CATEGORY
Subject Guides and Bibliographies
ACCESS
open access
URL
https://crta.info/wiki/Main_Page
DESCRIPTION
The Chinese Religious Text Authority (CRTA) is an open-access, international, collaborative digital humanities project providing reliable bibliographic and academic information about Chinese religious texts produced prior to 1949. CRTA connects bibliographic information across collections, archives, and private libraries worldwide to map detailed webs of relationships among producers, publishers, and distributors of religious texts. The first phase focuses on pre-1949 Chinese religious texts included in major reprint collections. By creating a comprehensive bibliographic authority system, CRTA enables researchers to discover formerly unknown associations between texts, publishers, distributors, and religious communities. The project serves as a critical infrastructure for scholars of Chinese religions, helping to identify unique editions, trace textual transmission, and understand the networks of religious text production and circulation in modern China. The collaborative, wiki-based platform allows scholars worldwide to contribute and refine bibliographic data.
SOURCE LIST
ACLS Open Database Resource Guide
TAGS
LAST MODIFIED
2026-01-16