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000500
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New York, Oxford University Press, 1999.
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240pBlack spine
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Provides a unique view of the world's religions in their geographical context.
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RELIGION TODAY -
Religion in the world today
Traditional primal religions and minority world religions today
THE HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF RELIGION -
Early humans
The first organized religions
The Axial Age and the first world religions
The spread of religion in the Classical world
The rise of Islam and the major world religions to 1500 CE
The rise of the West and the spread of vernacular devotional religion
New religions in the modern world
THE WORLD"S RELIGIONS -
The Hindu world:
The origins of early India
Relgious and societal change in the Gangetic Valley
The triumph of Buddhism and the emergence of empire
City life and the new religious orders 100 BCE to 350 CE
Gupta India
The triumph of Temple Hinduism
Islam and Hinduism in South Asia
British India
Independent India
Buddhism:
Early Buddhism
Later Buddhism in South Asia
The spread of Buddhism into Southeast Asia
Buddhism in Central Asia
Tibetan Buddhism
Buddhism today
East Asian traditions:
Confucianism
Daoism
Chinese Buddhism
Religions of Korea
Religions of Japan
Mainland Southeast Asia
Islam and Christianity in Asia
Indonesian relgions
The Pacific:
Primal religions of Oceania
Traditional religion in the Southwest Pacific
Christianity in the Pacific
Religion today in Austalia and the Pacific islands
The ancient near East and Europe:
Ancient Mesopotamis: Sumer and Akkad
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Palestine
Assyria and Babylonia
Ancient Greece and Magna Graecia
Zoroastrianism and its offshoots
Greece: Home of Hellenistic civilization
Roman religion
Europe prior to Christendom
Judaism:
Ancient Israel
Judaism in the Roman empire
Medieval Judaism
Judaism in early modern Europe
The emancipation of European Jewry
Zionism
Judaism in the Americas to 1939
The Holocaust
Worldwide Judaism in the late twentieth century
Christianity:
Early Christianity and its roots in Judaism
Early Christian churches in the Roman empire
The spread of Christianity East and West
Christian missions
The spread of the religious orders
Pilgrimage routes
The Crusades
Mysticism and heresy
Christian missions in the America
The reformation and its aftermath
Christianity and the Ottoman empire
Post-Reformation churches
Imperial expansion and colonial missions
Christian traditions, science and secularism
Chrisitianity today
Islam:
Pre-Islamic Arabia
Arabia at the time of Muhammad
The spread of Islam
The history of the Shi'a
The rise and spread of Sufism
The spread of Islam in South and Southeast Asia
The Ottoman Empire
Islam in Africa
Islamic modernism and Islamic revival
Modern Islam: Central Asia and China
Israel and the Arabs
The spread of Islam in the modern world
Varieties of Islam today
Africa:
Early religion in Northeast Africa
The santification of political office
Healing cults
Regional and territorial cults
African religions in the Western hemisphere
Islam and the spread of the Sufi orders
European Christian missions
Independent Christianity in Africa
Indigenous religions:
Indigenous relgions today
Indigenous relgions: three regions
Glossary
Bibliography
Picture acknowledgements
Index
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0198662351 Hb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 003566 | 200/SMA | Main | On Shelf | Reference books | Reference |
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005001
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Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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336pBlue spine
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Cambridge Illustrated History
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The Cambridge illustrated history of religions provides a comprehensive survey of world religions from pre-history to the present day. Each religion is treated in depth, with text written by an acknowledged academic expert supported by lavish illustration. Images have been carefully chosen to complement the text. There are special box features and spreads. The religions covered include Jainism, Chinese and Japanese religions, Hindu religions, Sikhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Buddhism, along with smaller sections on Zoroaster and Parsis, Greece and Rome, Egypt and Mesopotamia, aboriginal religions, Shamanism, and modern religions such as Bahai. The book includes a substantial bibliography, a full chronology for each section, a general chronology giving the most significant dates from all religions, and information on religious phenomena such as festivals and calendars. This is an authoritative reference book in an attractive format which will appeal equally to students of religion, teachers, and general interested readers.
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Introduction / John Bowker
Indian religions and the Hindu tradition / Gavin Flood
Jainism / Paul Dundas
Sikhism / Eleanor Nesbitt
Buddhism: India and Southeast Asia / David Gosling
Tibetan Buddhism / Adrian Abbott
Chinese Buddhism / Roger Corless
Japanese Buddhism / Paul Ingram
Korean Buddhism / Youngsook Pak
Chinese religion / Yao Xinzhong
Korean religion / James Huntley Grayson
Japanese religions / Jay Sakashita
Judaism / Jonathan Magonet
Zarathustra and the Parsis / John Bowker
Mediterranean religions: Greece and Rome / David Bowker
Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia / John Bowker
Christianity / David Edwards [including: Norse Religion / David Bowker]
Islam / Penelope Johnstone
New religions / John Bowker
Chronologies
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052181037X Hb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 005724 | 200/BOW | Main | On Shelf | General | Reference |
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008347
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New York, HarperCollins Publishers, 1994.
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256pGold spine
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Contains detailed, absorbing, richly illustrated, and highly readable chapters on Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Judaism, Christianity, and primal religions with presentations of both the differences and the similarities among the worldwide religious traditions.
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Preface
Point of Departure
Hinduism
Buddhism
Confucianism
Taoism
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
The primal religions
A final examination
Index
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0060674407 Pb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 008740 | 200/SMI | Main | On Shelf | General | Reference |
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000959
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London, Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2002.
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73pBlack spine
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DK Eyewitness
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Introduces the history, philosophies & rituals of various world religions including Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism, Zoroastrianism & Christianity
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Introduction
The religious quest
Life and death in Egypt
Gods and nature in Greece
The primal vision
Rituals of life
The Hindu way
Gods and heroes
Three ways of salvation
The Buddhist path
Devotion and meditation
Tibetan Buddhism
Confucian piety
The Tao principle
Shinto harmony
Jain respect for life
Sikh teaching
Zoroastrianism
The Jewish nation
People of the Torah
Family and community
The Christian faith
Way of the cross
Church of Christ
The message of Islam
People of the Qur'an
People of the mosque
Index
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0751347450 Pb.
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| 000529 | 200/LAN | Main | On Shelf | General | | Butterfly Books |
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010022
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London, Usborne Publishing Ltd., 1995.
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64pLight Blue spine
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Examines in detail the beliefs, history and customs of all the major world religions. Also takes a look at some lesser known faiths.
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What is religion?
The impact of religion
Hinduism
Judaism
Buddhism
Christianity
Islam
Sikhism
Some other religions
Map of religions
Religions of the past
Time chart of religions
Nonconformist groups
Religious sayings
Glossary
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9780746067130 Pb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 010399 | 201/MER | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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020036
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London, Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2011.
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96pRed Spine
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Offers an introduction to the world of religion. This book reveals the big questions about life, God, morality and science versus religion. Tracing the history of religion around the world and charting key events and theories, it helps us to understand the motivation behind beliefs and why some people do or don't have faith.
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9781405362856 Hb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 018861 | 200/STA | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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