A Closer Look at Atla’s Titles by Subject: Hinduism and Jainism

Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest and most diverse religious traditions, encompassing a wide range of beliefs, practices, rituals, texts, and philosophical systems. Currently, Hinduism is the world’s third largest, with over 1.2 billion followers, the majority of whom reside in India but with diasporic communities in North America, Europe, African, and other parts of Asia. Jainism, sharing the same cultural roots with Hinduism, stemming from the Vedic tradition, currently has about 4 million followers mainly in India. Although a smaller religious community, Jainism has a far-reaching influence worldwide. Exploring the historical, philosophical, and cultural connections between these two world religions enriches the academic understanding of religious and cultural developments in the Indian subcontinent.  

The Atla Religion Database^® (Atla RDB^®) offers a comprehensive range of academic resources on Hinduism and Jainism, with cutting edge scholarship from religious studies and related disciplines such as history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, art history, and more.  

Atla currently indexes 17 Hinduism- and Jainism-focused journals, 7 of which are full-text, a number that is always growing. Scholarship on Hinduism and Jainism offered by Atla RDB^® are published in countries including United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, India, Japan, Germany, and France, in languages such as English, German, French, Hindi, and Japanese.  

Subject coverage includes

• The continuity of traditional textual studies on sacred texts of Hinduism and Jainism 
• Social and cultural studies of Hinduism and Jainism  
• Philosophical studies on Hindu and Jaina doctrines and intellectual traditions 
• Comparative Studies and Interreligious Dialogue between Hinduism and Jainism and with other major world religions 
• Digital Humanities approach to Hinduism and Jainism by digitalizing ancient texts, creation of digital archives, computational analysis of textual data, and utilizing technology for data visualization. 

In addition to academic journals, Atla also indexes magazines published by religious organizations in South Asia, such as Prabuddha Bharata by the Ramakrishna Mission. These magazines are supplemental to academic research and provide first-hand information regarding these religious movements. 

Atla has indexed 14 Hinduism titles back to Volume 1, Issue 1, including the following

• Journal of Hindu Studies: This journal is published by Oxford University Press since 2008, and it includes studies on Hinduism, as well as Jainism and other Hindu folk religious traditions of South Asia. It encourages interdisciplinary studies and methodologies, and published articles on Hindu culture from perspectives of historiography, textual criticism, anthropology, ethnomusicology, comparative religion, sociology, and political science. Atla provides indexing of this journal with full-text access. 
• Journal of Indian Philosophy: Published by Springer, this journal is committed to publishing academic work on well-established topics in Hindu Studies (as well as Indian religions in ways that will connect with Hindu texts and traditions), to fostering new work in neglected areas, and to stimulating the formulation of alternative perspectives on a wide range of topics. It provides studies on classical philosophical schools such as Vedanta, Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Samkhya, Yoga, and Mimamsa, as well as Buddhist and Jain philosophical traditions. Atla provides indexing of this journal with full-text access. 
• International Journal of Hindu Studies: Founded in 1997, the journal supports critical inquiry, hermeneutical interpretive proposals, and historical investigation into all aspects of Hindu traditions. It publishes academic work on well-established topics in Hindu Studies (as well as Indian religions in ways that will connect with Hindu texts and traditions), to fostering new work in neglected areas, and to stimulating the formulation of alternative perspectives on a wide range of topics. Moreover, the journal’s field of interest, “Hindu Studies,” is understood in a broadly civilizational way rather than in a parochial or narrowly religious manner. Therefore, scholarships on Buddhism, Jainism, and Hindu folk religions are also published alongside studies focusing on Brahmanism and Hinduism. Atla provides indexing of this journal with full-text access. 
• International Journal of Jaina Studies: It is one of the few academic journals dedicated to the study of Jainism. Published by the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) from 2005, the main objective of the journal is to publish research papers, monographs, and reviews in the field of Jain Studies in a form that makes them quickly and easily accessible to the international academic community, and to the general public. It is an open-access journal and Atla has indexed the journal from its inaugural issue. 

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