An update to the global bibliography first posted on academia in mid July 2016. Additions (many pre-dating the original 2011 cut-off date and those published more recently) are signified by double asterisks ** for those who wish simply to search for additions to last year's posting.

A version of this bibliography was originally compiled for the author’s article on “Historiography”, in volume 1 of the New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, ed. M.C. Horowitz (2005). It has been revised and more than doubled in length since then, but even so is still a “select” bibliography. The bibliography lists ethnohistorical works not commonly included in bibliographies of historiography. The emphasis is on works on English but select works in other languages, especially German, French and Italian have also been included for those wishing to follow up topics in further detail; however the reader should note that for every foreign language work listed many more have been left out. With some exceptions, individual chapters within edited volumes of essays are not listed separately unless specifically cited in the text. Conversely, where less than three chapters from an edited volume have been used, they are listed individually but there is no separate listing of the volume as a whole. Editions of primary texts are included much more selectively, either where they have been directly quoted from (for example in the longer extracts that this book features), or where they contain useful introductory or editorial matter commenting on author and text. Most such texts are listed in the footnotes at the point at which they are cited in the present work. In the case of edited collections of essays or sources with more than three editors, only the first name is listed for the sake of space. In the case of journals, typically only volume number and year will be given, not issue number within a year, though in certain exceptions (for instance, special theme issues) the number is sometimes included. NOTE: THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY WAS CLOSED EXCEPT FOR MINOR ADDITIONS IN 2010.

Below you will find a compilation of scholarly texts, literature, and mixed media resources borne out of the social and political realities of our age. They are, I hope, a diverse collection of materials that may help us shed light on the historical and present contingencies that have led us to this moment in time, and make sense of where we might go from here. It is by no means a perfect or definitive list; it is merely a personal compendium – one which itself is constantly evolving through conversations with friends and colleagues – made public. As such, freely share this with those you think would be interested, and especially to those who wouldn't. I extend the following disclaimer: for non-English-language texts that have amassed multiple translations, the ones presented here are those of my own preference. Nonetheless, I strongly encourage you read the texts in all their diverse manifestations, sensitive to the historical and material contexts of their being translated, as well as the authors who carry out the translations themselves. And for those of you proficient in the original language(s) of transcription, I strongly encourage you to first read the original works. Translations, after all, are never able to capture the nuances and beauty of the original (and we may, of course, say this of language more generally). As an instructor of undergraduate students, I offer this as a source of inspiration for academics who are writing course syllabi, no matter the discipline. As an American, I offer this because we cannot allow fear to conquer resolve. As a friend, I offer this out of weariness, capitulation, and disappointment, but also out of fortitude, hope, and love.

This bibliographies are by no means exhaustive lists, but are meant to provide an overview of the types of books and articles available for your use. Please feel free to implement them into your current research.

This volume brings together for the first time some of the world’s leading authorities on the German mystic Jacob Boehme, to illuminate his thought and its reception over four centuries for the benefit of students and advanced scholars alike. Boehme’s theosophical works have influenced Western culture in profound ways since their dissemination in the early 17th Century, and these interdisciplinary essays trace the social and cultural networks as well as the intellectual pathways involved in Boehme’s enduring impact. The chapters range from situating Boehme in the 16th Century Radical Reformation, to discussions of his significance in modern theology. They explore the major contexts for Boehme’s reception including the Pietist movement, Russian religious thought and Western esotericism, as well as focusing more closely on important readers: the religious radicals of the English Civil Wars and the later English Behmenists; literary figures such as Goethe and Blake, and great philosophers of the modern age, among them Schelling and Hegel. Together, the chapters illustrate the depth and variety of Boehme’s influence and a concluding chapter addresses directly an underlying theme of the volume – asking why Boehme matters today, and how readers in the present might be enriched by a fresh engagement with his apparently opaque and complex writings.