| Description |
126 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
One-stop guides |
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One-stop guides (Oxford, England)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 123) and index. |
| Summary |
Covers a fully comprehensive range of faiths--major, minor, primal and new; includes their histories and backgrounds, key beliefs, and practices; shows how religions developed; illustrated throughout with full-colour photographs and maps. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Theory and Background -- Defining World Religions -- Mapping the World's Religions -- Primal Religion Primitive Beliefs -- Ancient Civilizations -- Mesopotamia And Babylon Egypt -- Getting Ready For Death And The Afterlife -- Greece and Rome -- Greco-Roman Religion -- Northern Europe -- The Celts And The Germanic Tribes -- Indus Valley Civilization -- Harappans And Aryans -- African Religion -- Diversity And Community -- Shamanism -- Religion Of Ecstacy -- Pacifica and Australian Aboriginal -- Melanesian, Micronesian, And Polynesian -- Native American Religion -- Natural And Spiritual Worlds -- The Peoples of the Andes -- The Incas -- Hinduism -- A Way Of Life -- Literature Of The Hindus -- The Key Ideas -- Society And Village Life -- Influence In The West -- Buddhism -- The Life Of The Buddha -- A Global Religion -- The Four Truths And Buddhist Texts -- Sects And Movements -- A Western Phenomenon -- Chinese Religions -- The Three Teachings |
| Subject |
Religions.
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Religion -- History.
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Religion. (OCoLC)fst01093763
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Religions. (OCoLC)fst01093898
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Title |
World religions |
| ISBN |
9780745955094 |
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0745955096 |
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