Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co (1982), Hardcover, 448 pages
Description
This long established and highly regarded reference work on the Lion list is now available in a popular flexiback format. With expert authorship, this book draws on a team of over 80 contributors, including twelve eminent consulting editors, representing a wide international spectrum from UK, USA, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Japan and Australia. The text includes 'insider' articles on each of the major faiths, written by a practising member of each of the faiths featured; sections on understanding religion; religions of antiquity; and indigenous religions; and a final section on key developments in the modern world such as the emergence of new religions an alternative therapies.
Awards
Christian Book Award (Winner — 1983)
Language
Original publication date
1982
Physical description
448 p.; 8.7 inches
ISBN
0802835635 / 9780802835635