Eerdmans' Handbook to the World's Religions

by R. Pierce Beaver (Editor)

Hardcover, 1982

Status

Available

Call number

291

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
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