| Description |
1 online resource (2 volumes (xxvii, 861 pages)) : illustrations |
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Gale virtual reference library |
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Gale virtual reference library.
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| Contents |
v. 1. A-L -- volume 2. M-Z. Index |
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volume 1. Abortion -- Advent -- Adventism -- African-American Religions -- Afro-Cuban Religions -- Afterlife -- Agnosticism -- Allah -- Altar -- Alternative Medicine -- Amish -- Angels -- Animal Rights -- Animal Sacrifice -- Annulment -- Anthropology of Religion -- Anti-Cult Movement -- Anti-Semitism -- Apocalypse -- Appalachia, Religions of -- Archetype -- Ascended Master -- Ashram -- Astral Planes -- Astrology -- Atheism -- Attendance -- Avatar -- Baha'is -- Baptism -- Baptism in the Holy Spirit -- Baptist Tradition -- Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah -- Base Communities -- Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (.-1986), Spiritual Teacher -- Belonging, Religious -- Bhagavad Gītā -- Bible -- Bioethics -- Birth -- Birth Control -- Black Elk (1863-1950), Oglala Lakota Spiritual Leader and Healer -- Black Muslims -- Blasphemy -- Body -- Book of Common Prayer -- Book of Mormon -- Born Again Christians -- Brainwashing -- Branch Davidians -- Bricolage -- British Israelism -- Brownsville Revival -- Bruderhof -- Buddha -- Buddhism -- Calendars -- Calvary Chapel -- Campbell, Joseph (1904-1987), Writer, Mythographer, Teacher -- Campus Crusade for Christ -- Capital Punishment -- Catholic Charismatic Renewal -- Catholic Worker -- Celibacy -- Celtic Practices -- Centering Prayer -- Chakra -- Channeling -- Chanting -- Chanukah -- Charismatic Movement -- Chastity -- Child Abuse by Clergy -- Chinese-American Religions -- Christian Coalition -- Christian Science -- Christmas -- Church -- Church and State -- Church Growth Movement -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Church Universal and Triumphant -- Circumcision -- Civil Religion -- Civil Rights Movement -- Clergy -- Clothing, Religious -- Colson, Charles W. (1931- ), Presidential Aide and Religious activist -- Communes -- Communion -- Confucianism -- Congregation -- Conscientious Objection -- Conversion -- Coptic Orthodox Church -- Cortese, Aimee García (1929- ), Evangelist -- Creationism -- Creation Spirituality -- Creeds -- Cremation -- Crowley, Aleister (1875-1947), Occultist. -- Crypto-Judaism -- Cult -- Cult Awareness Network -- Culture Wars -- Cursillo Movement -- Cyber Religion -- Dalai Lama (1935- ), Spiritual Leader, Head of State -- Dance -- Da'wa -- Day of the Dead -- Deacon -- Death and Dying -- Death of God -- Deep Ecology -- Denomination -- Devils, Demons, and Spirits -- Dharma -- Dispensationalism -- Divine Light Mission -- Divine Principle -- Divinity -- Divorce, Christian -- Divorce, Jewish -- Dobson, James C., Jr. (1936- ), Evangelical Leader -- Dogmatism -- Dowsing -- Dreams -- Drugs -- Drumming -- Easter -- Eastern Orthodoxy -- Eckankar -- Ecofeminism -- Ecospirituality -- Ecstasy -- Ecumenical Movement -- Eliade, Mircea (1907-1986), Scholar of World Religions -- Elvis Cults -- Encyclical -- Enlightenment -- Epiphany -- Episcopal Churches -- Eschatology -- Est (Erhard Seminar Training) -- Ethical Culture -- Ethics -- Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide -- Evangelical Christianity -- Evil -- Existentialism -- Exorcism -- Extraterrestrial Guides -- Faith -- Falwell, Jerry (1933- ), Evangelist and Political Activist -- Family, The -- Fard, W.D. (c. 1877-1934), Religious and Political Leader -- Farrakhan, Louis (1933- ), Religious and Political Leader -- Fasting -- Father Divine (1879-1965), Ministers, Activist, Cult Leader -- Feminist Spirituality -- Feminist Theology -- Feng Shui -- Financing Religion -- Focus on the Family -- Food -- Freedom of Religion -- Freemasonry -- Free Will -- Fundamentalist Christianity -- Future of Religion -- Gender Roles -- Generation X -- Globalization -- Glossolalia -- Gnosticism -- God -- Goddess -- Graham, Billy (1918- ), Evangelist -- Guru -- Hasidim -- Hawaiian Religions -- Healing -- Health -- Heaven -- Heaven's