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The Penguin handbook of the world's living religions / edited by John R. Hinnells.

Contributor(s): Series: Penguin reference libraryPublication details: London : Penguin, 2010.Description: x, 993 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780141035468 (pbk.)
  • 0141035463 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • World's living religions
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 200 22
LOC classification:
  • BL82 .P46 2010
Contents:
Part I. 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 Saso -- 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 -- Baha'ism / Denis MacEoin -- Part II: Cross-Cultural Issues. -- Religion and Gender / Ursala King -- Spirituality / Ursala King -- The Study of Diaspora Religions / John R. Hinnells -- African Diaspora Religion / Ossie Stuart -- The Australian South Asian Diaspora / Purushottama Bilimoria -- The Religions of South Asian Communities in Britain / Kim Knot -- The Religions of the 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 --Part III: Religions in Australia, Canada, the UK and the US in the Twenty-First Century. -- Religions in Australia in the Twenty-First Century / Gary D. Bouma -- Religions in Canada in the Twenty-First Century / Harold Coward -- Religions in the UK in the Twenty-First Century / Paul Weller -- Religions in the US in the Twenty-First Century / Raymond Brady Williams.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. 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 Saso -- 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 -- Baha'ism / Denis MacEoin -- Part II: Cross-Cultural Issues. -- Religion and Gender / Ursala King -- Spirituality / Ursala King -- The Study of Diaspora Religions / John R. Hinnells -- African Diaspora Religion / Ossie Stuart -- The Australian South Asian Diaspora / Purushottama Bilimoria -- The Religions of South Asian Communities in Britain / Kim Knot -- The Religions of the 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 --Part III: Religions in Australia, Canada, the UK and the US in the Twenty-First Century. -- Religions in Australia in the Twenty-First Century / Gary D. Bouma -- Religions in Canada in the Twenty-First Century / Harold Coward -- Religions in the UK in the Twenty-First Century / Paul Weller -- Religions in the US in the Twenty-First Century / Raymond Brady Williams.

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