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Encyclopedia of religion

Author: Lindsay Jones
Publisher: Detroit : Macmillan Reference USA, ©2005.
Edition/Format:   eBook : Document : English : 2nd edView all editions and formats
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This second edition, which is intended to reflect both changes in academia and in the world since 1987, includes almost all of the 2,750 original entries -- many heavily updated -- as well as approximately 600 entirely new articles. It emphasizes religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture.
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Title: Encyclopedia of religion
Database Name: WorldCat
All Authors / Contributors: Lindsay Jones
ISBN: 002865997X (e-book); 9780028659978 (e-book)
Notes: Rev. ed. of: The Encyclopedia of religion / [editor in chief, Mircea Eliade ; editors, Charles J. Adams ... et al.]. c1987.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Content: v. 1. Aaron -- Attention -- v. 2. Attributes of God -- Butler, Joseph -- v. 3. Cabasilas, Nicholas -- Cyrus II -- v. 4. Dacian rides -- Esther -- v. 5. Eternity -- God -- v. 6. Goddess worship -- Iconoclasm -- v. 7. Iconography -- Justin martyr -- v. 8. Ka'bah -- Marx, Karl -- v. 9. Mary -- Ndembu religion -- v. 10. Necromancy -- Pindar -- v. 11. Pius IX -- Rivers -- v. 12. Rnying ma pa school -- Soul -- v. 13. South American Indian religions -- Transcendence and immanence -- v. 14. Transcendental meditation -- Zwingli, Huldrych -- v. 15. Index.
Description: 1 online resource (15 v.) : ill.
Contents: v. 1. Aaron -- Attention -- v. 2. Attributes of God -- Butler, Joseph -- v. 3. Cabasilas, Nicholas -- Cyrus II -- v. 4. Dacian rides -- Esther -- v. 5. Eternity -- God -- v. 6. Goddess worship -- Iconoclasm -- v. 7. Iconography -- Justin martyr -- v. 8. Ka'bah -- Marx, Karl -- v. 9. Mary -- Ndembu religion -- v. 10. Necromancy -- Pindar -- v. 11. Pius IX -- Rivers -- v. 12. Rnying ma pa school -- Soul -- v. 13. South American Indian religions -- Transcendence and immanence -- v. 14. Transcendental meditation -- Zwingli, Huldrych -- v. 15. Index.
Responsibility: Lindsay Jones, editor in chief.
Genre/Form: Electronic books.
Encyclopedias.
Encyclopédies.
Additional Physical Format: Print version: Encyclopedia of religion. Detroit : Macmillan Reference USA, c2005 (DLC) 2004017052 (OCoLC)56057973
Year: c2005.
Publisher: Detroit : Macmillan Reference USA,
Class Descriptors: LC Class No.: BL31; Dewey No.: 200/.3
OCLC No.: 62762879

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This second edition, which is intended to reflect both changes in academia and in the world since 1987, includes almost all of the 2,750 original entries -- many heavily updated -- as well as approximately 600 entirely new articles. It emphasizes religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture.
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