Gate -- Hell -- Heresy -- Heschel, Abraham Joshua (1907-1972), Theologian, Activist, and Poet -- Hinduism -- Holiness Movement -- Holistic Health -- Holocaust -- Holy Land -- Home Schooling -- Humanae Vitae -- Humanism -- Human Potential Movement -- Human Rights -- I Ching -- Icons -- Identity Christianity -- Imam -- Implicit Religion -- Inclusive Language -- International Society for Krishna Consciousness -- InterVarsity Christian Fellowship -- Islam -- Islamic Circle of North America -- Islamic Society of North America -- Jackson, Jesse (1941- ), Minister, Politician, and Civil Rights Activist -- Jainism -- Japanese-American Religions -- Jehovah's Witnesses -- Jesus Movement -- Jesus Seminar -- Jewish High Holy Days -- Jewish Identity -- Jewish Observance -- Jewish Renewal -- Jews for Jesus -- Jihad -- Jones, Jim (1931-1978), Cult Leader -- Journalism, Religious -- Journeys and Journeying -- Judaism -- Judeo-Christian Tradition -- Kabbalah -- Kahane, Meir (1932-1990), Rabbi, Activist -- Kaplan, Mordecai (1881-1993), Rabbi, Activist -- Karma -- King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968), Minister, Civil Rights Leader, and Activist -- Kippah -- Korean-American Religions -- Koresh, David (1959-1993), Charismatic Religious Group Leader -- Kosher -- Ku Klux Klan -- Las Hermanas -- Latino Traditions -- LaVey, Anton Szandor (1930-1997), Cult Leader -- Lazaris -- Legalism -- Lent -- Lesbian and Gay Rights Movement -- Liberation Theology -- Liturgy and Worship -- Lived Religion -- Love -- Lutheran Churches |
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volume 2. Macrobiotics -- Magic -- Mainline Protestantism -- Malcolm X (1925-1965), Black Muslim Leader -- Mantra -- Marian Devotions -- Marriage, Christian -- Marriage, Jewish -- Martial Arts -- Marty, Martin (1928- ), Author, Scholar, and Editor -- Mary -- Masculine Spirituality -- Material Religion -- Matriarchal Core -- Matriarchy -- Mecca -- Meditation -- Megachurch -- Meher Baba (1894-1969), Indian Spiritual Master -- Mennonites -- Menorah -- Merton, Thomas (1915-1968), Trappist Monk, Activist, Writer -- Mestizo Worship -- Methodism -- Metropolitan Community Church -- Midrash -- Mikveh -- Millennialism -- Ministry -- Miracles -- Missionary Movements -- Moral Majority -- Moral Rearmament -- Mormon Temple -- Mosque -- Mother Teresa (1910-1997), Founder of the Missionaries of Charity -- Muhammad, Elijah Karriem (1897-1975), Religious and Political Leader -- Muhammad, Warith Deen (1933- ), Religious Leader -- Mullah -- Music -- Muslim Brotherhood -- Mysticism -- Myth -- Names and Naming -- National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. -- Nation of Islam -- Native American Church -- Native American Religions -- Nature Religion -- Navigators -- Near Death Experiences -- Neopaganism -- New Age Spirituality -- New Religious Movements -- New Thought -- Niebuhr, Reinhold (1892-1971), Theologian and Social Critic -- Nirvāṇa -- Noble Drew Ali (1886-1929), Religious Leader -- Occult, The -- Opus Dei -- Ordination -- Ordination of Women -- Pacifism -- Pantheism -- Pantheon -- Papacy -- Paranormal -- Parish -- Passover -- Pastoral Counseling -- Patriarchy -- Patron Saints and Patron-Saint Feasts -- Peace Churches -- Peak Experience -- Peale, Norman Vincent (1898-1993), Minister and Author -- Pentagram -- Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity -- People's Temple -- Peyote -- Pilgrimage -- Popular Religion -- Posada, La -- Postdenominational Church -- Practice -- Prayer -- Prayer in School -- Preaching -- Premillennialism -- Presbyterianism -- Priestess -- Priesthood -- Prison and Religion -- Process Theology -- Promise Keepers -- Proselytizing -- Prosperity Theology -- Psychic -- Psychology of Religion -- Psychotherapy -- Publishing, Religious -- Purification -- Quakers -- Quantum Healing -- Quantum Physics -- Quest -- Quinceañera, La -- Qur'an -- Rabbinate -- Rajneesh, Bhagwan (1931-1990), Religious Leader -- Ramakrishna Movement -- Ramtha's School of Enlightenment -- Rapture -- Rastafari -- Rave -- Reconstructionist Christianity -- Reiki -- Reincarnation -- Relic -- Religious Communities -- Religious Experience -- Religious Freedom Restoration Act -- Religious Persecution -- Religious Right -- Religious Studies -- Retreat -- Reunions -- Revelation -- Rites of Passage -- Ritual -- Roberts, Granville Oral (1918- ), Evangelist, Television Minister, and College Builder -- Robertson, Marion Gordon "Pat" (1930- ), Televangelist, Media Entrepreneur, Politician -- Rock Masses -- Roman Catholicism -- Rome -- Romero, Oscar Arnulfo (1917-1980), Clergyman and Martyr -- Rosicrucians -- Rosseau, Leoncia Rosado (1912- ), Evangelist, Social Activist -- Sabbat -- Sabbath, Jewish -- Sacraments -- Sacrilege -- Sainthood -- Salvation -- Salvation Army -- Sanctuary Movement -- Santería -- Santos -- Satanic Bible -- Satanists -- Schechter, Solomon (1847-1915), Jewish Scholar -- Schuller, Robert Harold (1926- ), Minister, Televangelist -- Scientology, Church of -- Séance -- Second Coming -- Secret Societies -- Sect -- Secularization -- Seder, Christian -- Seeker Churches -- Self-Help Movement -- Self-Mutilation -- Self-Realization Fellowship -- Seminaries -- Seventh-Day Adventism -- Sexuality -- Shamanism -- Shavuot -- Shivah -- Shrine -- Shunning -- Sikhism -- Silva Mind Control -- Snake Handling -- Sociology of Religion -- Soka Gakkai -- Solar Temple -- Sophia -- Southern Christian Leadership Conference -- Southern Religion -- Space Flight -- Spirit -- Spirit Guides -- Spirit Possession -- Spiritualism -- Spirituality -- Spirituals -- Starhawk (1951- ), Writer, Religious Leader -- Star Trek -- Stations of the Cross -- Subud Movement -- Suffering -- Sufism -- Summerland -- Sun Dance -- Survivalism -- Swaggart, Jimmy Lee (1935- ), Radio and Television Evangelist -- Sweat Lodge -- Synagogue -- Synanon -- Syncretism -- Talmud -- Tantra -- Taoism -- Tao Te Ching -- Tarot -- Televangelism -- Temperance -- Temple -- Temptation -- Testimony -- Theism -- Theodicy -- Theosophical Society -- Thurman, Howard (1899-1981), Clergyman, Educator, Philosopher, Poet, Theologian -- Tibetan Buddhism -- Tillich, Paul (1883-1965), Theologian, Philosopher -- Torah -- Toronto Blessing -- Totem -- Trance -- Transcendence -- Transcendental Meditation -- Transnational Religion -- Trinity -- Triple Goddess -- True Love Waits -- Twelve-Step Programs -- Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) -- Unification Church -- Unitarian Universalist Churches -- Unity -- Upanishads -- Vatican -- Vatican II -- Vedanta Society -- Vedas -- Vegetarianism -- Vineyard Christian Fellowship -- Virgin of Guadalupe -- Visionary -- Vision Quest -- Visualization -- Vodun (Voodoo) -- War Memorials -- Warrior -- Way International, The -- Wicca -- Williamson, Marianne (1952- ), Lecturer, Author, Activist -- Wisdom Literature -- Womanist Theology -- Women's Aglow Fellowship International -- Women's Studies -- Word of Faith Movement -- Work -- World Council of Churches -- Yoga -- Young Life -- Youth for Christ -- Zen -- Zionism |
| Summary |
"This excellent source furnishes students and scholars with information on contemporary religion, personalities, and popular topics from Fundamentalist Christianity to feng shui."--"Outstanding Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2001 |
| Notes |
Available through Gale virtual reference library |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Godsdiensten.
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Godsdienstige bewegingen.
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Godsdienstigheid.
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Religion.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Religion -- Encyclopedias
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| Subject |
United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Gale Virtual Reference Library
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Dictionaries.
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Dictionaries.
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Encyclopedias.
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Encyclopedias.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Roof, Wade Clark.
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| LC no. |
99046712 |
| ISBN |
0028658809 |
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9780028658803 |
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