| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (colour), maps (colour) |
| Contents |
List of maps -- Foreword -- A chronology of world religions -- Part 1. The ancient world: Megaliths; Babylonia and Sumeria; Religion in ancient Egypt; The early city religions; The religions of Ancient Greece; Roman religion; Zoroastrianism -- Part 2. Hinduism: The origins of Hinduism; Hindu temple worship; Hinduism and the sacred; Hinduism in the modern world; Jainism -- Part 3. Buddhism: The origins of Buddhism; What is Buddhism?; Buddhism spreads beyond India; Buddhism in the modern world; Confucianism and Taoism -- Part 4. Judaism: Origin of the Jewish people; The Kingdom of Israel; Jewish dispersions; The Jewish diaspora; Judaism and the rise of Islam; Anti-semitism and Messianism; Jewish emancipation; Judaism in the USA; The Holocaust -- Part 5. Christianity: Palestine under the Herods; Judaism and the Early Church; The early growth of Christianity; Christianity becomes official; Christendom in 1050 CE; The European reformations; Christianity in the Americas c. 1750; An age of missions; The Mormons; Christianity today -- Part 6. Islam: Muhammad; The early growth of Islam; Islam in the Subcontinent; Islam in South-east Asia; Islam and Africa; Islam in modern Asia; Islam in the modern world; Sikhism -- Part 7. World religions today: Japanese religions; Religion in China today; What are indigenous religions? New religious movements; Modern pilgrimage; Jerusalem: The Holy City; What is the Hajj? -- Further reading -- Gazetteer |
| Summary |
Featuring more than sixty brand new maps, photographs, diagrams and charts, the Atlas of World Religions is an essential companion to any study on the key religions of the world |
| Notes |
Title page of print version |
| Subject |
Religions -- History
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Religions -- History -- Maps
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Religions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History.
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Maps.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Partridge, Christopher H. (Christopher Hugh), 1961- author
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| ISBN |
9781787852037 |
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1787852032 |
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