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Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices

WORLDMARK ENCY OF RELIGIOUS PRACTICES 2 4V

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In 2,800 pages across 4 volumes, <EM>Worldmark Encyclopedia Of Religious Practices</EM>, 2nd Edition, provides information on current religious practices around the world with an emphasis on how religions impact the daily lives of their followers. Volume 1, Religions and Denominations, contains 24-to-40-page entries on 13 major religions, such as Buddhism, Christianity and Islam, and 8-to-14 page entries on 28 religious denominations/sects, such as Tibetan Buddhism, Roman Catholicism and Shiism. Volumes 2, 3, and 4 focus on the significant religions practiced in 195 countries; entries range from 6-13 pages. Using the standardized rubric format of the Worldmark series, the entries provide easy access to information and encourage comparisons across different religions, religious groups, and countries. <EM>Worldmark Encyclopedia Of Religious Practices</EM>, 2nd Edition, features more than 725 color photographs and maps; a comparative table showing important facts about the 41 religions profiled; key-fact boxes; religious quotations; a glossary of terms; a chronology of events; a bibliography of general sources; and a comprehensive index.

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VOLUME 1: RELIGIOUS AND DENOMINATIONS.
Editor's Preface.
Introduction.
Advisory Board.
Contributors List.
Chronology.
Holy Days.
Practices and Beliefs.
Quotations on Beliefs.
Populations.
Glossary.
African Indigneous Religions.
Bahá'í Faith.
Buddhism.
Mahayana Buddhism.
Theravada Buddhism.
Tibetan Buddhism.
Christianity.
Anglicanism (Episcopalianism).
Baptist Tradition.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Coptic Christianity.
Eastern Catholicism.
Eastern Orthodoxy.
Evangelicalism.
Jehovah's Witnesses.
Lutheranism.
Methodism.
Pentecostalism.
Protestantism.
Reformed Christianity.
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers.)
Roman Catholicism.
Seventh-day Adventists.
Unitarian Universalism.
United Church of Christ.
Confucianism.
Hinduism.
Shaivism.
Vaishnavism.
Islam.
Shiism.
Sunnism.
Jainism.
Judaism.
Conservative Judaism.
Orthodox Judaism.
Reform Judaism.
Shinto.
Sikhism.
Taoism.
Zoroastrianism.
VOLUME 2: COUNTRIES, AFGHANISTAN TO GHANA.
Afghanistan.
Albania.
Algeria.
Andorra.
Angola.
Antigua and Barbuda.
Argentina.
Armenia.
Australia. 
Austria.
Azerbaijan.
Bahamas.
Bahrain.
Bangladesh.
Barbados.
Belarus.
Belgium.
Belize.
Benin.
Bhutan.
Bolivia.
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Botswana.
Brazil.
Brunei.
Bulgaria.
Burkina Faso.
Burundi.
Cambodia. 
Cameroon. 
Canada. 
Cape Verdi.
Central African Republic.
Chad.
Chile.
China. 
Colombia.
Comoros.
Costa Rica. 
Cote d'Ivoire. 
Croatia. 
Cuba.
Cyprus.
Czech Republic.
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Denmark.
Djibouti.
Dominica.
Dominican Republic. 
East Timor. 
Ecuador. 
Egypt.
El Salvador.
Equatorial Guinea.
Eritrea.
Estonia.
Ethiopia.
Fiji.
Finland. 
France. 
Gabon. 
Gambia.
Georgia.
Germany.
Ghana.
VOLUME 3: COUNTRIES, GREECE TO PHILIPPINES. 
Greece.
Grenada.
Guatemala.
Guinea.
Guinea-Bissau.
Guyana. 
Haiti.
Honduras.
Hungary.
Iceland.
India.
Indonesia.
Iran.
Iraq. 
Ireland.
Israel. 
Italy.
Jamaica.
Japan. 
Jordan. 
Kazakhstan.
Kenya.
Kiribati.
Kuwait. 
Kyrgyzstan.
Laos. 
Latvia.
Lebanon.
Lesotho.
Liberia.
Libya.
Liechtenstein.
Lithuania.
Luxembourg. 
Macedonia.
Madagascar. 
Malawi.
Malaysia.
Maldives.
Mali.
Malta.
Marshall Islands.
Mauritania.
Mauritius.
Mexico. 
Micronesia.  
Moldova.
Monaco.
Mongolia.
Montenegro.
Morocco.
Mozambique.
Myanmar.
Namibia.
Nauru.
Nepal. 
Netherlands. 
New Zealand.
Nicaragua.
Niger.
Nigeria.
North Korea.
Norway.
Oman.
Pakistan. 
Palau. 
Panama. 
Papua New Guinea.
Paraguay.
Peru. 
Philippines.

Volume 4: Countries, Poland to Zimbabwe.
Poland. 
Portugal.
Qatar.
Republic of the Congo. 
Romania. 
Russia. 
Rwanda.
Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Saint Lucia.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Samoa.
San Marino.
São Tomé and Príncipe.
Saudi Arabia. 
Senegal. 
Serbia.
Seychelles.
Sierra Leone.
Singapore.
Slovakia.
Slovenia.
Solomon Islands.
Somalia.
South Africa. 
South Korea. 
South Sudan. 
Spain.
Sri Lanka.
Sudan.
Suriname.
Swaziland.
Sweden.
Switzerland.
Syria.
Taiwan.
Tajikistan. 
Tanzania.
Thailand.
Togo.
Tonga.
Trinidad and Tobago.
Tunisia.
Turkey.
Turkmenistan. 
Tuvalu.
Uganda. 
Ukraine.
United Arab Emirates.
United Kingdom. 
United States. 
Uruguay. 
Uzbekistan.
Vanuatu.
Vatican City. 
Venezuela. 
Vietnam. 
Yemen.
Zambia.
Zimbabwe.
Bibliography.
Index.

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