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With editing and writing by an international group of leading scholars in religion, comparative religion, history, anthropology, and other topics, the essays and entries in this three-volume reference are of high quality and are also accessible to the undergraduate student and general reader. Volume 1 contains 13 essays on the world's major religions, with discussion of their history, practice, and their largest offshoots. Volumes 2 and 3 contain 193 entries on individual countries, arranged alphabetically al·pha·bet·i·cal also al·pha·bet·icadj.1. Arranged in the customary order of the letters of a language.2. Of, relating to, or expressed by an alphabet.Each country entry includes a general historical and geographical introduction followed by systematic discussion of the major religion or religions. Issues connected to religious tolerance are discussed in each entry as are those religions practiced by less than one quarter of the population. The entries conclude with a bibliography bibliography. The listing of books is of ancient origin. Lists of clay tablets have been found at Nineveh and elsewhere; the library at Alexandria had subject lists of its books and an overview of pra
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- Author
- Thomas Riggs, editor in chief
- Publisher
- Gale Division of Cengage Learning Inc
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780787666118
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Christian, Religion
Other editions & translations
- Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices (3 Volume Set) (2006)
- Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices - Countries M-Z Vol.3 (2006)
- Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices, Volume 1: Religions and Denominations (2006)
- Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices, Volumes 1-3 (2006)
- Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices, Vol. 2: Countries A-L (2006)
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