The Penguin Handbook of the World's Living ReligionsJohn R. Hinnells Comprehensive, informative and authoritative, The Penguin Handbook of the World's Living Religions is compiled by a team of leading international scholars, and is the definitive guide to the religious belief systems and practices of the world today. This in-depth survey of active religions has now been fully updated to include modern developments and the most recent scholarship. It explains the sources and history of the world's religions, includes material on the phenomenon of Black African and Asian diaspora religions around the world and explores the role of gender in modern religion. |
Contents
Chinese Religions | |
Japanese Religions | |
Native North American Religions | |
Religions of the Pacific | |
The Study of Diaspora Religion | |
Afirican Diaspora Religion | |
The Australian South Asian | |
The Religions of South Asian | |
The Religions of the South Asian | |
South Asian Religions in | |
Comparative Reflections on South | |
Religions in Australia Canada | |
African Religions | |
New Religious Movements in Primal Societies | |
Modern Alternative Religions in the West | |
Bahaism | |
CrossCultural Issues | |
Spirituality | |
Religions in Canada in the TwentyFirst Century | |
Religions in the UK in the TwentyFirst Century | |
Religions in the US in the TwentyFirst Century | |
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