New books at New College Library – November TAGS: anthropology | Books | Buddhism | Hinduism | New College Library | Religious Studies New College Library has a regular display of new books at the far end of the Library Hall, close to the door to the stacks. New this month is The anthropology …Continue reading →

New Buddhism e-book collection now available TAGS: Buddhism | Divinity | online | Religious Studies | University of Edinburgh Last spring, we were successful in bidding for a range of new online resources for Divinity. I’m pleased to announce that one of these, 47 titles from the Routledge Critical …Continue reading →

New books at New College Library – May TAGS: Books | Divinity | Judaism | library catalogue | New College Library | Religious Studies | University of Edinburgh | World Christianity New College Library has a regular display of new books at the far end of the Library Hall, close to the door to the stacks. New in this month  is Religion …Continue reading →

New online journals for Divinity TAGS: Divinity | ejournals | online | Religious Studies | Theology & Ethics | University of Edinburgh Two new electronic journals are now accessible to University of Edinburgh users via the e-journals list. The Journal of Reformed Theology (JRT) is a refereed international journal of systematic, historical, …Continue reading →

New books at New College Library – March TAGS: Books | Buddhism | Divinity | islam | library catalogue | New College Library | Religious Studies | students | University of Edinburgh New College Library has a regular display of new books at the far end of the Library Hall, close to the door to the stacks. Currently in the display is …Continue reading →

World Religion Database on trial now TAGS: online | religion | Religious Studies | research | University of Edinburgh World Religion Database is now available on trial access to University of Edinburgh Users. Access is available on campus and off campus via the VPN. The trial ends on 14 …Continue reading →

World Christian Database on trial now TAGS: Christianity | online | religion | Religious Studies | research | University of Edinburgh | World Christianity World Christian Database is now available on trial access to University of Edinburgh Users. Access is available on campus and off campus via the VPN. The trial ends on 14 February. …Continue reading →

Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism Online on trial now TAGS: Hinduism | India | online | Religious Studies | University of Edinburgh On trial now for University of Edinburgh users is Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism Online . Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism presents the latest research on all the main aspects of the …Continue reading →

Historic record of Jewish festivals at New College Library TAGS: Church of Scotland | Dalman-Christie | Funk | Hebrew | Jerusalem | Jewish | Judaism | New College Library | rare books | Religious Studies | seventeenth-century | Special Collections It’s September 16 and the beginning of Rosh Hashanah,  the Jewish New Year festival. Rosh Hashanah customs include sounding the shofar, or ram’s horn trumpet, and eating apples dipped in …Continue reading →

Islamic Collections at New College Library TAGS: Books | Divinity | islam | journals | New College Library | Religious Studies | Special Collections | University of Edinburgh Muslims all over the world join together this week for Ramadan, the greatest religious observance in Islam.  Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, when Muslims fast during …Continue reading →