The Penguin Handbook Of The World's Living Religions (penguin Reference Library)
by John R. Hinnells /
2010 / English / EPUB
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The definitive guide to our world's religions.
The definitive guide to our world's religions.
Comprehensive and authoritative,
Comprehensive and authoritative,The Penguin Handbook of the
World's Living Religions
The Penguin Handbook of the
World's Living Religions is compiled by a team of
international scholars. This in-depth survey of active religions,
fully updated to include modern developments and the most recent
scholarship, now features chapters on twenty-first-century
America, Britain, Canada, and Australia. Ranging across the
globe, contributors explain the sources and history of today's
religious systems, from Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism,
Zoroastrianism, and Islam, to regional groups in Africa, China,
and Japan. Readers will find a wealth of detail on doctrines,
practices, rites of passage, rituals, and the role of gender in
modern faiths.
is compiled by a team of
international scholars. This in-depth survey of active religions,
fully updated to include modern developments and the most recent
scholarship, now features chapters on twenty-first-century
America, Britain, Canada, and Australia. Ranging across the
globe, contributors explain the sources and history of today's
religious systems, from Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism,
Zoroastrianism, and Islam, to regional groups in Africa, China,
and Japan. Readers will find a wealth of detail on doctrines,
practices, rites of passage, rituals, and the role of gender in
modern faiths.
