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Key Databases

ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials (EBSCO Publishing)
Provides indexing of periodicals, essay collections, church documents, papal documents and electronic resources expressly addressing the practice and intellectual tradition of Roman Catholicism. Content within its scope is selected for indexing based on enduring scholarly merit.
JSTOR Religion and Theology

Proquest-(Religion)
This database provides a wide range of primarily full-text, international periodicals for diverse religious and spiritual studies, covering formal theological studies of major religions, as well as the most recent trends and scholarly thought

Shinto Texts on the Web

Sacred Text Archive - Shintoism
This section has scriptures of the Shinto religion, as well as other texts that relate to the spirituality of Japan, which combines Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism, Animism and other themes. There is also a collection of Ainu Texts.

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Ainu Texts
The Ainu are Japans' largest ethnic minority. They are known for Shamanistic beliefs and practises which are considered part of the Siberian tradition. Shamanism is probably one of the sources of Shinto, the indigenous religion of the ethnic Japanese.

Shintoism Online

Encyclopedia of Shinto

DVD Resource

Shinto Nature, Gods, and Man in Japan by A film by Peter Grilli and David Westphal
Call Number: DVD BL2220 .S54