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Genre/Form: | Encyclopedia encyclopedias Encyclopedias Encyclopédies lexikon |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter B Clarke; Peter Beyer |
ISBN: | 9780415397254 0415397251 |
OCLC Number: | 212848985 |
Description: | xxi, 783 pages ; 26 cm |
Responsibility: | edited by Peter B. Clarke, Peter Beyer. |
Abstract:
Focuses on the world's religions and the changes they have undergone as they become more global and diverse in form. This book 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.
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'Recommended' - Choice'The thrust of this reference work is to reflect and understanding continuity and transformation and it does this well' -- Reference Reviews'There is food for thought here for the most emphatic of theists and atheists and the book is a useful addition to the thinking of anyone int he field, and to libraries serving their needs.' -- Reference Reviews'a vademecum for students, scholars, and all those interested in 'institutional' and 'voluntary' religious orders, to borrow from Troeltsch, in their historical and contemporary archetypes.' -- Amidu Olalekan Sanni, Lagos State University Read more...
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