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| Title: | Worldmark encyclopedia of religious practices |
|---|---|
| Database Name: | WorldCat |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Thomas Riggs; Thomson Gale (Firm) |
| ISBN: | 0787693901 (electronic book); 9780787693909 (electronic book) |
| Notes: | Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index. Content: v. 1. Religions and denominations -- v. 2. Countries A-L -- v. 3 Countries M-Z. Content: Editor's Preface -- Introduction -- Advisory Board -- Notes on Contributors -- Chronology -- List of Holy Days -- Practices and Beliefs -- Quotations on Beliefs -- Populations -- Glossary -- v. 1. Religions and Denominations -- African Traditional Religions -- Bahá'í Faith -- Buddhism -- Mahayana Buddhism -- Theravada Buddhism -- Tibetan Buddhism -- Christianity -- Anglicanism (Episcopalianism) -- Baptist Tradition -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Coptic Christianity -- Eastern Catholicism -- Eastern Orthodoxy -- Evangelicalism -- Jehovah's Witnesses -- Lutheranism -- Methodism -- Pentecostalism -- Protestantism -- Reformed Christianity -- Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) -- Roman Catholicism -- Seventh-day Adventists -- Unitarianism and Universalism -- United Church of Christ -- Confucianism -- Hinduism -- Shaivism -- Vaishnavism -- Islam -- Shiism -- Sunnism -- Jainism -- Judaism -- Conservative Judaism -- Orthodox Judaism -- Reform Judaism -- Shinto -- Sikhism -- Taoism -- Zoroastrianism -- Index -- v. 2. Country Entries A-L -- Afghanistan -- Albania -- Algeria -- Andorra -- Angola -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Argentina -- Armenia -- Australia -- Austria -- Azerbaijan -- Bahamas -- Bahrain -- Bangladesh -- Barbados -- Belarus -- Belgium -- Benin -- Bhutan -- Bolivia -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Botswana -- Brazil -- Brunei -- Bulgaria -- Burkina Faso -- Burundi -- Cameroon -- Canada -- Cape Verdi -- Central African Republic -- Chad -- Chile -- China -- Colombia -- Comoros -- Costa Rica -- Cote d'Ivoire -- Croatia -- Cuba -- Cyprus -- Czech Republic -- Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Denmark -- Djibouti -- Dominica -- Dominican Republic -- East Timor -- Ecuador -- Egypt -- El Salvador -- Equatorial Guinea -- Eritrea -- Estonia -- Ethiopia -- Fiji -- Finland -- France -- Gabon -- Gambia -- Georgia -- Germany -- Ghana -- Greece -- Grenada -- Guatemala -- Guinea -- Guinea-Bissau -- Guyana -- Haiti -- Honduras -- Hungary -- Iceland -- India -- Indonesia -- Iran -- Iraq -- Ireland -- Israel -- Italy -- Jamaica -- Japan -- Jordan -- Kazakhstan -- Kenya -- Kiribati -- Kuwait -- Kyrgyzstan -- Laos -- Latvia -- Lebanon -- Lesotho -- Liberia -- Libya -- Liechtenstein -- Lithuania -- Luxembourg -- Index -- v. 3. Country Entries M-Z -- Macedonia -- Madagascar -- Malawi -- Malaysia -- Maldives -- Mali -- Malta -- Marshall Islands -- Mauritania -- Mauritius -- Mexico -- Micronesia -- Moldova -- Monaco -- Mongolia -- Morocco -- Mozambique -- Myanmar -- Namibia -- Nauru -- Nepal -- Netherlands -- New Zealand -- Nicaragua -- Niger -- Nigeria -- North Korea -- Norway -- Oman -- Pakistan -- Palau -- Panama -- Papua New Guinea -- Paraguay -- Peru -- Philippines -- Poland -- Portugal -- Qatar -- Republic of the Congo -- Romania -- Russia -- Rwanda -- Saint Kitts and Nevis -- Saint Lucia -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -- Samoa -- San Marino -- São Tomé and Príncipe -- Saudi Arabia -- Senegal -- Serbia and Montenegro -- Seychelles -- Sierra Leone -- Singapore -- Slovakia -- Slovenia -- Solomon Islands -- Somalia -- South Africa -- South Korea -- Spain -- Sri Lanka -- Sudan -- Suriname -- Swaziland -- Sweden -- Switzerland -- Syria -- Taiwan -- Tajikistan -- Tanzania -- Thailand -- Togo -- Tonga -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Tunisia -- Turkey -- Turkmenistan -- Tuvalu -- Uganda -- Ukraine -- United Arab Emirates -- United Kingdom -- United States -- Uruguay -- Uzbekistan -- Vanuatu -- Vatican City -- Venezuela -- Vietnam -- Yemen -- Zambia -- Zimbabwe -- Index. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (lxxxvi, 1793 p.) : ill. |
