#RELIGIOUS DICTIONARIES PLUS#

† Over 90.000 dictionary, encyclopedia and concordance entries. A required reference app for any serious study of the Old and the New Testament. With over 90.000 biblical entries, The Bible Dictionary® will guide your understanding of the word of God and His son Jesus Christ. On the other hand, there are articles on some major organizations, such as the Sierra Club and UNICEF places of religious significance and key concepts and practices, like rituals, yoga, and prayer.Learn the meaning and origin of the key terms of the Holy Bible. Not all Christian denominations have an entry. The list of leading religious and spiritual figures consists only of those associated with the Abrahamic faiths and Buddha. Practically all the scholars included are of the Judeo-Christian tradition. Concepts associated with them are ubiquitous in the language religious names and symbols enrich and inspire human culture and societies.This compendium of brief essays on some of the major topics associated with religion and spirituality is informative and erudite, but by no means exhaustive in its selection of topics or complete in their treatment. 'Notwithstanding all the controversies associated with the notions and practices of religion and spirituality, they both permeate practically every sphere of human culture, from literature and music to health and scholarship. The 2009 supplement is available only online. Those with historical interests are well advised to also consult the original Catholic encyclopedia as well. To make space for new entries, many articles from the earlier edition were cut, and libraries may wish to keep the first edition and its supplements. Brief subject overview articles and cross-references lead to related articles. Articles are signed and include short bibliographies. Biographies of living persons are excluded, with the exception of Pope John Paul II. Emphasis is on the Catholic Church in North America and the English-speaking world, but scope is international. New entries have been added, particularly on such topics as gender and reproduction, and many of the 3,000 photos, maps, and other illustrations are new. 'The second edition of this standard reference work updates some of the articles contained in the first edition and its supplements to reflect current canon law and recent scholarship yet includes many articles from the former edition verbatim. More information.Īvailable online and in print. U +)įor broader and deeper coverage of Islam, see Oxford Islamic Studies Online-3,500 entries from 11 Oxford reference titles. (2007) as it becomes available.' įor a more approachable work at the undergraduate level, see Encyclopedia of Islam in the United States, 2 volumes, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2007.

#RELIGIOUS DICTIONARIES PLUS#

1-12 of the new edition plus all new material from the 3rd ed.

Geographical entries include towns, the larger political divisions of the Ottoman Empire, and other countries in which Islam is a major religion.

The new edition places greater emphasis on social and economic topics. Entries include biography, history, geography, religion, institutions, manners and customs, tribes, industries, science, and terminology. 'ver 15,000 signed articles covering the entire Islamic world, past and present.

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