America
| 1-99 | General overviews | |
| 100-199 | Amerindian NRM and revitalization movements | |
| 200-499 | Ghost Dance movement | |
| 500-699 | Afro-American NRM | |
| 700-799 | Nation of Islam | |
| 800 ff | (Hoodoo) |
-> Middle and South America
| 2000-2500 | General overviews | |
| 2501-2999 | Mesoamerican NRM and Indian revitalization movements | |
| 3000-3999 | Afro-Brazilian new religions |
especially:
| 3200-3999 | Umbanda, Candomblé |
| 4000 ff | Miscellaneous |
various/miscellaneous/etc.
| 1-99 | Private revelation and alternative science | |
| 100 ff | Migration movements/diaspora |