Religion and Culture: World Religions
World Religion Resources
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The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
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The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions is an exceptionally wide-ranging A-Z reference guide to the history, beliefs, dogmas, practices, individuals, customs, and artefacts of the worlds religions past and present. With over 8,200 entries from eighty multi-faith international contributors this really is the definitive one-volume work on all the worlds religions. -
Who's Who of Religions
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A religious dictionary which explores the impact of leading men and women, both ancient and modern, on religion. With coverage of prophets, teachers, missionaries, mystics, holy men, saints, theologians and political leaders. Entries include Moses, Plato and Ghandi. -
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Cults, Sects, and World Religions
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Includes well-known groups and world religions, such as Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, Islam, and Baha'i* Groups with a significant North American influence, including Santeria, Rastafarians, Haitian Voodo, white supremacy groups, Wicca, and Satanism. You'll also find group histories, numerous illustrations, charts, current statistics, websites, bibliographies, and other useful information. -
The Brill Dictionary of Religion
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The Dictionary of Religion addresses religion as an element of daily life and public discourse. The Brill Dictionary of Religion helps map out and define the networks and connections created by various religions in contemporary societies, and provides models for understanding these complex phenomena. -
The Routledge Dictionary of Religious and Spiritual Quotations
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Drawn on all the great books of world religions - the Bible, the Qur'an, Zoroastrian Gathas, Hindu Vedas, Bhagavad Gita, Jewish Mishnah, Sikh Adi Granth and Chinese Tao Te Ching - in this collection of over 3000 quotations. -
Women in world religions : exploring the future
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This book delves into the future of the relationship between religion and the status of women. With contributions from distinguished scholars, it examines current trends in the following religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Confucianism, and Daoism. It envisions the implications of these developments for the future position of women.
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Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions
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A beautifully designed volume that provides in-depth information about religions of the world. Features over 3,500 entries and 32 pages of color art and maps. -
Encyclopedia of Women and World Religions
A comprehensive account of women's religious experience set in a historical and cultural context written from a wide range of perspectives, including Buddhist, Christian, Islamic and Jewish. -
The World's Religions
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This comprehensive volume focuses on the world's religions and the changes they have undergone as they become more global and diverse in form. It explores the religions of the world not only in the regions with which they have been historically associated, but also looks ;at the new cultural and religious contexts in which they are developing. -
Religions of the World [4 Volumes]
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More than 200 international experts contributed the 1,200+ entries covering each group's origin, history, organization, ecumenical contacts, and present status. Other entries focus on individual countries, surveying the current state of religious practice, supported by statistical data from leading religious statisticians David B. Barrett and Todd M. Johnson.
World Religions Reference Library
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Gale eBooks (GE)Note: Choose "World Religions Reference Library" from the list of options under the "Religion" heading. "World Religions Reference Library" is a reference work directed at high school students "covering the history, traditions and world views of dominant and less prominent religions and their sects and offshoots... [including]... Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Judaism. Less traditional and practiced religions are also included such as Shinto and Daoism."
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