The Human Meaning Atlas

Sources

The primary texts and reference works consulted for each tradition represented on this site. This project is a work in progress — claim-by-claim citation is a planned next step, and this list currently reflects general sourcing rather than line-by-line footnotes.

Christianity

  • The Bible (NRSV translation) — primary text
  • John Bowker (ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica — "Christianity"

Buddhism

  • Pali Canon (translations via SuttaCentral.net and Access to Insight) — primary text
  • John Bowker (ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
  • Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught

Islam

  • The Quran (M.A.S. Abdel Haleem translation) — primary text
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
  • John L. Esposito, Islam: The Straight Path

Judaism

  • The Hebrew Bible / Tanakh (JPS translation) — primary text
  • The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica — "Judaism"

Stoicism

  • Marcus Aurelius, Meditations — primary text
  • Epictetus, Enchiridion — primary text
  • Seneca, Letters from a Stoic — primary text
  • Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — "Stoicism"

Hinduism

  • trans. Eknath Easwaran, The Bhagavad Gita — primary text
  • The Upanishads — primary text
  • John Bowker (ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica — "Hinduism"

Confucianism

  • Confucius, trans. Arthur Waley, The Analects — primary text
  • Mencius — primary text
  • John Bowker (ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica — "Confucianism"

Sikhism

  • The Guru Granth Sahib — primary text
  • John Bowker (ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica — "Sikhism"

Taoism

  • Laozi, trans. D.C. Lau, Tao Te Ching — primary text
  • Zhuangzi — primary text
  • John Bowker (ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica — "Taoism"

Jainism

  • Umasvati, Tattvartha Sutra — primary text
  • Acaranga Sutra — primary text
  • John Bowker (ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica — "Jainism"

Shinto

  • Kojiki — primary text
  • Nihon Shoki — primary text
  • John Bowker (ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica — "Shinto"