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The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
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The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Hardcover - 1997

by BOWKER, John (ed)

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Religion is an integral part of every culture on Earth. Now, in this definitive one-volume reference, readers have at their fingertips a gold mine of information on religions, movements, and cults around the globe and across the centuries. More than 8,000 alphabetized entries penned by some 80 contributors feature information on sects, cults, and movements; sacred texts; sacred sites; religious customs; and more.

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Oxford U P, 1997. ~Small stain to spine of dustwrapper. Dustwrapper unfaded and unclipped, slightly creased on rear flap. No ownership marks. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request.. Hardback. Good+/Good. xxiv, 1111pp. Binding sound, text unmarked.
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  • Title The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
  • Author BOWKER, John (ed)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Good+
  • Pages 1124
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford U P, Oxford
  • Date 1997
  • Bookseller's Inventory # LL6759
  • ISBN 9780192139658 / 0192139657
  • Weight 3.09 lbs (1.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.55 x 6.53 x 2.04 in (24.26 x 16.59 x 5.18 cm)
  • Themes
    • Theometrics: Academic
  • Library of Congress subjects Religions - Dictionaries, Religion - Dictionaries
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97166787
  • Dewey Decimal Code 200.3

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From the rear cover

The Oxford Dictionary of World Religion is the most wide-ranging A-Z reference guide to all aspects of the world's religions past and present. Whether the reader seeks quick, accessible answers from the short entries or more detailed discussion from the longer more discursive articles, it offers a wealth of unrivalled and unbiased authoritative detail. With a total of over 8,200 entries, an extensive topic index, and an original and in-depth introductory essay this new dictionary, drawing on the latest research, is the definitive compendium on the subject. Religions; movements, sects, and cults; texts books; individuals; sacred sites; customs; themes on general topics relevant to all religions such as prayer, biogenetics, asceticism, confession, cosmology, art and architecture, music and dance; accessible reference hundreds of quotations many translated specially for this book; and a topic index listing 13,000 entries on major themes such as Brahman, breathing, death beliefs and rituals, heavens and paradises, kami, mandala, mantra, mysticism, Sufism, yoga, and Zen practice.

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  • ALA Ref Srces for Small/Med Li, 01/01/2000, Page 30
  • Booklist, 07/01/1997, Page 1837
  • Library Journal, 05/01/1997, Page 94

About the author

John Bowker is Gresham Professor of Divinity at the University of London and Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a highly regarded authority on religious studies and a well-known broadcaster on the BBC.

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