Author : Mary Zeiss Stange
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 2017 pages
File Size : 26,67 MB
Release : 2011-02-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1412976855
This work includes 1000 entries covering the spectrum of defining women in the contemporary world.
Author : Rosemary Skinner Keller
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 50,21 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780253346872
A fundamental and well-illustrated reference collection for anyone interested in the role of women in North American religious life.
Author : Bruno Becchio
Publisher : Foreign Media Group
Page : 972 pages
File Size : 41,29 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781601360007
Enhanced by more than one thousand full colour illustrations, a concise guide features thousands of references to literature, art, history, famous figures, and philosophy with respect to religion, covering the beliefs, doctrines, practices, teachings, rites of passage, and specific rituals of the world's major religions.
Author : Suad Joseph
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 873 pages
File Size : 13,87 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9004128182
Family, Law and Politics, Volume II of the Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures, brings together over 360 entries on women, family, law, politics, and Islamic cultures around the world.
Author : Mark Juergensmeyer
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 1529 pages
File Size : 49,44 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0761927298
Presents entries A to L of a two-volume encyclopedia discussing religion around the globe, including biographies, concepts and theories, places, social issues, movements, texts, and traditions.
Author : Robert S. Ellwood
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 28,42 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1438110383
Contains nearly 600 brief entries on the world's religious traditions.
Author : David B. Barrett
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 860 pages
File Size : 45,9 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Reference
ISBN :
The expanded, updated edition of a classic reference source--the comprehensive survey of the status of thje world's largest religion in 238 countries. Many tables, charts, diagrams, maps, photographs, and a rich text present a unmatched look at 33,800 Christian denominations, 12,000 dioceses, 5,000 missions, and other groups--all -set against a detailed historical, political, social, cultural, demographic, background.
Author : Wendy Doniger
Publisher : Encyclopaedia Britannica
Page : 1238 pages
File Size : 38,89 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Reference
ISBN :
The Britannica Encyclopedia of World Religions gives students greater insight into the stories behind the headlines by providing in-depth coverage of the religions that shape the world. This authoritative and comprehensive book answers your questions and exposes you to the concepts, movements, people, and events associated with living and ancient religions, including Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism.
Author : William H. Swatos
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 46,43 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780761989561
As the new millennium approaches, the sacred and profane interface, conflict, and intermingle in novel ways. The Encyclopedia of Religion and Society provides a guide map for these developments. From succinct, brief notes to essay-length entries, it covers world religions, religious perspectives on political and social issues, and religious leaders and scholars -- present and past -- in the United States and the world. This comprehensive volume is an essential reference for studies in the anthropology, psychology, politics, and sociology of religion. Topics include: abortion, adolescence, African-American religious experience, anthropology of religion, Buddhism, commitment, conversion, definition of religion, ecology movement, Emile Durkheim, ethnicity, fundamentalism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, new religious movements, organization, parish, Talcott Parsons, racism, research methods, Roman Catholicism, sexism, Unification Church, Max Weber, and many others.
Author : Susan de-Gaia
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 993 pages
File Size : 46,15 MB
Release : 2018-11-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1440848505
This reference offers reliable knowledge about women's diverse faith practices throughout history and prehistory, and across cultures. Across the span of human history, women have participated in world-building and life-sustaining cultural creativity, making enormous contributions to religion and spirituality. In the contemporary period, women have achieved greater equality, with more educational opportunities, female role models in public life, and opportunities for religious expression than ever before. Contemporaneously with this increased visibility, women are actively and energetically engaging with religion for themselves and for their communities. Drawing on the expertise of a range of scholars, this reference chronicles the religious experiences of women across time and cultures. The book includes sections on major religions as well as on spirituality, African religions, prehistoric religions, and other broad topics. Each section begins with an introduction, followed by reference entries on specialized subjects along with excerpts from primary source documents. The entries provide numerous suggestions for further reading, and the book closes with a detailed bibliography.
