The New Lion Handbook
The World's Religions
A sumptuous handbook. Profusely illustrated in full colour: a guide to the past and present faiths of the world.' Times Educational Supplement
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9780745953946
£18.00
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.
Christopher Partridge is Professor of Contemporary Religion at University College Chester. He is the editor of the highly-acclaimed Encyclopedia of New Religions (Lion).
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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.
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Christopher Partridge is Professor of Contemporary Religion at University College Chester. He is the editor of the highly-acclaimed Encyclopedia of New Religions (Lion).
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