The new Penguin handbook of living religions
Title:
The new Penguin handbook of living religions
Author:
Hinnells, John R.
Edition:
Second edition.
Publication Information:
London : Penguin Books, 1998.
©1997
Physical Description:
viii, 902 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
General Note:
Previous ed.: published as A new handbook of living religions. London : Penguin, 1997 Harmondsworth : Viking, 1984.
Language:
English
Contents:
Pt. 1. The religions. Judaism / Alan Unterman -- Christianity / Andrew Walls -- Islam / Alford T. Welch -- Zoroastrianism / Mary Boyce -- Hinduism / Simon Weightman -- Sikhism / W. Owen Cole -- Jainism / Kendall W. Folkert, revised and expanded by John E. Cort -- Buddhism / L.S. Cousins -- Chinese religions / Michael Said -- Japanese religions / David Reid -- Native North American religions / Armin W. Geertz -- Religions of the Pacific / Brian Colless and Peter Donovan -- African religions / Aylward Shorter -- New religious movements in primal societies / Harold W. Turner -- Modern alternative religions in the West / J. Gordon Melton -- Bahaʼism / Denis MacEoin -- pt. 2. Cross-cultural issues. Religion and gender ; Spirituality / Ursula King -- The study of diaspora religion / John R. Hinnells -- African diaspora religion / Ossie Stuart -- The Australian South Asian diaspora / Purushottama Bilimoria -- The religions of South Asian communities in Britain / Kim Knott -- The religions of South Asian diaspora in Canada / Harold Coward -- South Asian religions in the United States / Raymond Brady Williams -- Comparative reflections on South Asian religion in international migration / John R. Hinnells.
Subject Term:
Added Author:
Added Title:
Handbook of living religions.
ISBN:
9780140514803
Format :
Book