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Title Encyclopedia of religion / Lindsay Jones, editor in chief
Edition 2nd ed
Published Detroit : Macmillan Reference USA, [2005]
©2005
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Description 1 online resource (15 volumes) : illustrations
Series Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale virtual reference library.
Contents v. 1. Aaron -- Attention -- volume 2. Attributes of God -- Butler, Joseph -- volume 3. Cabasilas, Nicholas -- Cyrus II -- volume 4. Dacian rides -- Esther -- volume 5. Eternity -- God -- volume 6. Goddess worship -- Iconoclasm -- volume 7. Iconography -- Justin martyr -- volume 8. Ka'bah -- Marx, Karl -- volume 9. Mary -- Ndembu religion -- volume 10. Necromancy -- Pindar -- volume 11. Pius IX -- Rivers -- volume 12. Rnying ma pa school -- Soul -- volume 13. South American Indian religions -- Transcendence and immanence -- volume 14. Transcendental meditation -- Zwingli, Huldrych -- volume 15. Index
Summary This second edition, which is intended to reflect both changes in academia and in the world since 1987, includes almost all of the 2,750 original entries -- many heavily updated -- as well as approximately 600 entirely new articles. It emphasizes religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture
Notes Revised edition of: The Encyclopedia of religion / [editor in chief, Mircea Eliade ; editors, Charles J. Adams and others]. c1987
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Religion -- Encyclopedias.
Godsdienst.
Religion.
Genre/Form Encyclopedias.
Encyclopedias.
Form Electronic book
Author Jones, Lindsay, 1954- editor.
LC no. 2004017052
ISBN 002865997X
9780028659978