Encyclopedia of Religion, المجلد 15Lindsay Jones Macmillan Reference USA, 2005 - 11000 من الصفحات Among Library Journal's selections of the most important reference works of the millennium - with the Encyclopedia Judaica and the New Catholic Encyclopedia - Mircea Eliade's Encyclopedia of Religion won the American Library Associations' Dartmouth Medal in 1988 and is widely regarded as the standard reference work in the field. This second edition, which is intended to reflect both changes in academia and in the world since 1987, will include almost all of the 2750 original entries - many heavily updated - as well as approximately 600 (1.2M words) entirely new articles. Preserving the best of Eliade's cross-cultural approach while emphasizing religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture, this new edition will be the definitive work in the field for the 21st century. An international team of scholars and contributors have reviewed, revised and added to every word of a classic work to make it relevant to the questions and interests of readers, whether students, specialists, or laypersons. The result is an essential purchase for libraries of all kinds. Every article from the first edition was evaluated by our board of scholars. of study are given their own entries. New composite entries present overarching themes - for example, gender and religion, politics and religion - with each article within the composite covering a different religious tradition. Many of the reprinted articles from the first-edition have updated bibliographies. This is an indispensable resource for any school with a department or programme in religious studies. Additionally, articles support the curriculum and general research in history, gender studies, language and literature, music, the visual arts, history, politics, ecology, health and medicine, law, sociology and anthropology. Three Colour inserts serve as pictorial essays illuminating themes such as pilgrimage, prayer, healing, and how these concepts are displayed in various religions throughout the world. Illustrations go beyond the typical stock imagery and present images of authentic value not readily available elsewhere. |
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Abhidharma African American African religions afterlife American Indian religions Asia Asian biblical Buddha Buddhism Buddhist text cargo cults ceremony China Chinese religion Christianity color insert concept Confucianism cosmology creation cult culture dance Daoism deity divine doctrine Drama Edition Egyptian ethics Further Considerations gender Gnosticism Greek religion Healing and Medicine Hindu Hinduism history of religions History of Study Holy human iconography influence Islam Jainism Japanese Jewish John Journal Judaism king kingship literature magic Manichaeism Mesoamerican modern monasticism Muḥammad Muslim mysticism mythic figure myths Native American Native American Church North American Indian Oceanic religions origins peyote philosophy poetry political prophet Qur'an rabbinic Ramakrishna Reformation Religion An Overview Religious Movements religious studies religious traditions rites of passage ritual role Roman Catholicism sacred sacrifice scholars shamanism Slavic religion social society soul South spirit study of religion Sufism symbolism Temple theology theory translation Vivekananda Vodou women Yorùbá Zoroastrianism