Created by Thomas P. Shoemaker in conjunction with the book Engagement: A New Approach to World Religions. All text on the site was written by Thomas P. Shoemaker except as noted below.

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Music.

The music used in the Engagement Audio Portraits and the Engagement Challenges was composed by Keith Heffner and is used with his permission.

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Scriptures.

Rig Veda 10.121. Translation by Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty, from The Rig Veda: An Anthology (Penguin, 1981).

Chandogya Upanishad 6.8.6 - 6.10.3. Translation by Patrick Olivelle, from The Upansihads (Oxford, 1996).

Bhagavad-gita 11:4-16. Translation by Barbara Stoler Miller, from The Bhagavad-Gita (Bantam: 1986).

The Crest Jewel of Discrimination vv. 6-15. Written by Sankara, translation by John Richards, now public domain.

Devi Mahatmya 7.1-23. Translation by Thomas B. Coburn, from Encountering the Goddess (State University of New York: 1991).

Dhammapada 17. translation by Acharya Buddharakkhita, from The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom (Buddhist Publication Society: 1985).

Lotus Sutra 2.36. Translation by H. Kern (1884), now public domain. Adaptation by Thomas P. Shoemaker.

"Principles of Zazen" from Treasury of the Eye of the True Dharma (Shobogenzo Book 11). Translation by The Soto Zen Text Project.

Amitabha Sutra . Translation by Dr. Ronald Epstein from Vajra Bodhi Sea: A Monthly Journal of Orthodox Buddhism, No. 9 (Dec., 1970), pp. 11-21 (Now freely distributed).

Heart Sutra. Translation from Conze, Edward. Buddhist Scriptures. Penguin: 1959.

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Pictures.

All images are either created by Thomas P. Shoemaker, public domain, commonly used on the web with no available attribution, or reprinted with permission of the owner. If questions arise about the ownership of any image, please contact us Locations from which images were taken are listed here:

	Website: Impact of Dravidians on the Development of Civilization in India (public domain; last accessed 07/28/2009). WE Location: Story of Hinduism: Screen 1
	Website: Wikipedia article: Ashvamedha (painting by Sahib Din, 1652; public domain; last accessed 07/28/2009). WE Location: Story of Hinduism: Screen 2
	Website: Indian Temples and Iconography (common image w/o attribution; last accessed 07/29/2009). WE Location: Story of Hinduism: Screen 3
	Website: Wikipedia article: Chaturanga (public domain; last accessed 07/29/2009). WE Location: Story of Hinduism: Screen 4
	Website: Wikipedia article: Sidi Bashir Mosque (painting by Robert Melville Grindlay, 1809; public domain; last accessed 07/29/2009). WE Location: Story of Hinduism: Screen 5
	Website: West Bengal Darshan: March 2009 (common image w/o attribution; last accessed 07/29/2009). WE Location: Story of Hinduism: Screen 6
	Website: Wikipedia article: Salt Satyagraha (public domain; last accessed 07/29/2009). WE Location: Story of Hinduism: Screen 7
	Website: Original source not noted (Sri Maha Vallabha Ganapathi temple; photo source not noted; last accessed 07/29/2009). WE Location: Story of Hinduism: Screen 8
	Website: D & D Galleries Catalogue (public domain; last accessed 07/29/2009). WE Location: Scriptures: Hinduism
	Website: Wikimedia Commons: Bagamati Cremation (public domain; last accessed 07/29/2009). WE Location: Death and Hinduism
	Website: Mogao Caves in China (public domain; last accessed 07/28/2009). WE Location: Story of Chinese Religion: Screen 3
	Website: Picasa Web Albums (last accessed 07/28/2009). WE Location: Death and Chinese Tradition
	Website: Wikimedia Commons (public domain; last accessed 07/28/2009). WE Location: Scriptures: Chinese