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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books Electronic reference sources |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Religious holidays and calendars : Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, c2004 (DLC) 2004041500 (OCoLC)54046439 |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Karen Bellenir |
| ISBN: | 9781849724425 1849724423 9780780810907 0780810902 |
| OCLC Number: | 480620413 |
| Description: | 1 online resource : ill. |
| Contents: | Basic questions all calendars must answer -- The history of lunar and lunisolar calendars -- The history of solar calendars -- Calendar reform since the mid-Eighteenth Century -- Judaism -- Zoroastrianism -- Christianity: Roman Catholic and Protestant expressions -- Christianity: Orthodox expressions -- Christianity: non-Trinitarian and non-traditional expressions -- Islam -- The Bahá'í faith -- Hinduism -- Jainism -- Sikhism -- Buddhism -- Taoism, Confucianism, and Chinese folk religions -- Shinto -- Native American religions -- Paganism -- Western African religions and their New World expressions -- Ancient wisdom, metaphysical, and other faith communities. |
| Other Titles: | Religious holidays & calendars |
| Responsibility: | edited by Karen Bellenir ; foreword by Martin E. Marty. |
Abstract:
A comprehensive, authoritative source of information about the calendars and holidays of the world's religions. It also provides concise information about the beliefs, practices, and history of more than 20 major religions.
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