| Contents: | v. 1. Religions and denominations -- v. 2. Countries A-L -- v. 3 Countries M-Z.; Editor's Preface -- Introduction -- Advisory Board -- Notes on Contributors -- Chronology -- List of Holy Days -- Practices and Beliefs -- Quotations on Beliefs -- Populations -- Glossary -- v. 1. Religions and Denominations -- African Traditional Religions -- Bahá'í Faith -- Buddhism -- Mahayana Buddhism -- Theravada Buddhism -- Tibetan Buddhism -- Christianity -- Anglicanism (Episcopalianism) -- Baptist Tradition -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Coptic Christianity -- Eastern Catholicism -- Eastern Orthodoxy -- Evangelicalism -- Jehovah's Witnesses -- Lutheranism -- Methodism -- Pentecostalism -- Protestantism -- Reformed Christianity -- Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) -- Roman Catholicism -- Seventh-day Adventists -- Unitarianism and Universalism -- United Church of Christ -- Confucianism -- Hinduism -- Shaivism -- Vaishnavism -- Islam -- Shiism -- Sunnism -- Jainism -- Judaism -- Conservative Judaism -- Orthodox Judaism -- Reform Judaism -- Shinto -- Sikhism -- Taoism -- Zoroastrianism -- Index -- v. 2. Country Entries A-L -- Afghanistan -- Albania -- Algeria -- Andorra -- Angola -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Argentina -- Armenia -- Australia -- Austria -- Azerbaijan -- Bahamas -- Bahrain -- Bangladesh -- Barbados -- Belarus -- Belgium -- Benin -- Bhutan -- Bolivia -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Botswana -- Brazil -- Brunei -- Bulgaria -- Burkina Faso -- Burundi -- Cameroon -- Canada -- Cape Verdi -- Central African Republic -- Chad -- Chile -- China -- Colombia -- Comoros -- Costa Rica -- Cote d'Ivoire -- Croatia -- Cuba -- Cyprus -- Czech Republic -- Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Denmark -- Djibouti -- Dominica -- Dominican Republic -- East Timor -- Ecuador -- Egypt -- El Salvador -- Equatorial Guinea -- Eritrea -- Estonia -- Ethiopia -- Fiji -- Finland -- France -- Gabon -- Gambia -- Georgia -- Germany -- Ghana -- Greece -- Grenada -- Guatemala -- Guinea -- Guinea-Bissau -- Guyana -- Haiti -- Honduras -- Hungary -- Iceland -- India -- Indonesia -- Iran -- Iraq -- Ireland -- Israel -- Italy -- Jamaica -- Japan -- Jordan -- Kazakhstan -- Kenya -- Kiribati -- Kuwait -- Kyrgyzstan -- Laos -- Latvia -- Lebanon -- Lesotho -- Liberia -- Libya -- Liechtenstein -- Lithuania -- Luxembourg -- Index -- v. 3. Country Entries M-Z -- Macedonia -- Madagascar -- Malawi -- Malaysia -- Maldives -- Mali -- Malta -- Marshall Islands -- Mauritania -- Mauritius -- Mexico -- Micronesia -- Moldova -- Monaco -- Mongolia -- Morocco -- Mozambique -- Myanmar -- Namibia -- Nauru -- Nepal -- Netherlands -- New Zealand -- Nicaragua -- Niger -- Nigeria -- North Korea -- Norway -- Oman -- Pakistan -- Palau -- Panama -- Papua New Guinea -- Paraguay -- Peru -- Philippines -- Poland -- Portugal -- Qatar -- Republic of the Congo -- Romania -- Russia -- Rwanda -- Saint Kitts and Nevis -- Saint Lucia -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -- Samoa -- San Marino -- São Tomé and Príncipe -- Saudi Arabia -- Senegal -- Serbia and Montenegro -- Seychelles -- Sierra Leone -- Singapore -- Slovakia -- Slovenia -- Solomon Islands -- Somalia -- South Africa -- South Korea -- Spain -- Sri Lanka -- Sudan -- Suriname -- Swaziland -- Sweden -- Switzerland -- Syria -- Taiwan -- Tajikistan -- Tanzania -- Thailand -- Togo -- Tonga -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Tunisia -- Turkey -- Turkmenistan -- Tuvalu -- Uganda -- Ukraine -- United Arab Emirates -- United Kingdom -- United States -- Uruguay -- Uzbekistan -- Vanuatu -- Vatican City -- Venezuela -- Vietnam -- Yemen -- Zambia -- Zimbabwe -- Index. |
| Responsibility: | Thomas Riggs, editor. |
| Genre/Form: |
Electronic books. Encyclopedias. |
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Worldmark encyclopedia of religious practices. Detroit : Thomson Gale, c2006 (DLC) 2005027456 (OCoLC)61748247 |
| Year: | c2006. |
| Publisher: | Detroit, Mich. : Thomson Gale, |
| Class Descriptors: | LC Class No.: BL80.3; Dewey No.: 200.9 |
| Corporate Author: | Thomson Gale (Firm) |
| OCLC No.: | 62778219 |
Abstract:
Provides information on current religious practices around the world, with an emphasis on how religions impact the daily lives of their followers. Volume 1, Religions of the World, contains 20-to-25-page entries on 13 major religions, such as Christianity and Islam, and 3-to-5 page entries on 28 religious subgroups, such as Shi'ites or Baptists. Volumes 2 and 3 focus on the significant religions in 193 countries; entries range from 3-8 pages. The entries provide for easy access to information and encourage comparisons across different religions, religious groups, and countries. Standardized rubrics for entries include: founder, date of origin, major theologians and authors, history, leaders, number of followers, what is sacred, rituals, rites of passage, festivals and holidays, houses of worship and holy places, dietary practices, modes of dress, social aspects, cultural impact, political impact (in country entries), controversial issues, social justice, and degree of religious tolerance (in country entries).--From publisher description.
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